NEW Nintendo 3DS (& XL)

[Dasbreenee]

That or the nice blue one japan has (of course). Black and red? No thanks.

As far as I know NA doesn't have the red one.
Our options so far are black and the blue. And the limited edition ones.

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faceplates aren't that big of a deal, i like the size of the regular one. ANDI REALLY WANTED A WHITE 1 gafr

I was torn about this also. The white looks nice.
I like the new blue XL, but I have black for all my other systems. Only seems right to get black. Haha.

 

[Cress]

As far as I know NA doesn't have the red one.
Our options so far are black and the blue. And the limited edition ones.

Um... no. NA has the red and black ones. No blue one. The red one was pretty much the only one they showed when demoing it in the direct, so it'd be awkward if we didn't get it.

 

[Colour Bandit]

Ew micro SD I hate them, it looks like it would get knocked out like that as well.

I doubt it would be that easy to knock it out... Lucky I'm already taking pictures for eBay:

This image demonstrates where you put the sd card, you push it and it will click and lock into place.

Once you have put it in you screw the backplate back on, to get it out you just press it like you do a game card and it pops out. So unless you can bend the backplate by a few millimetres and get it to press on the sd card it isn't popping out any time soon.
I cannot say the same for the XL though as I do not have that.

 

[Reindeer]

I cannot say the same for the XL though as I do not have that.

The XL is the same. It also clicks into place, and you have to take off the back of the system to put it in.
Nintendo always makes sure their stuff is sturdy and doesn't pop out things randomly, so I don't see why people are worried now. If a system has obvious usage flaws, Nintendo won't put it on the market. It's that simple.

 

[Colour Bandit]

The XL is the same. It also clicks into place, and you have to take off the back of the system to put it in.
Nintendo always makes sure their stuff is sturdy and doesn't pop out things randomly, so I don't see why people are worried now. If a system has obvious usage flaws, Nintendo won't put it on the market. It's that simple.

Thank you, I thought it would be like the old style 3DS but I didn't want to say since I wasn't sure. But yeah, I carried my N3DS around in my handbag fairly often and never had any trouble with the sd card, but I have also never had trouble with my 3DS XLs sd card too.

 

[Jarrad]

As far as I know NA doesn't have the red one.
Our options so far are black and the blue. And the limited edition ones.

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I was torn about this also. The white looks nice.
I like the new blue XL, but I have black for all my other systems. Only seems right to get black. Haha.

NA has red
EU/AU/NZ has blue

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I doubt it would be that easy to knock it out... Lucky I'm already taking pictures for eBay:

This image demonstrates where you put the sd card, you push it and it will click and lock into place.

Once you have put it in you screw the backplate back on, to get it out you just press it like you do a game card and it pops out. So unless you can bend the backplate by a few millimetres and get it to press on the sd card it isn't popping out any time soon.
I cannot say the same for the XL though as I do not have that.

I hate how you have to unscrew the new 3dsxl and not the small new 3ds :/

I've tried everything.. a knife, a big screw driver, an ear piercing

 

[Colour Bandit]

I hate how you have to unscrew the new 3dsxl and not the small new 3ds :/

I've tried everything.. a knife, a big screw driver, an ear piercing

You have to unscrew the new 3DS too? I had trouble unscrewing it but luckily I found one of those tiny screwdriver sets you get in birthday cards and Christmas crackers, but neither of the screws seemed to follow the "righty tighty, lefty loosey" rule which really threw me off...

Ah well, the N3DS has all be formatted, cleaned, photographed and repacked ready for a new owner, hopefully it'll sell fairly quickly.

 

[Dasbreenee]

Um... no. NA has the red and black ones. No blue one. The red one was pretty much the only one they showed when demoing it in the direct, so it'd be awkward if we didn't get it.

All I know is, I work at gamestop, and our ads show blue and black. And I've preordered the blue. Unless it's a different shade of blue? Our ad shows the comparison of the new system, and a GameCube controller being the same color.

 

[Cress]

All I know is, I work at gamestop, and our ads show blue and black. And I've preordered the blue. Unless it's a different shade of blue? Our ad shows the comparison of the new system, and a GameCube controller being the same color.

You're store must be confused, the GameStop website only has red and black, along with the special editions. No blue XL anywhere.

