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The Kyoto-based maker of the Super Mario games and Wii home console said on Friday the Nintendo 3DS LL goes on sale in Japan and Europe July 28, and in the US from Aug. 19.
It will sell in Japan for 18,900 yen ($236) and $199.99 in the US It did not give a price for Europe.
The 3DS, which has a touch panel and delivers 3-D imagery without special glasses, has two screens — one is 3.53 inches and the other is 3.02 inches.
The LL version’s screens are 4.88 inches and 4.18 inches, according to the company. Screen inches refer to the diagonal measurement so LL screens are 1.9 times bigger.
“There were demands for a bigger screen, and so we are ready to respond with a size-variation model,” Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said in a video on the company’s website. “You can enjoy powerful 3D imagery.”
The LL weighs a bit more and is slightly bigger than the previous model. But battery life was extended to up to six and a half hours for 3D games from the previous five hours, and up to 10 hours from eight hours for regular games.
Nintendo and Japanese rival Sony Corp. with its PlayStation Vita handheld are fighting tough competition from smartphones and tablets, which allow users to not only play games but also spend time on social media and other entertainment.
The bigger screens may help differentiate Nintendo’s handheld from other devices, but the LL screen is still smaller than the iPad.
Iwata has repeatedly shrugged off the threat from smartphones.
Nintendo has sold 17 million 3DS machines worldwide so far. Sony has sold 1.8 million of its PS Vita machines.
Nintendo is also planning a new home console called Wii U for later this year. It will have a 6.2-inch touchscreen controller that works separately from what’s on the TV monitor. But it won’t work as a portable like the 3DS or 3DS LL.
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