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Nintendo 3DS XL getting larger Circle Pad Pro

by Steve Watts, Jun 28, 2012 3:30pm PDT

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The 3DS is getting a redesign, but without the second stick that some fans expected. As it turns out, the bigger "XL" system is getting its own second stick after all, in the form of its own Circle Pad Pro accessory.

The latest issue of Famitsu (via Kotaku) confirms that the bigger 3DS will get its own version of the add-on. Like the original Circle Pad Pro, it seems likely that support for the peripheral will be limited. Shacknews has contacted Nintendo of America regarding a US release.

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Steve Watts posted a new article, Nintendo 3DS XL getting larger Circle Pad Pro.

Nintendo will be making a Circle Pad Pro accessory for the 3DS XL, but the company hasn't confirmed if it will make the trip to the states.

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Steve Watts posted a new article, Nintendo 3DS XL getting larger Circle Pad Pro.

Nintendo will be making a Circle Pad Pro accessory for the 3DS XL, but the company hasn't confirmed if it will make the trip to the states. : Shacknews
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  We meet again. Have you marked my words guys, about the "onlayn" .... better check back now! Every : RuskiSnajper
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    huh? : anhero
    - It's Nintendo's Minister of Information. : Sailor of Fortune
  - Are you having a stroke? : Ormsbee
  - derp? : rtrson
  - what are you : opengl128
  - don't you mean Wii meet again? also, I don't know what you're talking about : v1ctoly
- What... just...what? : cetra00
- I've been holding out on getting a 3DS until a redesign hits, and I really want a Circle Pad Pro for Resi... : David Craddock
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  Wow, wasn't really following the XL news but I just assumed they'd include the second stick built in the ... : Earl Greigh
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    Making a major change to the design of a minor revision makes no sense. Why would they marginalize the e... : capt tripps
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      the cirle pad pro on the 3ds is actually pretty good! I wouldnt mind having to get it if it meant for mor... : Chandler55
      
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      It was good enough for RE and MGS3 that I'm glad I bought it, but yeah, I wish they'd just buck up and in... : Conan
      
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      17 million 3DSs shipped. That's an awefull lot of 3DS owners to piss off while you're "bucking up" http:... : capt tripps
      
      I'm one of em. Really, I wouldn't mind. Maybe they package it with a system seller like the motion plus d... : Conan
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  So fucking dumb. Why didn't they add it in and do a case redesign. I'm not buying a 3ds till they inclu... : pigvomit
  - This. : Memphis-Ahn
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    Because it'll cause a fragment in the user base from the ones who got the original 3DS and the ones who get the redesign, that's why.
    
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    Because it'll cause a fragment in the user base from the ones who got the original 3DS and the ones who g... : MetaSaval
    - As opposed to ones with and without the accessory? If they included it, it would at least be a viable th... : DinK
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  They need to either piss off early adopters and put a circle pad on the hardware itself to get some more : BlackCat9
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    The XL does not represent a new generation. It's a minor revision. It's just a bigger 3DS. : capt tripps
    - He meant that it was a flaw in the original DS line. It was a major gripe then, and still is that there i... : Me77111
- Oh Nintendo, continuing to not have a clue. : TheStupidOne
- Ah the Big N, continuing to shove their collective head as far up their ass as inhumanly possible. : Clone42
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  This current gen of handhelds is not doing itself any favors for winning over mobile phone game players. : h o s t i l e
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    Right, because smartphones have how many analog sticks again? Zero. People who play Angry Birds on their ... : Grape Flavor
    - They aren't making the handheld scene tempting enough to get these newly enticed mobile gamers to want to... : h o s t i l e
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  i guess this actually is fine, it's now just a stupid add-on that nobody will buy and very few major game... : Mr.SEX
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    I mostly agree. I plan to pick up a 3DS XL with a Circle Pad Pro for games that do support it, but I don'... : David Craddock
    - it seems sort of similar to the kinect (it will be fun for a few games! steel battalion will be great! it... : Mr.SEX