If you thought the Nintendo Switch had signaled the end of the company’s previous generation of handheld consoles, think again — the house that Mario built has just announced that a New Nintendo 2DS XL will be coming out this year.
Available from July 28 in the US and, surprisingly, around a month and a half earlier in Australia on June 15, the New 2DS XL will cost $149.99 (AU$199.95). At present, the New Nintendo 2DS XL has yet to be announced for release in the UK.
The console will launch in a (rather gorgeous) black/turquoise color in the US, while Australians will also be getting a second color option in white/orange.
In the States, the new handheld will launch alongside two brand new first-party Nintendo games: Hey! PIKMIN and Miitopia. In Australia, the games will release on July 29.
Unlike with the previous 2DS handheld, which had a flat, slate-style design that kept both screens on the same plane, the New 2DS XL has adopted the clamshell design of its beloved Nintendo 3DS (or Nintendo’s Game & Watch handhelds from the ‘80s, if you want to get pedantic).
As the name would suggest, the New 2DS XL will once …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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