Comments on: Nintendo 3DS XL Gets 90% Bigger Screens for $199

By: Felix Nolastnamechosen

Felix Nolastnamechosen — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:38:00 +0000

i dont think i wold really like to buy this. i just bought 3ds a couple months back and anyway, who am i kidding? this version looks a little ugly.

By: James Robinson

James Robinson — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:53:00 +0000

Its basically the same thing. Just buy a 3ds. It’s cheaper and anyway who cares if it has a bigger screen. It’s just like the iPod and iPad. It’s not like the 2 have different games that are specially designed for just that system. I recommend to buy the regular 3ds even though I’m getting a 3ds Xl when I comes out.
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By: dude

dude — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:44:00 +0000

They could have at least added 3d front facing cameras, looks like it will suck.

Looks cheap compared to the original 3ds imo

By: Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:25:00 +0000

As Shiner says, it’s based on area not the diagonal. Assuming the same aspect ratio, a doubling of the diagonal results in a quadrupling of the area.

By: Shiner

Shiner — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:08:00 +0000

It’s based on area not linear increase :)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:05:00 +0000

Well, 90% larger screen?
3DS has screens: 3.53 / 3.02
3DS XL has 4.88 / 4.18
that’s about 38% more on the big screen and the bottom screen too.
I cannot find the 90% even if I sum these two :)