Keywords: Nintendo-3DS-XL-angled.png The Nintendo 3DS XL handheld gaming console shown opened The 3DS XL is a hardware revision of the original 3DS console offered alongside the 3DS as an alternative model It is much larger than the 3DS featuring screens that are 90 larger It was released worldwide in 2012 about a year and a half after the release of the original 3DS The system launched in America retailing at 199 and available in red or blue with other colors and special editions released later The interior of the 3DS XL is entirely black on most models and the outer shell is colored The 3DS platform is Nintendo's followup to the Nintendo DS handheld Like the DS it features a similar clamshell design two screens for gaming and a bottom touch-sensitive screen that uses an included stylus New additions are higher resolution screens an analog slider pad better graphics and a top screen that displays glasses-free 3D imaging The 3DS is backwards compatible with the DS Removed white background of File Nintendo-3DS-XL-angled jpg 2014-03-25 Evan-Amos <gallery> File Nintendo-3DS-XL-angled jpg JPEG version </gallery> User Evan-Amos/EABanner Taken with Nikon D7100 Nintendo 3DS |