Video: New Nintendo 3DS Unboxing And Hands On

I bet our 3DS boxes are going to be nowhere near as colorful as their boxes haha. We need ours so stylish and sleek. Japan just knows how to be fun!

I dig the new boxes. They seem like perfect advertising that echoes those of the mid nineties..'play it loud'

I'm pretty envious of that guys collection..that gold plated NES! Nice video.. that standard new 3ds doesn't look like a downgrade at all coming from an XL...

@creepingdeth21 - I think the US boxes will be more focused on function rather than faceplates. We'll have a picture of an amiibo sitting on the bottom screen captioned "NFC built-in!", and an extreme close-up of the "new 2nd stick" so it doesn't look so small, with the words "improved 3D effect!" plastered across the front. Faceplates aren't going to sell new 3DS in the US to current owners. Oh, and hopefully the box has a new name as well.

Looks a lot more like the 3DS XL design w/ the curvey corners and more solid plastic looking color throughout, which I really didn't like at first about the XL; the red, blue and pink 3DS we have all look so nicely layered, but it is starting to grow on me.

And I like the music, fit well. (People always seem to be complaining about the music.)

This is beyond cruel! You guys need to stop this torture now.

It's a pity there always has to be one or two little niggles with these systems (Nintendo just can't see to nail everything), like the slightly yellow tint to the screens with these New models (most noticeable on the whites), the need for a screwdriver to change one of the faceplates, same goes for the awkwardness if you have to switch SD cards, the slightly fugly layout of the ports and stuff on the bottom of the system (personally I'd have put the cartridge slot in the centre and moved the headphone jack and stylus slot to the left side), the lack of a power supply in the box in UK models (so unless you had a previous 3DS system it's an additional "hidden" cost)...

Looks pretty sweet overall though.

Awesome video! Love the music! Nice job team! Can't wait for it to come to NA.

Those sfc buttons are what's pushing me towards the standard vs the xl!

@Dazza lol, he reminds me of me.

I never understood why they would want to sell the charger separate. It's basically needed for the device.

This video is nothing it doesn't show anything but the console. :?

@kereke12 The title was "Video: New Nintendo 3DS Unboxing And Hands On"...what else were you expecting?

regardless, 2015 feels soo far. Do you think NOA will keep the super famicom colored buttons?

@OneBagTravel
"I never understood why they would want to sell the charger separate."

That's the reason it was included with the XL in the US- you wouldn't understand.

Choosing between larger screens and changeable faceplates looks like it's going to be a tricky decision!

That gold painted NES with Link sticker looks horrible.

I am in pain right now.

I really hope that USA gets the same color buttons this time around! Our SNES was different from everyone else's Super Famicom

@NbaJunkie
Yep I want that gold-plated NES/Famicom

@Dazza
I chuckled in the last part. The article's secondary title should mention about how we're going to watch the reboxing.

Whats the paper aeroplane game?

I wonder if YouTube is faster on that thing.

Definately going to end up buying this.

The music is hard on the ears, I had to mute it.

My bank account just burst into tears.

@OneBagTravel I think it is because there are so many of them in the wild. I have three or four chargers as is. I leave one at work and have a few in other rooms in my apartment now.

Dat' Zelda NES doh....

I hope they'll eventually give the XL faceplates.

It'd be great if that's the box we get!

Classy muzak, Reddy for a new 3DS albeit a 3DSi

Meh. I'll throw down the cash if it just so happens, but I'd have to put some effort into actually buying one for the time being, so it probably won't happen. Ideally, I'd get the console on launch, do the system transfer, then get rid of my 3DS XL ASAP.

Then it will be over and done with.

How comfortable is it to hold the new 3DS compared with the old one. I'm especially concerned about the cart slot and power buttons along the bottom edge where I usually rest the system on my pinky fingers :-

I really love this!!! The N3DS, the faceplates, the video... Please can I have one soon? Not too soon though because with all the stuff coming out, I'll be too broke. Would be nice to have confirmed release dates and pricing though. Not too long a delay either, mind. How far ahead do pre-orders usually start? I can imagine a fair few people being happy to wait a few months for a late Christmas present if this is the present. Hoping for March or before.

I'm probably going to get the standard size new 3DS and sell my old XL for cheap. I can't pass up the faceplates. Hopefully it's not too hard to adjust to the smaller screen size!

Please stop playing with the focus as an attempt at directorial art. It's maddening. Also: a tripod, please. Sorry.

As for the thing itself, meh. There just isn't a compelling reason for me to get it. I have Xenoblade on the Wii, and while I love portable gaming, I don't need it on the go that badly. This feels more DSi than GBA SP to me.

Is it just me, or does the new box design look similar to cheap school shoes? I know, a weird preference.

I Hope there will be a new Pokemon Game where you use the left circle pad to move the camera angle

That box design is brilliant! I hope we get a similar one in the uk

Does the New 3DS's back plate use the special Nintendo tri screws, or are they phillips?

I am between skipping this and wait for Nintendo's next handheld, or getting it by the time it's release.

Just a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittle bit better than Gamexplain's take on the same. Guy's voice was killing me.

"fondling its nipple-like C-Stick." Oh NL...

now for the us release..........

JUST GIVE US A RELEASE NOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why you do dis? Now I'm even more conflicted between the new 3DS and new 3DS XL. I still want the new XL but the customizable face plates and the snes a,b,x,y buttons of the regular 3DS are tempting

@Kirk You realize you can't accurately judge a screen's colour or quality when it's in a video, right?

Any word on how much better the new CPU is? %

Can you turn the NFC on and off??

It's understandable that we would refer to it as "new 3ds", but to actually name it that....? How lame. lol

@Damo
At about 1:37 into the video you show the old 3DS screen size displayed on the screen of the New 3DS.
Is the screen really that much bigger?

I didn't think the difference would be so dramatic, impressive.
Also, I applaud your effort to present the difference in size. Very, very good work.
-Nintendo should have done it like that themselves.

Is the XL version out in japan yet?

Derp. I hope they don't give us purple buttons in the US.

Purple is my favorite color btw. But the red/yellow/green/blue placement is iconic! Maybe I'll buy some nail polish and paint the buttons on my xL...

@Damo

And just like that you've made my decision THAT much harder.
I was adamant that I'd get a New XL to replace my normal old 3DS.
I find the screen a little to small for Smash Bros, so I figured that XL was the way to go.
But now...HNNNNNG...too hard!

No reports of the New XL screen being sharper and more vivid than the old?
Of course you can't do anything about the resolution but there are other factors one could theoretically improve.

Man I Need the New 3DS, Definitely going for the smaller version love the famicom buttons and changeable face plates.

@Ferkner

This is actually based on some reports I've read as opposed to what is in the video.

Did I see Flipnote Studio 3D?! D:

Looks awesome! I'll certainly consider buying it when it comes to the UK.