Nintendo 3DS

[ZeroAX]

Hope the Zelda 3DS XL is announced for NA, otherwise ordering from ShopTo.

Getting one for sure.

You planning on ordering a European copy of each game in your collection too? (seriously Nintendo, FUCK YOU)

[BoringSupreez]

Hope the Zelda 3DS XL is announced for NA, otherwise ordering from ShopTo.

Getting one for sure.

You planning on ordering a European copy of each game in your collection too? (seriously Nintendo, FUCK YOU)

Typically, there's a few games on each Nintendo console that get released in Europe first, or not in NA at all. Having a PAL 3DS could prove useful down the road.

That region locking still sucks though.

[ZeroAX]

Typically, there's a few games on each Nintendo console that get released in Europe first, or not in NA at all. Having a PAL 3DS could prove useful down the road.

That region locking still sucks though.

Like all the football games ? (do the DS/PSP/PS2 versions of Fifa come out in the US?). I guess though that's why we got the excellent Inazuma Eleven games and you didn't. Same with some obscure European developed adventure games.

Yes....Sony got rid of it on home consoles 7 years ago, and Nintendo introduced it to handhelds for the first time ever. Let's reintroduce the 5 games per year rule again while we're at it.

[noiseredux]

so I got my XL last night. That screen really is something!

[ZeroAX]

so I got my XL last night. That screen really is something!

What color is it?

[noiseredux]

black.

[ZenErik]

Interested in comparisons from your point of view between the original 3DS and XL. Would you ever go back to the smaller one?

[dunpeal2064]

/insert onceyougoblackjoke?

[noiseredux]

Interested in comparisons from your point of view between the original 3DS and XL. Would you ever go back to the smaller one?

sure. Here's what I'm thinking after only a single evening of using the XL.

Like I said, the screen is fantastic. Very easy on the eyes, and I feel like I can play with it further away from my face and still be comfortable.

I like the weight of the XL a lot. It feels really sturdy to me as well. Good build.

I can see where you guys were coming from on stylus placement, and of course it's nice that it's a full-sized stylus. But ultimately, I don't play enough stylus games that it really matters to me that much.

The D-Pad feels a little different to me between models. Not sure if it's in my head? But it feels a little more 'clicky' on the XL, which I like.

I prefer the feel of the Select/Home/Start buttons on the XL. But I prefer the power button the OG. Now we're getting pretty nit-picky though.

Now funny enough, the main reason I like the XL is the luxuriously big screen. But the one thing the OG has going for it is also its size. There is definitely something to be said for a portable that you can actually fit in your pocket. The standard 3DS was easy to put in my sweatshirt pocket or back pocket of jeans (I know, I know) whereas the XL feels like something you have to carry instead.

Would I go back to the standard? Sure. It's still a great system. But if I had to choose, well, I did choose and decided that the bigger screen was for me.

[ZenErik]

I'm left handed so either way the stylus placement is not ideal for me. But I agree with you on most points. And part of the reason I ask is because I've been thinking of downgrading to a regular 3DS. Not sure I could ever go through with that though.