The New Nintendo 3DS XL (no kidding, that’s what it’s called) might look nearly identical to a regular “old” Nintendo 3DS XL at a glance, but it’s actually a surprisingly big step forward.

Nintendo (NTDOY) is having a heck of a year. As of March, the video game giant had already shipped 2.7 million units of its new Switch consoles, putting it on pace for 10 million units shipped by next ...

New Nintendo 3DS XL : Front The New 3DS XL vastly improves the 3D effect thanks to face-tracking technology. The front-facing camera on the top half of the system constantly watches your face and ...

In retrospect, it probably wasn't the best idea for Nintendo to name its new flagship handheld device after its least important feature. When the venerable Japanese gaming company unveiled the 3DS, ...

Nintendo recently announced another model in its long-running 3DS line: the New 2DS XL combines the screen size and clamshell form factor of the 3DS XL, the built-in NFC capability of the New Nintendo ...

Admittedly, “New 3DS XL – Super Nintendo Entertainment System Edition” is far from the shortest or catchiest name Nintendo ...

Following an announcement last August that it had run out of replacement parts for the New 3DS, Nintendo Japan now says it has run out of parts for the New 3DS XL and the 2DS. As a result, it will no ...

Nintendo announced that the company has run out of replacement parts in Japan for the Nintendo 2DS [FTR-001] model and the New Nintendo 3DS LL (XL) [RED-001] model handheld systems, and it is no ...

A late July 2017 release for the New Nintendo 2DS XL left many people a bit confused. With Nintendo’s latest major new system, the Switch, continuing to perform strongly since its release in March ...

Update, August 20, 2025 (7:35 AM ET): Just a few hours after this was first published, AYN released more specs for the upcoming Thor handheld. It will indeed be very similar in size to the New ...