http://kotaku.com/5914495/is-nintendo-plan...a-new-model-3ds

Both the DSi and DSi XL have dropped prices significantly, which usually happens before a new model is released, and the Japanese Amazon site has mysteriously ran out of stock for the 3DS.

Coincidence, or is Nintendo planning something?

Nintendo 3DS+ confirmed!

I actually wouldn't mind if this was the official name of the new model. It's better than the trolling "Lite" rumor that's been going around.

Agreed. ^^ + sounds better than another 'Lite'. However, I hope they have made something entirely different than those two.

Also, if they really DO show a new Model, their E3 might just be the biggest ever!

Can they really make it any "lite"-er than it already is?

If it has more features than our current 3DS...

*Ready to bomb Nintendo due wasting money on inferior console*

Yeah I hope they don't upgrade it, I'd feel bad.

Moreover the system is out for only a year, give it a rest, it's fine as is.

I'm expecting a revision next year. It's too early.

But wasn't DS Lite revealed around this time in the DS's lifetime? :?

Though to be honest, the DS Phat really did need a makeover.

True. But I still love it. ^^ I still have my original DS, and part from a small scratch on the upper screen, it's as good as new.

Anyways, I don't really see what they could do with a new 3DS. They can't make it smaller, can they? :?

Yeah, too early for it. Also the 3DS can't get any smaller; if they were going to make a revision it's going to be a little bigger to accommodate more stuff/longer battery life etc. And I don't think the extra circle pad will be integrated into the revision either, remain an accessory it shall.

No one said it would be smaller. But a better battery life is always welcome.

They should really integrate the circle pad.

The circle pad is only used in like 10 games, so I don't think Nintendo is going to make it a compulsory addition. Plus doing this would screw over everyone who bought the frankenstick add-on (personally I find no problem with it except that it uses a AAA battery)

If you're going to make a new model so early, it should have improvements that matter. More consoles with circle pads means more games with circle pads. I wouldn't develop a game that needed that wonky add-on because then people would have to buy an extra thing just to play it. If its already built into the newer model, that's very different.

Let's see... excluding the other Circle Pad, what could Ninty possibly add to a new Model? It already have cameras. And 3D. And loads more stuff.

So... what? O__O"

Better cameras. Better 3D. Better baterry life.

I guess I'm going to wait for that.

But that's just some small improvements. Shouldn't a new model have something completely new, just to piss us early 'normal' 3DS owners off? O__O"

Yes, and they won't stop until the brightness melts everyone's eyes at first glance. Soon we will have no need for a sun in this world.

Does the 3DS have a microphone? They could add that. And they could always add better wifi.

They already confused people with the jump to DS lite to DSi. Repeating the same mistake will just add more confusion and that never aided in selling portable systems (notice how every new DS model sold a little less than the last). I know some people who didn't even buy a DS, because they thought Nintendo would just make another updated version the next year with games that are not compatible with it.

I don't think of DSiXL as a newer model, just a size option for those who think DSi is a little cramped.

Of course it does, otherwise it wouldn't be backwards compatible with any DS games.

Oh yeah, I forgot the DS had a mic :P

I'm expecting either a smaller model, a larger model, or a model that has a built in Circle Pad Pro.

I really think the internal circle pad would be the best move.

A second circle pad is completely unnecessary, and will just divide the user base.

If it came with a pack-in Circle Pad though that'd be tops.

I don't mean second, I mean first. Internal or pack in, that would actually be great too.

^ Im with dummy him on this one.

X2

Yes. This would make me very very happy.