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Virtual Vox Pop: Will you purchase the Nintendo DSi XL with the Nintendo 3DS coming down the pipe?
By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 23 Mar, 2010 At 11:27 PM | Categorized As Consoles, Virtual Vox Pop | With 1 Comment

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Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s the Nintendo 3DS.

Nintendo of Japan let slip a press release that detailed the that the company is planning to release a 3D-capable verions of its mega-popular handheld (with an unveiling to come in June at E3) you could pretty much hear the rage strokes taking place in the American division.

Currently named the Nintendo 3DS, this upcoming handheld is positioned as the successor to both the Ninteno DS and Nintendo DSi, and will use a “compatible cart” that ensures backwards compatibility with older games. The Big N intends to launch the Nintendo 3DS “during the fiscal year ending March 2011.” Plus, reports are circulating that the Nintendo 3DS will pack a rumble function of sorts, plus a “3D control stick.”

That would be all fine and dandy if Nintendo of America wasn’t planning to launch the Nintendo DSi XL next week. Now, the Nintendo 3DS may be available for purchase until next year, but the fact that’s its now looming in the horizon may put off gamers looking to purchase a Nintendo handheld.

So, as always, what’s your stance?

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About - Founder and Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey L. Wilson’s love of all things shiny/digital has lead to jobs penning gadget- and video game-related nerd-copy for E-Gear, Laptop, LifeStyler, Parenting, PC Magazine, Sync, Wise Bread, and WWE. Besides overseeing the editorial content at 2D-X.com, the Brooklyn College grad hosts New York City’s monthly Bits and Bytes video game media and public relations meetup. You can find him at a bar sampling foreign beers, or on Twitter doing twittery things.

  • http://wingdamage.com Jesse “Main Finger” Gregory

    i was never intending to pick up the XL in the first place so I’m pretty unaffected. I’m stoked for the 3DS though. Not so much because of the 3D, but because of the extra horspower it will undoubtedly bring to Nintendo’s portable games.