A lot of focus will go to Pokémon Sun and Moon as we head towards November, with Nintendo and The Pokémon Company likely to go big with their arrival on 3DS. In good news for North American gamers a limited edition hardware iteration previously confirmed for Europe and Japan is now definitely coming to the region.
It's the black model that features the Legendary Pokémon from the game, Solgaleo and Lunala. A New Nintendo 3DS XL without any pre-installed games, in North America it's called the Solgaleo Lunala Black Edition, and is coming out ahead of the games on 28th October.
It'll have a recommended price of $199.99. Nintendo of America has also confirmed a 'Dual Pack' which will include both Sun and Moon when they arrive on 18th November, which also comes with codes to redeem in exchange for 100 Poké Balls in each title. That'll cost $79.99.
Are you tempted by either of these options? Let us know in the comments.
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I've had the $89 steelbook case in my Amazon cart for a couple of months now. I wonder if that one will also get the 100 Pokeballs?
Themed hardware w/o the game still makes me SMH
Did they just low-key confirm microtransactions?
"... codes to redeem in exchange for 100 Poké Balls in each title. "
:'c
@kevfrei No, because micro transactions involve money. They did this before with AS/OR I think and those games did not have micro transactions.
Canceled my preorder, I'd rather have a PS4 Pro.
I'm very underwhelmed with this system. It's so... basic looking. The X/Y limited editions were much better in my opinion.
Who names these systems?! Their names are terrible!
my daughter and I both want this model.
No game or charge included.
Never change Nintendo.
@rjejr yeah that actually really bugs me!
@Lzeon Ah, interesting. I didn't know they did that for ORAS. The $40 is probably enough
As cool as Mega Pyroar and Batmon look, I'm still sticking with my anime girl 3DS. -w- lol
If the US is getting that, can Europe get that cool Galaxy New 3DS XL please?
Majoras Mask New XL is still the reigning champ in terms of looks IMHO. Followed closely by the Super Famicom edition. This one is toward the bottom of the list for me. The XY (red/blue) systems were gorgeous though.
For the most part, I haven't been interested in models tied to IPs. The only exception was the Animal Crossing 3ds XL. I never got that model, but I thought it was adorbs!
I got the Hyrule Edition one, and I'm completely happy with it.
The design is really good though, and I could see this selling out quick like every other special design model released, but why doesn't Nintendo ever pack the actual game/s into the special edition of the systems?
The Pokemon Sun and Moon pack is tempting, but at this point I'm more worried about learning more about NX. Seriously, I'm on the fence about either sticking with Nintendo and getting the NX, or going and getting a Xbox One S, and I said I would wait to decide when the NX is revealed, but Nintendo is really making that harder with the long wait -_-
Looks very cool but i like my consoles to be printless. Only print related to the design of the system for me.
@hYdeks Why not PS4pro?
Tempting...
>Codes for 100 pokéballs
You can get that amount of Pokéballs in literally an hour of playthrough. Well played, Nintendo.
If it had a game, or both games, the price would be $240 or $280. Would that make all you complainers happy? I doubt it.
Same interior as the black New XL. No thanks.
Make a standard size black N3DS like this with these as faceplates, and I'll finally upgrade.
This one is iffy, it seems like the Pokemon themed 3DS's always gets the awkward designs.
@Sanangelo89 @hYdeks
Probably because Xbox One has external drive support so you're not stuck at the 2TB limit like with PS4 (that's max the internal drive can upgrade to).
Also, X1 systems are half the price of that new system, and tbh unless you're going for full 4K setup, the games will look pretty much the same. I own PS4 and X1 and the games look identical. Anyone who says otherwise is either scrutinizing pixels like a Where's Waldo or blinded by their console loyalties. You get a better framerate in some cases but, is that worth an extra $200 and the guarantee you'll run out of space and have to start deleting games (my 2TB PS4 has been full for 6 months, I have over 200gb of deleted games already).
Plus, backward compatibility too? Games like Witcher 2, Bayonetta, Portal and Portal 2, XCOM, Dark Souls, Rayman Origins, SSX and a whole slew of digital arcade games like Neo Geo classics and Genesis titles, appraised add-one like Far Cry Blood Dragon... it's amazing and getting more games by the week.
