Nintendo Announces the New Nintendo 2DS XL for June". AusGamers. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017 . Retrieved July 13, 2017.

a b Robertson, Andy (October 4, 2013). "Nintendo 2DS review". London: The Telegraph . Retrieved November 9, 2013. Many early 3DS games, like Super Mario 3D Land, used the 3D quite a bit. But newer games don't use the 3D as much if at all. Pokemon Sun and Moon, for example, ( our review) only display in 3D in limited mini-game sections. And even in early 3DS games, the 3D is never a requirement to solve puzzles. Some games might be a bit less exciting without 3D -- playing Ocarina of Time in 3D, for instance, is a treat for any Zelda fan. But you'd find yourself turning it off before long anyway. ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF One of the most relaxing games on the 3DS, Animal Crossing has you take the role of a villager mistaken as a mayor of a town inhabited by lots of friendly and quirky characters. As you explore and develop the town, you can collect, buy and sell items to decorate your home and the world around you, with several new activities being added to this game. As the game is open-ended, you’re bound to stay playing it for hours on end. Nintendo 3DS- Fun Facts

Nintendo 3DS- Fun Facts

Nintendo not abandoning 3D despite 2DS release, says Iwata". CVG. Future plc . Retrieved November 9, 2013. The speaker location and stylus size may be an issue for some, but overall, the changes made to the New Nintendo 2DS XL make it a better-designed handheld than the New Nintendo 3DS XL. Nintendo Announces The New 2DS XL". Kotaku. April 28, 2017. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017 . Retrieved April 28, 2017.

Lastly, the “XL” moniker, of course, comes with a larger display – and no drop-off in battery performance either. While battery life remains fairly constant across all three of the models, the screen on the New 2DS XL is 90% larger than the 3DS and 2DS.

New Nintendo 2DS XL Animal Crossing Edition with Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo

The chief difference here is that it’s not a distance-viewed Pikmin game as found on the GameCube and Wii U, instead it’s a side-scrolling adventure made for the smaller screen. Despite this shift in perspective, it’s as enjoyable as the series has ever been. The main controls are largely in the same place as the New 3DS XL. A round analog control pad and cross-shaped direction pad sit to the left of the touch screen on the lower half, just above a Home button. An analog direction nub sits above A/B/X/Y face buttons, which in turn rest above small Start and Select buttons. L, R, ZL, and ZR shoulder buttons sit on the top edge of the bottom half of the device, while the power button and three indicator LEDs sit on the right side of the bottom edge of the system. A small slider on the left side of the bottom half of the device lets you adjust volume. But when the console arrives on 28 July there are going to be launch games. Miitopia, a Tomadachi Life-like RPG, sees your Miis building relationships and fighting one another in various settings, while Dr Kawashima’s Devilish Brain Training: Can you stay focused? continues the series’ infamous mental gymnastics. Nintendo’s 3DS homescreen UI remains largely unchanged since its initial 2011 outing on the original 3DS so, as you can imagine it’s not up to modern standards. You won’t spend much time poking around the menus, but it’s definitely something worth noting if you’re buying for a younger member of the family. The 3DS’s UI is most definitely showing its age. A new model of the 2DS, titled the New Nintendo 2DS XL (branded as New Nintendo 2DS LL [b] in Japan), was released in Japan and Korea on July 13, 2017, [23] Australia and New Zealand on July 15, 2017, [24] and in North America and Europe on July 28, 2017. [25]