Nintendo 3DS XL Announced

<p>It seems like Nintendo forgot that E3 was a few weeks ago&period; They held yet another Nintendo Direct last night focused on the 3DS and Wii&period; A new&comma; larger 3DS was announced along with some highly anticipated games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 3DS XL comes with 90 percent larger screens and will be available in Europe on July 28 and in North America on August 19&period; It will be available in silver &plus; black&comma; red &plus; black and blue &plus; black&period; The new system boasts better battery life of 3&period;5 to 6&period;5 hours while playing 3DS games and between six and 10 hours while playing DS games&comma; compared to 3-5 hours and 5-8 hours respectively&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There have been reports that the Japanese and European versions will not come packaged with an AC adapter&comma; but Nintendo has confirmed that the North American version will come with an AC adapter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Something that seems to be missing from the new 3DS XL is a second analogue stick&period; It seems like Nintendo thinks gamers don’t need a second one for handheld <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nintendo-3ds-xl-announced&sol;">gaming<&sol;a>&period; What does that say about the circle-pad pro&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Do you plan on picking up the new 3DS XL&quest; Do you already own a 3DS&quest; Let us know in the comments below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;