With the New Nintendo 3DS and XL on the way soon - 13th February - there are no doubt plenty of gamers in the West planning pre-orders and choosing models. The choices vary per region, too, with Europe receiving white and black 'smaller' models along with metallic blue and metallic black XL systems, while in North America the system will launch with just the "New Black" and "New Red" XL versions.
The "New Red" is exclusive to North America so far, then, though one major retailer in the UK - Argos - included the following as an advert in its latest catalogue.
It cites the Red XL model for the region, which was either the retailer's inside knowledge inadvertently being published or an error by a catalogue content planner that did a quick Google search. The latter seems likely, as Nintendo UK has told us that "the UK/EU will only stock Black and Blue New XL".
If you see this advert for the red XL in the UK, don't be fooled; it's not on the cards at the moment.
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The red one looks bad anyway, black one looks the best.
This is why I never trust game announcement rumours that come from retail. The truth is they know less than any of us that frequent news websites like this.
What I really wanted in NA along with lack of faceplates is THE SAME BORING SELECTION OF BLACK AND RED. Could we at least get some new colors?!?
The red new 3ds xl is my least favourite colour, but having the option is always a good thing
red is in the uk though get US 3DS XL and uk xl swap shells and make small profit by selling the possibly only blue US 3DS XL
Of course they'd do that, it's Argos. Just like every other company in Britain, they couldn't care less about Nintendo and just didn't do the research.
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So many restrictions... First, Americans aren't getting the regular New 3DS, and now Europe isn't getting the red XL? What is Nintendo's problem? I couldn't care less about red, and I live in America anyway, but these region exclusives are getting more and more ridiculous.
I was gonna get the standard model I wanted the smaller screen but Nintendo is only releasing the XL here in America so no purchase from me right now I have an XL currently and was looking forward to getting the smaller version but oh well maybe they will release it at a later date , doubtful but maybe I do like the Zelda MM XL but getting that is like finding amiibos here you CAN'T . I'm sure ebay will have some though LOL ..
Oh boy we in NA get red or black! Boring.
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