Nintendo announced New Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL - with a new handheld feature

Nintendo hasn't given up on 3DS yet! In fact, they were back for more improvement. Major changes were made on the feature look of the 'New Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL'.

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Here is what you can find in the new feature:-

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Nintendo has added a new analog stick to the handheld, right above the joystick button. This was a new breakthrough that was not available in its predecessor. A style that made it much similar to Playstation joystick all this while.

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Introducing the new shoulder buttons on left and right, each labelled as 'ZL' and 'ZR'. Probably gives a better hold at action, again similar to the joystick we see in other console. At least Nintendo has made it favourable to common video game players.

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Offers an additional add-on, the Circle Pad Pro. which allows for dual analog control in games like Monster Hunter.

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Faster CPU and download speed. Allows the downloading of games much faster than before. Also there is a new build-in NFC that allows you to interact with the upcoming figurine, Amiibo.

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Larger screen for New Nintendo 3DS, with a screen of 3.88 inch as compared to previous version that is only 3.5 inch. However the new 3DS XL remains the same in terms of size.

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Both new 3DS will be using an exclusive software. And Nintendo is offering a port to play RPG game: Xenoblade Chronicles exclusively for the new 3DS and 3DS XL.

courtesy: theverge.com

New Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL was announced to be launched on 11th October in Japan.
New Nintendo 3DS will be USD 154 (RM 486 not including import tax) and 3DS XL will be USD 181 (RM 570 again, not including the import tax).

The sad news is that, it won't reach US until next year. So we can assume that it probably will enter Malaysian market by 2015 too.

What we can do now is to just find out from the announcement in this video.

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