I will say that PS4 gets more exclusives though, so that's a point in its favor (mostly JRPG stuff which I love such as Valkyria Chronicles or Dragon Quest Builders) but if you're gonna be buying multiplats I can't recommend PS4. Not with the space capped and no external HDD support, no backward compatibility and twice the price.
I love my PS4 but, if I owned neither I'd buy an X1 for $200 before a PS4pro for $400. Then upgrade to Scorpio next year, unplug the 4TB external drive and just plug it in... bam. All games are transfered.
I need a New 3DS, but didn't want to get just any New 3DS.
Getting this.
I really want this. I don't have a 3ds, but I'm really tempted to purchase one. I know it's at the end of its life, but I would still find a lot of enjoyment in it for a few years. Right now, it's a toss up between this and the Mario 3D Land one. The 3D Land appears to be the better deal, but I love the look of this one. Too bad the Pokemon game isn't included.
At this point, I'll just probably get this for collection purposes...
Just wonder, why only Black color for both of them ?
It should be White for Solgaleo (Represent Light) and Black for Lunala (Represent Darkness). Much like Yin and Yang.
@Sanangelo89 I'm not into Playstation, at least not since the PSOne days
@JaxonH yea I've had tons of time with both systems and see absolutely no difference other than preferences. Sony does get some games, mainly japanese games that xbox don't see, but xbox gets a lot of the games I actually prefer.
So far, I am just waiting till the NX reveal to decide if I will get it or the Xbox One S, because I won't be getting more than one console this generation, unlike past generations.
I think I'll switch over my preorders for Sun and Moon to the Dual Pack. I'll only be saving a little under $7 but the Dual Pack does come with the bonus of 100 free Poke Balls for each game (which is nice as funds are a little hard to come by early in the game). I don't really care about limited edition hardware (especially since I'm convinced Nintendo could've implemented the faceplates for the New XL models if they really wanted to) but this Sun & Moon XL looks very enticing... Hmmm...
@KIREEK
Agreed. Part of me kinda likes the tribal/simplistic pattern on this one, but the Majoras Mask one is my baby. I actually swapped out the back battery cover on mine with a blue Monster Hunter Generations back plate I bought on the Nintendo store, it looks pretty sweet.
Eh my X/Y Red 3DS XL looks way better than this. I feel better about my 3DS's design now xD
Something about the colour, or just that it is basic but not elegant. For 3DS designs, I like the Zelda 3DS XL (came out with ALBW) and the gorgeous MH4U New 3DS XL.
20th education was all around better deal…
@hYdeks @JaxonH Ooh ok. I understand the preference of games and for that, you should buy a Xbox if your games are there. Besides that though, i dont see any reason to buy a scorpio just for the specs. Its still months away and i dont think that Xbox one s being the "real" 4k player is gonna beat the PS4 in sales or is going to benefit the Xbox community. Actually i think it would devide them cause they are defenitly going to promote it under XBONE brand but it technically is a "new" console with a lot more power which developers are going to utilise at some point. 4k is nice but i will never buy a console for that. If a game looks good, it looks good no matter what kind of tv you have.
I dont have a 4k tv. No one i know has a 4k tv. Buying a PS4 pro, partly being a 4k machine and having slighty better performance is nice for 399 which was the original ps4 start price. This is a huge advantage commercially and it seems more of a choice for the consumer.
The only advantage the Scorpio has for me is the changeable HDD. But i have to be honest with you guys i dont really like the xbox brand. The only thing the Xbox brand did good was the online service but more about the service. That you had to pay to play online always bothered me(i hate that sony does it now too and i hope that nintendo doesnt fall for that) and the whole FPS decease was also because of the XB360 era in which they did had an advantage over the PS3 for a while for being the cheaper console.
Microsoft brought some good things to the game industry but more in benefit for them then the consumer. Same with the Scorpio, why not just call it the next Xbox console. Only reason i can find is that they dont want to alienate the original XBONE owners. But if that is the case are developers able to utilise the scorpios full advantage that are noticeable for the average consumer. Yes for gamers with a bit of technical knowledge it might matter but for the average consumer it doesnt and also, will it gain moment before Sony comes with the next gen PS. I dont think so!
@J-Manix98 That actually sounds awesome!
Not all that impressed with the design...but I did go ahead and pre-order the dual-pack.
Nintendo needs to think more about the merits of faceplates instead of limited-edition models with poor art.
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