 

[Improv]

North America isn't selling the blue version.

If you'd like, check out GameStop's website & Nintendo's website.

http://www.gamestop.com/collection/new-3ds-xl
http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/buynow

 

[Dasbreenee]

You're store must be confused, the GameStop website only has red and black, along with the special editions. No blue XL anywhere.

But you have to pull the console up by color the buyer wants and everything.
And actually the new computer systems we got a few days ago even shows pictures of games/systems etc.
that's all I know. If I don't get a blue one, I won't be mad. I'll just take another color.

Also, I haven't seen any videos really. Does anyone know if the top of the system (NXL) is glossy like the dsi XL? Or are they more similar to the 3DS XL in terms of glossy/matte feel?

 

[Iris Mist]

You're store must be confused, the GameStop website only has red and black, along with the special editions. No blue XL anywhere.

Same here in Canada, only red and black available at EB Games. Either way, I'm holding out for some better colors, if I'm going to be stuck with just one color, it won't be a color I don't like.

 

[Dasbreenee]

Same here in Canada, only red and black available at EB Games. Either way, I'm holding out for some better colors, if I'm going to be stuck with just one color, it won't be a color I don't like.

I want to hold out for a better color as well. But who knows if that will happen. Since the XL didn't happen that way. Except exclusives. I'd like white, but all my other systems in my house are black. May as well go with black.

 

[bloomwaker]

But you have to pull the console up by color the buyer wants and everything.
And actually the new computer systems we got a few days ago even shows pictures of games/systems etc.
that's all I know. If I don't get a blue one, I won't be mad. I'll just take another color.

Also, I haven't seen any videos really. Does anyone know if the top of the system (NXL) is glossy like the dsi XL? Or are they more similar to the 3DS XL in terms of glossy/matte feel?

From the videos I've seen, it looks more glossy than the 3DS XLs I have. They look very reflective. I don't really like glossy things, but I'm planning on covering it up eventually anyway, so I'm not going to get too bothered by it.

 

[Dasbreenee]

From the videos I've seen, it looks more glossy than the 3DS XLs I have. They look very reflective. I don't really like glossy things, but I'm planning on covering it up eventually anyway, so I'm not going to get too bothered by it.

Ah, I don't really care for glossy either.
I preferred my XL to my regular 3DS. Oh well. I guess I have to live with it.
I'm just disappointed there's no white. It looks so nice on the NN3DS

 

[Colour Bandit]

I really need to ignore the English release, my boyfriend's birthday is on Feb 28th (normally the 29th) and he wants a 3DS so he can play Pokemon with me, now my heart is going "sell your Japanese N3DS, preorder an English NXL, system transfer and give your old XL to the BF"... I mean it would be a win win but after buying an iPad Air2 I don't think I can justify this, especially with cut down hours at work... Why do I have to be so indecisive and selfishly-generous?! I'd rather wait until my birthday (August) at least to upgrade and then give Alex my old XL... :/ Somebody stop me...

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

Ah, I don't really care for glossy either.
I preferred my XL to my regular 3DS. Oh well. I guess I have to live with it.
I'm just disappointed there's no white. It looks so nice on the NN3DS

Or purple. Now that would be cool, since the only 3DS thats purple is the regular one and the normal 3DS's screen is to small for me. Besides, you don't see it that much online anymore. I'm not a huge fan of the glossy look, but it's not a huge bother. I would like to see more colours though, maybe in the future. The current XL has quite a few colours (but the pink one seems to be disappearing). I wish the UK would sell the red one though, I'm fine with blue however.

 

[isebrilia]

I really wanted the New 3DS due to the white model and the faceplates... however it's not coming to NA.
Even if it was announced, I would have had a hard time transitioning to the screen as I have a XL.
Time to save my money for the Majora's Mask release ​

 

[Keylime]

Do we have a time frame that nintendo takes to release different colors by any chance?

 

[Bread Kennedys]

To people who wanted the normal N3DSXL: I'm sorry. You didn't get what you want, and I wish there was something I could do about that. But I'm not Reggie, so I can't.

Anyways, that said, I was gonna get the XL anyways. No skin off my back there. If the MH4U N3DSXL is still in stock by my birthday, I'll get that. If not, then I'll be picking up the Red N3DSXL.