Nintendo 3DS XL

So, i was about on Amazon, eagerly looking forward to the release of pokemon X / Y Back in December. As i was pre-ordering i saw the XL there at the £165 price tag and wondered how much better then the normal 3DS is it. I looked around the internet and found that alot of people were happy with the decision to upgrade so i made that plunge and went and got it. Delivery was Very Quick which was great as i wasn't sitting here wondering about why I had spent that amount of money on essentially a Bigger screen. Very happy with Delivery. So I have had it for 3 Months and i will definitely say, Its worth it. Without second question i would Recommend the XL over the others. You dont get hunched up in an awkward shape when your playing trying to focus on the screen, Theres so much more that i can casually play it by sitting it down on a table (With the 3D off. you know your asking a bit much if you want 3D from a silly distance). No more Piddly Contrall scheme Either. I read from a Previous Review, that it is likened to having Clicky Buttons. This is absolutely true and its much better for it as oppose to the Normal 3DS fragile Feel of the Buttons. A few Bad points i have found that are just Peeves iv found. The sound is not as loud as the Normal 3DS. Unless your in a dead silent room, Your gonna want a decent pair of headphones on you at all times as this thing with max volume doesn't really help Immerse you in anything. With Headphones though , this doesn't become that problem. The 3D , As always its hit and miss. Sometimes it will work with you, sometimes you find it annoying. But what I would say i noticed when playing Pokemon X/Y with the 3D on is don't even think about switching it on. Battle Phases become a horrible Laggy Frame rate Mess so I spend The majority of my time with it Off. The Other Problem i found is if you have a good few people living with you using the internet, You better get used to Resetting your router. There are no internet problems setting up, that's the easy part. Its when you want to use the Internet features when theres 3 other people on the internet, It just wont find the signal. I did do this test with the Original DS as well though and it was the same Result so this is just a general Problem with the DS family. Absolutely no worries though if theres not many people Chugging Your Bandwidth. Overall though, the Fact that You have a bigger screen is the Deal maker in this one for me though. I cant tell you how much happier i am with it. theres just so much more free room you can have with it its well worth £165 just to be Comfortable. If you Haven't got a DS yet. Spend the Extra amount. You will Not Regret it. And as a final parting note. I will Credit what everyone else says about the XL, 'Once you Upgrade, Theres no going back.@

My mum loves the 3DS XL. It was bought as a Christmas present for her along with Animal Crossing and she hasn't stopped playing on it since. There is only one bad things about it which is why I didn't give it a full 5 stars. When buying it I noticed Amazon recommended buying it with a 3DS XL adaptor. We wondered why 'cos normally electronic devices come with the adaptors and thought oh it's just one of those Amazon promotion things that got it wrong (like sometimes Amazon does suggest other things that are irrelevant that other people might have looked at afterwards). We didn't notice that right at the bottom of the Amazon listing it does state that the adaptor is not included. This isn't made clear at the top of the amazon listing, and is only mentioned right at the bottom of the page after all the specs, and everything have been listed (something which if you just click buy now your likely to stop scrolling before you get to), it is also mentioned in the image of the product in the bright yellow box, but you can only make out what it says if you mouse over the image and see the bigger image (Amazon should really make this warning big enough to read in the small preview image), but if your buying a 3DS XL most of the time you won't bother mousing over the image to see the larger image because you know what a 3DS XL looks like! So you can imagine the disappointment on Christmas day when my mum opened the box, got the 3DS-XL out was about to play it and we were all like where's the AC adaptor? and being Christmas day we couldn't get her one till Boxing Day (we also found out that her old DS adaptor doesn't work with the 3DS-XL). Luckily though my sister had a 3DS and was able to lend her the adaptor on Christmas Day - the 3DS adaptors work with the 3DS-XL, but the original DS adaptors don't. I understand they've possibly done it for environmental reasons to reduce the number of adaptors lying around doing nothing and make it more eco friendly - but you'd think that on the box they'd put some clear hint to this that is visible from a preview, like maybe calling it "The Eco edition" or showing a green symbol, which tells you it's environmentally friendly edition which might not include adaptors. Other than that it's a very good console, but sorry Nintendo for being cheapskates and omitting the AC adaptor, and amazon for not making it clear enough in the images you only get 4 stars.

I'd been looking at getting a Nintento DS or some kind for a while. I had the original for a time before it was sadly stolen, but had never gotten around to replacing it until now. First of all, be aware that this device does not come with a charger included. I didn't fall for this trap having read some other reviews, but honestly, its not something you'd expect - most hand held devices and general gaming consoles come with a charger included, I have no idea why these don't. Moving onto the good stuff - this had a lot more to it than I had expected. First of all its very easy to use and to setup, so whether your a kid or an adult you shouldn't have any problems at all with that. Following on from that, its general design is rather nice, its a bit heavier than I expected but not uncomfortable so and the additional screen size really is better for the gaming experience. Next, the 3d - not something I've had experience of before with games, so it came as a bit of an 'ooh look at that' moment. After the initial adapting of the eyes its rather cool, and you can change how intense you want the 3d to be, so if you're like me and want the screen close to your face you can turn it down a bit so its not quite as straining. In reverse, if you're playing with it at arms length you can up the 3d to full force to get the full effect. Overall I'm really happy with it, I've played a few games on there now and find the general control and usability to be brilliant. I also feel its rather durable (so long as you don't drop it screen first or something). My 4 year old niece has been playing with it regularly (without the 3d on of course, yay for parental controls) and she loves it and hasn't managed to break it or even scratch it as yet. Really good purchase.

