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3DS XL First Impressions/Previews

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Leonsito

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If you want to transfer the content do you have to have both machines at the same time? I ask because there is a trade-in offer here in Spain pretty good, but I don't want to lose the 20 ambassador games...
 

OMG Aero

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If you want to transfer the content do you have to have both machines at the same time? I ask because there is a trade-in offer here in Spain pretty good, but I don't want to lose the 20 ambassador games...
You have to have both systems at the same time and they need to be connected to the internet.
 

RPGCrazied

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Still no amazon preorder? I have amazon gift card I want to use. I'm sure amazon won't sell it directly, but surely resellers will?
 

Foffy

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I'm sure this has been asked but how well do DS games look on the big screens? Do they still look weird like on 3DS?
 

daakusedo

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So today, I wanted to see the battery with brightness at 2 but forgot to change and play 1h with lv3, 3d on then roughly 1h30 of sleep mode, 30 mn of online play and I end with 6h30.
 

Rich!

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TRANSFARRING MY SHIT

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feels good man.

ps. Kid Icarus is fucking incredible on this
 

Rich!

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Can't wait. D:

So all you need to transfer stuff is having both 3DSs side by side and connected online? That's neat!

Yep! Went smoothly. Afterwards, I went and traded in my 3DS original to CEX and got £69 cash for it, which is brilliant considering I only paid £70 for it originally anyway. Also, I do have to say, the slidepad feels a lot more 'springy' than my other 3DS...it's good.
 

Seik

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Yep! Went smoothly. Afterwards, I went and traded in my 3DS original to CEX and got £69 cash for it, which is brilliant considering I only paid £70 for it originally anyway. Also, I do have to say, the slidepad feels a lot more 'springy' than my other 3DS...it's good.

Yeah it must feel really better, I remember having pain in my thumb after long sessions of Zelda OoT. The console itself being bigger must fix that problem...Master Quest will be good on this.

Yeah, I have big hands. :/
 

Rich!

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Yeah it must feel really better, I remember having pain in my thumb after long sessions of Zelda OoT. The console itself being bigger must fix that problem...Master Quest will be good on this.

Yeah, I have big hands. :/

Then you're gonna love the XL. It's as comfortable as a GC controller. Well, almost.
 

Jarsonot

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Yeah it must feel really better, I remember having pain in my thumb after long sessions of Zelda OoT. The console itself being bigger must fix that problem...Master Quest will be good on this.

Yeah, I have big hands. :/

The comfortability factor is the #2 reason I'm upgrading, after the size of course. Looking forward to the feel of it.
 

Risgroo

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Well, I just put my old 3DS up for sale, the damn thing is just too small for my hands. Hopefully someone bites so I can pick up one of these XL bad boys.
 

Lanbeast

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Still no amazon preorder? I have amazon gift card I want to use. I'm sure amazon won't sell it directly, but surely resellers will?

What I've been holding off on as well. I have $80 in amazon cards that I'd like to put towards it. If it doesn't go up soon (for regular price), I'm going to order a blue from newegg and then use the cards for some games.
 

muu

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You all have good luck so far w/ color temp differences between the screens on the XL? I know I had to return 2 3DS's since the upper screen was much warmer than the bottom -- I've no problem w/ having more vibrant colors but it bothered the shit out of me to not see color temps fairly close to each other among the two screens.
 
You all have good luck so far w/ color temp differences between the screens on the XL? I know I had to return 2 3DS's since the upper screen was much warmer than the bottom -- I've no problem w/ having more vibrant colors but it bothered the shit out of me to not see color temps fairly close to each other among the two screens.

is this problem common at all? Damnit, i already had a similar one with my DSi XL back then where i had to exchance it since one of the screens was practically YELLOW instead of white :(
 

Bumhead

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Still no idea what colour to get.

Blue looks amazing. But I'm a sucker for red systems and there's something very Nintendo about red (if that makes a single lick of sense).
 

He-man

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hi , i am new here
i have preorder my 3DSxl (Red) by Gamestop , because the 20 euro gift card for New super Mario 2 , btw why the rumor that the gift card ar only for the digital version ? at lest here in Germany they told me it is for the Cartridge too .

hopeful tomorrow , or if not Saturday is 3DSxl day :) .
 

Pikma

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Question time:

How's the Stylus quality? The telescopic-like Stylus is lovely and it feels of better quality than those of the DS, are those back? or is it better now?
 
I think so. Transferring all my shit back to my original 3DS now and going back to the store tomorrow... Argh.

[EDIT] NEVER FUCKING MIND. Can't transfer between systems more than once within 7 days. I'm fucked.

Pretty sure they will all be yellow, even normal 3DS consoles are these days, I know my Zelda one is.
 

bumpkin

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Can't wait. D:

So all you need to transfer stuff is having both 3DSs side by side and connected online? That's neat!
The only bitch is for those of us considering trading in our original 3DS', I don't know of any GameStops that offer any sort of Wifi. Not really sure how that's going to work out.
 

MarkusRJR

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Can someone do a comparison between GB game sizes on the 3DS and 3DS XL? I'm curious how big the 1:1 mode looks on the XL compared to the stretched mode on the normal 3DS.
 

Jarsonot

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Just preordered red (U.S.), keep those impressions coming, it's making the long wait for August 19th all the more bearable. (is that the correct spelling of bearable? Looks funny)
 

Yazuka

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Hearing about the yellow screens are a bit of a turn off... Is it something that should keep someone from buying one? I mostly wonder if it will be an annoyance that just will make you pissed.
Or I'm just being overly sensitive..
 
So how does DSi -> 3DS transferring work? Do the DSiWare games go to the eShop? I doubt any sort of account overwrites on the 3DS, it should just be adding on to your 3DS account right?
 
Hearing about the yellow screens are a bit of a turn off... Is it something that should keep someone from buying one? I mostly wonder if it will be an annoyance that just will make you pissed.
Or I'm just being overly sensitive..

I think it's something you'll get used to and not notice all that much in most games.
 

mrkgoo

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People are just too used to 'cool' screens.

It's partially preferential in nature, but teh colour temp of your display should actually be adjusted depending on ambient temp.
 

Seik

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Hearing about the yellow screens are a bit of a turn off... Is it something that should keep someone from buying one? I mostly wonder if it will be an annoyance that just will make you pissed.
Or I'm just being overly sensitive..

No, you're not weird at all, its turning me off as well...

I'll get it anyway for the bigger size/comfort though.
 
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