New 3DS testing



Equipped with a new stick, slightly more comfortable in your hand, displaying a more readable 3D performance up and the ability to be customized, the new revision of the 3DS does not revolutionize the concept.

It nevertheless improves sufficiently small touches to emerge as the best version of the portable Nintendo that it lacks one thing: the arrival of games taking advantage of its new features. New 3DS will arrive in Europe in 2015, at a date and an unknown rate.

FAREWELL BLOCK HOME


First step to the discovery in detail of the new iteration of the portable Nintendo: to find his bearings by finding that Nintendo has subtly or not moved or added the exception of very wise choice to have ejected enough once the unsightly pad below the screen and grouping the Select buttons, Home and Start. Nintendo puts Start and Select button retains its place under the slab. It's a matter of taste, but this new provision airs some general design of the console.

 3DS Street Pass


Note that the facade is also purified from starting button remote ... who is on the bottom edge. We remain more cautious on this point, the key becomes less readily usable when the to light your 3DS Street Pass to maximize your business, it is now as easy as the start up of a hand without even leaving his bag. Obviously, its position makes accidental likely put under tension.

XL version will not change greatly.

New 3DS 3DS 3DS XL New 3DS XL
Height 80.6 mm 74 mm 93 mm 93.5 mm
Width 134 mm 142 mm 156 mm 160 mm
Thickness 21.6 mm 21 mm 22 mm 21.5 mm
Weight 235 g 253 g 336 g 329 g



PORT CARTRIDGE dislodged

This famous lower- hosts a new tenant who previously lived on the top floor. The cartridge port moved indeed at the bottom left of the housing. Not really what upset habits, either good or bad. Finally, to end this area .



EXIT BUTTON Wireless

Is never extinguished, Nintendo has also decided to delete the network action button that was previously located on the right edge, which is now perfectly smooth, like its neighbor left no longer houses the volume slider, exiled on the top screen in front of him for adjusting the 3D.