Topic: 3DS LL (XL) thread.

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Here's a translation of the page. They say it's very comfortable so I'm assuming they just did that to show off the graphics.

Hand On Nintendo 3DS XL26/06/2012

This is the IDEF, great meeting of the gaming pros at Cannes who stands from 26 to 28 July 2012 on the Nintendo booth, that the meeting took place in shock. The console was not normally worn to reporters before the Japan Expo held in Paris from July 5 to 8. But it was our secret map forget: the fluke (to be polite)!

The world's first true, will have taken place just sitting on a chair, booth Nintendo, this afternoon! The Director of Nintendo itself has left us near, and even take fifteen minutes, the beast. Because you asked nicely ... and that exceptions are obviously made to be exceeded! The idea of ​​this meeting "unexpected", in any event, Nintendo seems to have seduced. In off, we were told that this "excluded" was a gift to PN for "services rendered for 10 years." It sends the message ... and it's always nice

Light filter image, huge screen, light ... very nice surprises!

The console, so we'll talk about without mentioning specifics. We already know all the power, size and weight of the console (see our previous article). What interests us today is to know what it is for real.

Well brace yourself: it is love at heart! First, the screen size for a laptop is amazing. Seeing is believing. The term XL is not stolen. It's really VERY VERY big and less comfortable viewing. It takes as much fun to play in 2D and 3D ... because of the sudden the 2D rendering offers great big show (in addition to offering a wide viewing angle for viewers to side). DS games will certainly take a third life. When you turn on 3D, almost unsurprisingly, one realizes that the effect is much more eloquent and pleasing to the eye. The screen is not pokey as the first model, we no longer forces the eye muscles in the same way and it's a real pleasure.

Let us add also that the 3D effect seemed more "soft", more natural. The screen technology seemed more advanced than the initial model-to-confirm. The pixels enlarged, because the screen resolution does not change, does not pose a problem because the image is quite soft. There must be a filter that rounds the pixels ... Anyway, it's all good. The games keep a suitable definition. Even if we do has an HD Smartphone or PSP like Vita, you must know that on the one hand console provides a basic rendering than the LD ... and above all it is meant to be usitée with the 3D function. Which gives a glow, a depth that does not exist on non-3D screens, whether HD or not. This leads to the conclusion that the screen is that it will not disappoint and is finally honor 3DS and 3D games in general.

The grip, second pleasant surprise, is simply excellent. The "corners" of the console does finally fall over in his hands. The seizure of the machine seems natural. Much more natural than the first version. So you wonder what Nintendo has made with the first non 3DS. If the console had really been tested in-house long ... For it goes without saying that the XL him, because of its excellent comfort, is subject to many adjustments. Fatigue will not feel so long when we play. Thanks to excellent ergonomics that supports rendering nice screen. Although the difference is very slight, the buttons seemed to us well placed and better quality than the previous model. Ditto for the stick, which seems to want bigger and better to the thumb. Anyway, how many players should feel less tense playing ... and the youngest will not hurt to acclimatize. The average size of ergonomics finally, and this is mathematical, is ideal for both large hands and small hands.

Last great surprise, the weight of the console. It is ... very light! We did not find the feeling of really heavier than the old 3DS now. Weight distribution, more spread out, also helps. But frankly, it looks really "light" for his size. A relatively large size, though rather late. The console is this long, but the thickness is very thin, very little broader. Paradoxically one approaches the philosophy of miniaturization ... A small detail that has certainly reduce weight: the coating 'deluxe plastic "imitation metal popularized recently by the latest Samsung Galaxy S3. Instead of appearing chip, this detail on the contrary strengthens the modern look of the console.

Once in hand, one wants to go with!

We realize, with the 3DS XL, the handheld will likely have a role to play in times to come. They would be able to compete with games on Smartphone, for the simple reason that there are still ideas to make you want to play on portable gaming experience that is incomparable. This does not happen maybe not ... large format consoles and more games that go with the obvious.

Anyway, after testing carefully Mario Kart 7 XL on screen, we can assure you that the games 3DS take a second breath. The game experience is really much more comfortable and festive!

Only flaw, perhaps, the sound of the speakers who did not seem of better quality than the original 3DS ... Again it will dig. We were in a noisy room when we tested the device. But probably nothing transcendental at HP. Anyway, many players will probably continue to use their headphones ...

In conclusion, and for those who doubt, the 3DS 3DS XL THE UNDERGROUND on almost every point. What a shame that Big N has not taken care of this model directly out ... And indeed having an ecological gesture in addition to having offered the best product to buyers! Because after playing on the laptop screen the largest ever made by Nintendo, it is no longer possible to backtrack. And it goes without saying that future games like Luigi Mansion 2, Castlevania or even sympathetic NSMB2 we tested, will finally be honored as they deserve.

So we can always criticize the fact that there is no second stick (even though Nintendo has never desired to provide a base for accessibility reasons and to distinguish handheld games in the lounge). You might say that the console has not made the leap to HD ... But then again we can find another argument against saying that 3D has never been so beautiful and that HD does not effect on its rendering. Quibble with the 3DS XL, is like finding fault with a hot girl: we can, but why!