Marks on screen, super laggy gameplay, games getting stuck in game slot, some games not even loading in at all.

Before purchasing a 3DS XL I owned a original 3DS. The original console does the job nicely although wasn't comfortable in the hands for me so I looked towards an XL. When I bought the XL I was honestly surprised at how much better it is. The build quality is really nice, no more glossy material around the console that absorbs fingerprints all the time. Now we have a nice Matte-like finish and it feels really nice. The size of the XL is great for me as it feels more comfortable to hold, while I don't have the biggest hands in the world I still think this is more comfortable by far. The hinge of the top screen locks at two positions which are useful depending on what position you are sitting. My only issue is when locked in position the top screen still moves a little but it isn't very noticeable. The screen size is obviously the biggest change. I expected games to look a little worse since the resolution is the same so it would be stretched to fit the new screen but it actually looks really nice, it is a lot easier on the eyes too as everything is visible. The 3D also has a better viewing angle because of the big screen. Battery life is fantastic, I was able to reliably play on the 3DS for a long train journey and it still had some juice left in it. Overall it is a really good device and if you are thinking about upgrading from a 3DS (or even DS) I would definitely recommend doing so if you can afford it! One thing I would like to mention is that the 3DS does not come with a charger for whatever reason, other regions in the world do except us! So buy a charger along with or if you have a 3DS or a DS the charger for those will work.

Entertaining device to enjoy some good old Nintendo styled games. The 3D mode is a very nice feature and well done. And the XL screen is. The resolution is fine for these kind of games and I really like the 2 screen system of the Nintendo DS. So far the battery life seems reasonable and the handheld indicates the need to recharge by changing the battery light from green to red. When you are really close to finish the battery an extra light in the hinge between both screens starts blinking. Very nice feature. Also the game in this package is very entertaining!

The 3DS XL is a good gaming system and has many more features than the original DS it replaces, such as Augmented Reality Games, online shop, downloadable demos, StreetPass etc. The activity log keeps a record of playing times which is handy for parents. The only niggle is that the downloadable games cost much more than the same game on a game cartridge, which I find strange. EDIT to add. After the first couple of months my son stopped playing with this. In addition the games are too expensive for the work that goes into them. I don't mind paring £40 quid for an epic xbox game but £40 for a basic platformer is too much. It feels like something from the early naughties these days. Buy an iPad mini instead and play a plethora of reasonably priced games.

I've had quite a few different DS's in my time -- the 2D XL, the original small 3DS, and now this -- the 3DS XL. and this is by far the best of the bunch. When i got the original small 3DS I must admit that i was disappointed for quite a few reasons. The main reason was the screen size, which was a big step-down from the old 2D XL. I actually went back to using my 2D XL after my initial interest in the 3D effect had waned -- that's how disappointed i was in the original 3DS. The worst thing about the small screen size was that i could no longer play my old DS games on it. They worked okay, of course, but when you put an old DS game in the 3DS, it didnt even fill up the entire screen. It just used a portion of it -- and when you are only using a portion of an already small screen it's just not worth it. It ruined the game for me. So that was one of the reasons i went back to using my old 2D XL. I had a stack of great DS games that i still wanted to play, and the small 3DS screen wasn't big enough for me to enjoy them. well, i can happily report that the 3DS XL plays all of the old DS games great. It still doesn't use up quite the entire screen (there are black bands down the sides), but the screen is so huge that it doesn't matter. i haven't measured it, but i am pretty sure that the picture you get is bigger than the old 2D XL. it certainly feels like it. And its even bigger when you are playing 3DS games -- because obviously it does up use the entire screen. if you've already got one of the original small 3DS's... upgrade. its definitely worth it. and if you've still got one of the old 2D DS's... definitely upgrade! you can play all of your DS games on this big screen

La console est en parfait état tout fonctionne. J'ai eue même le chargeur et petit défaut j'ai pas eue le style mais pas grave car j'ai pris l'ancien mais je le recommande parfaitement

Il Nintendo 3DS XL che avevo comprato è arrivato molto usurati e sporco con ancora le ditate e mal funzionante, nonostante fosse stato spacciato per in ottime condizioni. Pagato 215 euro. Immediatamente chiesto il reso. Ho cercato un po’ su internet e ho trovato un negozio di Lugo di Romagna che mi ha venduto il new 3DS XL a 150 Euro letteralmente nuovo e senza imperfezioni. Non è una critica a questo venditore Amazon in particolare perché ho visto che tutti più o meno hanno questi prezzi online. Acquistate questo tipo di cose fisicamente non ve ne pentirete.

Je trouve cette console parfaite. J'ai acheté l'import anglais mais aucune différence avec la version française puisque le choix de la langue se fait lors de la première connexion. Attention, la prise secteur n'est pas livrée avec la console, il faut se la procurer.

haut parleur gauche ne fonctionne pas et tactile défectueux.

Musique à part une légère faiblesse de l'écran tactile, la console est en très bon état et tout a fait fonctionnelle. On sent la qualité travail fournie par les collaborateurs de cette petite entreprise, merci.