Nintendo 3DS Turns 2 Years Old in Europe

How bizarre i purchased it on it's 2 year anniversary! 

Disappointed overall, this second year hasn't been great so far, but thankfully AC and Fantasy Life are coming soon. When you get titles like that everything else appears to border on satisfactory. 

A system update is available today

I humped, yes humped, the box when our unit arrived at the C3 offices. Good times!

Glad it's taken off since, was looking worrying during 2011 really.

Wow, that's gone by quickly!
I've yet to pick one up, but I'm looking to buy one soon along with Luigi's Mansion.
I'm considering an XL version, anyone have any advice if it's worth the extra cash?

Cheesing it up said:
Wow, that's gone by quickly!
I've yet to pick one up, but I'm looking to buy one soon along with Luigi's Mansion.
I'm considering an XL version, anyone have any advice if it's worth the extra cash?

I have just purchased my XL the other day and have to admit i was probably so hesitant because I didn't like the 3D effect. In all honesty i still dont because my eyes simply just don't like it. I have perfect vision (according to the optician) but yet i still struggle to play a game or watch a movie in 3D without it straining my eyes.

What I am saying is to test it out in one of your local game shops first, most of them have some sort of thing you can look at, while the 3DS XL is quite bulky i think its looks a lot nice than the original 3DS.

I have bought this simply because of Fire Emblem, Kid Icarus , Luigi's Mansion and inevitably Smash Bros! Worth picking one up!