New 3DS and 3DS LL gaming consoles announced by Nintendo

Nintendo has announced two new 3DS handheld called New 3DS and 3DS LL.

Nintendo is preparing for the arrival of its NFC Amiibo (expected by year's end with the game Super Smash Bros) by launching two new 3DS consoles: The New 3DS and New 3DS LL. Suffice it to put on the bottom screen to initiate the near field communication (NFC).

The Kyoto-based company took the opportunity to make improvements and a second analog stick small, right side of the console. The absence of such a button to manage the movement of the camera was criticized at launch of the 3DS (even if the device Circle Pad Pro solves these problems, with a larger footprint). Two new triggers (ZL and ZR) also appeared as the A, B, Z and Y are the colors of the redesigned Super Nintendo.

Both consoles will ship a more powerful processor and will receive an automatic adjustment of the brightness of the screen (depending on lighting conditions). The 3D display will have a larger angle of vision.

Autonomy here is revised upwards (a half hour longer), the battery is removable, micro SD slot can expand the storage space, it becomes possible to wirelessly transfer data on a computer and location for game cartridges passing in the lower range.

With a new consoles, new games that will not be compatible with the 3DS (and 2DS), Xenoblade Chronicles is the exclusive first announced. These two new consoles will be backwards compatible with current contrast cartridges.

Nintendo announces launch in Japan on October 11, 2014 with rates of 16,000 yen (117 euros) for the New 3DS and 18,800 yen (138 euros) for New 3DS LL. It will take until 2015 to see the landing of this consoles in Europe.