I can't believe the entire situation. If you have the time to read this, get comfortable... I know a lot of you commenting on an article like this may be feeling the way I am, or, you might not. But if you are, you're extremely disappointed by Nintendo at the moment. They are restricting only the NA region from purchasing an entirely new console that they have basically been indirectly advertising to us for roughly 6 months now. If Apple made the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus available everywhere but only NA got the 6 Plus, they would be lynched. The last time around, the only difference between the XL and Regular was PPI and size only. The XL vastly outsold the regular because those were the only differences and it made more sense to buy the larger model for a relatively insignificant price difference. This time the differences are huge! Faceplates, Colorful Super Famicom themed buttons, White/ Black colors, portable and compact size (yet larger than the original 3DS). They play the same games, but are DIFFERENT systems. I still have my original 3DS as my main handheld because the XL and NewXL have blurry picture quality due to low PPI. I have contacted NOA on the phone now probably 5-8 times asking about the N3DS Regular just hoping that I could get a hold of a rep that actually cared! I did ONCE. He said he had been encouraging others to call to create call volume because he cared that much! He is probably risking his job to do so. Nintendo needs to re-think this horrible decision and let us have a real HANDHELD not this blown up non-portable mess!
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Re: Nintendo of America's Damon Baker Explains the New Nintendo 3DS XL Decision and Desire to Engage With the Community
I can't believe the entire situation. If you have the time to read this, get comfortable... I know a lot of you commenting on an article like this may be feeling the way I am, or, you might not. But if you are, you're extremely disappointed by Nintendo at the moment. They are restricting only the NA region from purchasing an entirely new console that they have basically been indirectly advertising to us for roughly 6 months now. If Apple made the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus available everywhere but only NA got the 6 Plus, they would be lynched. The last time around, the only difference between the XL and Regular was PPI and size only. The XL vastly outsold the regular because those were the only differences and it made more sense to buy the larger model for a relatively insignificant price difference. This time the differences are huge! Faceplates, Colorful Super Famicom themed buttons, White/ Black colors, portable and compact size (yet larger than the original 3DS). They play the same games, but are DIFFERENT systems. I still have my original 3DS as my main handheld because the XL and NewXL have blurry picture quality due to low PPI. I have contacted NOA on the phone now probably 5-8 times asking about the N3DS Regular just hoping that I could get a hold of a rep that actually cared! I did ONCE. He said he had been encouraging others to call to create call volume because he cared that much! He is probably risking his job to do so. Nintendo needs to re-think this horrible decision and let us have a real HANDHELD not this blown up non-portable mess!