Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Dear Nintendo: bring the hot pink 3DS XL to the US and I promise I'll buy it to replace my OG 3DS

I know I've said this before on Twitter, and I may have said it here as well, but I'm going to say it again anyway just in case putting it out there two or three or four times actually makes some sort of difference: I really hope Nintendo brings the hot pink 3DS XL to North America sometime next year. (The earlier in the year, the better, of course.)

Why? I want to buy one so I can replace my red OG 3DS.



Yes, I already have one of the pink-and-white 3DS XLs that were released last winter. I'm not willing to transfer the games and info currently taking up space on my OG 3DS onto that XL, though, so my only option--since I vastly prefer the XL's huge screens to the OG's puny ones--is to pick up another XL.

And if I'm going to buy another XL, it has to be one of the hot pink--or maybe I should call it Pepto-Bismol pink--ones that first saw the light of day in Europe earlier this year.

If any of you are similarly jonesing for this assertively hued 3DS, by the way, you may want to check out the rather fabulous photos blogger Sparkly Vodka published this summer.

11 comments:

Zaphod65 said...

Is there a reason you don't want to transfer everything to the XL, even temporarily? Does it already have games on it?

miruki said...

As much as I love the hot pink colour (I mean, I love that colour so much I'm constantly dying my hair in a similar tone..) I feel like the area around a handheld's screen(s) should be of a less distracting colour. I'd love a hot pink / white one, but as things are I'm very pleased with my Pikachu 3DS XL and currently I'm enjoying Bravely Default which I just got today (and it was the last copy left in the store... phew.)

Josef Burn said...

Tbh I would need it to have Kirby or something on it for me to be interested. I'm addicted to alternately coloured consoles, but, having the characters printed on adds real... y'no, character, especially with Nintendo!

thegaygamer.com said...

It already has games on it--one of them being my second copy (and, thus, second town) of Animal Crossing: New Leaf. So, no, not at all willing to transfer stuff from my OG to my XL. I did this to myself, I know, but I honestly never believed I would prefer the XL to the OG...

thegaygamer.com said...

I can see how the hot pink interior may be distracting or something, miruki, but I still want one :)


Other than that, I'm jealous that you have Bravely Default already! Gah, February can't come soon enough for me...

thegaygamer.com said...

Hey there, Josef! I actually prefer my handhelds to be "plain" for the most part, but I can understand wanting it to feature a character or two.

Zaphod65 said...

Understandable. When I bought the 2DS, I put one or two Virtual Console games on it and thought "This might come back to bite me on the ass later." I'm glad Nintendo removed the transfer limit, at least.

thegaygamer.com said...

Well, Terry, I hope it won't bite you in the ass later, but I know what you mean!

The annoying kirsty said...

Oooh! I have one!

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