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Nintendo 3DS XL Larger Circle Pad Pro Announced

By Landon Robinson | 28 June 2012 | 6 Comments   

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Discovered through a Japanese magazine (via Andriasang) was the newly enhanced 3DS Circle Pad Pro, the even larger version of last year’s Circle Pad attachment that will be launching sometime this year to couple the release of the larger Nintendo 3DS XL.

Unfortunately, no pictures were given, but we’re left to assume that the attachment will just look like an upscaled Circle Pad add-on. Why? Because Nintendo was silly enough to not include it in the system itself, as many thought.

It’s currently only known to be coming to Japan, but we’re willing to bet that it’ll be on its way to North America in a timely manner.

If not, looks like all you big handed monsters will have to deal with only one circle pad instead of two — but we doubt it.

[via Andriasang]

 

6 Comments

  1. Posted by Brian P Rubin on 28 June 12 at 7:35am

    SO ANNOYING. They should pack them in with the system. Jeezy Creezy.

  2. Posted by Janie Egger on 28 June 12 at 11:15am

    The space below the XYBA buttons looks so empty. What a shame.

  3. Posted by L.R. (aka ScreamoLuvr) on 28 June 12 at 11:48am

    THERE IS A GIANT GAPING SPACE BELOW THE ABXY BUTTONS WHERE THEY COULD HAVE EASILY PUT IT WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

  4. Posted by Dudeman on 28 June 12 at 5:08pm

    *Facepalm*

  5. Posted by undeadpixel on 28 June 12 at 5:46pm

    nintendo is the next sega

  6. Posted by Anthony on 28 June 12 at 8:12pm

    Okay, hold on a minute. I get what Nintendo’s trying to do. Let’s not condemn them for this, but yeah: it wasn’t executed well.

    What they’re trying to do is even the playing field between regular 3DS and 3DS XL where the only difference between the two is size and price. If they updated the current 3DS design with say, better speakers, a second analog stick and dual cameras on the inside on the system for 3D video chat, then I would be mad. But the 3DS XL is only really better through it’s bigger screens and worse due to it’s higher price. Nothing more, nothing less. Stop bitching and accept Nintendo’s awkward decisions.

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