With a little under two months until the 3DS XL sees a launch in the US, and a month until it arrives in Japan and across Europe, Nintendo has to have final units ready to start distributing. Lucky for us French gaming site Puissance Nintendo got some hands-on time with the new handheld and managed to capture video of it playing Mario Kart 7.
The feedback about the revised hardware seems to be very positive for the most part. Even though the unit has increased in size significantly to cater for the 90% bigger displays, the weight ends up being around about the same as the original 3DS. Weight distribution is also even and the rounded corners make for a comfortable grip, meaning the XL is going to be nice to hold for extended periods of time.
One of the biggest concerns when screen size is increased, but game resolution remains the same, is how good the games will look. Apparently Nintendo has managed to improve upon the 3D effect and also made 2D graphics look better than they did on 3DS. Puissance believe this is due to some sort of anti-aliasing light filter being added to the screen, but it could just as easily be Nintendo using higher quality displays that hide any detail loss. And as the video clearly demonstrates, viewing angles are great.
Another question that has arisen since the announcement is what the casing is like. It seems Nintendo has gone for a ?plastic imitating metal? effect, meaning it isn?t shiny plastic and won?t be a magnet for fingerprints.
So unless you need a smaller piece of hardware in your bag, it looks as though the 3DS XL might be the version to get. I for one will be picking one up come release as I definitely enjoyed playing games on my DSi XL more than the smaller, original hardware.
Read more at Puissance Nintendo (translated), via Kotaku
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