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Nintendo's Big-Screen 3DS XL Meets Lukewarm Reception

Posted by timothy on from the will-need-a-new-set-of-pants dept.

MojoKid writes "Nintendo took the wraps off its new, super-sized 3DS XL handheld on Friday, but reactions have been anything but enthusiastic. The new DS offers a larger set of screens (4.88 inches top / 4.18" bottom), better battery life, and will ship with a copy of New Super Marios 2 but it's launching into a very different market than what the original DS XL faced in 2009. The 3DS XL's battery improvements aren't just icing on the cake — they're seen as remedying a critical problem with the current handheld. It also won't support the second circle pad added by the Circle Pad Pro, which implies Nintendo is ready to kill that peripheral altogether. The other major problem is that a larger screen isn't really what the 3DS needed in order to be more successful."

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  1. Re:Um, New Super Mario? by kamapuaa · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Or you can just play an Old Super Mario, because they're basically the same thing.

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  2. What the3DS needed... by Nova+Express · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    ... in order to be more successful was for the iPad never to have been invented.

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  3. Nintendo great producer of PLASTIC crap. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    vita like the PS3 are both much better than any nintendo products, especially the non-kiddy games.
    not enough kids are born in europe to support that, sorry, America IS OVER... (no product you can afford...)

  4. Re:Um, New Super Mario? Yes it is "new"! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, but they're both...you know...stupid fucking Mario games.