Never one to dally too long between hardware updates Nintendo have announced yet another tweak to the Nintendo DS. The DSi XL (known as LL in Japan) will be launching on the 21st Nov in Japan and in "the first quarter of 2010" in Europe.
The biggest upgrade is the screen size. They now measure 4.2 inches and are seemingly designed to help the XL compete with the Kindle and similar electronic book readers. Brain Training games and a dictionary are bundled too. Given this, it's fair to say that hardcore gamers are not the target audience for the XL. Should that bother you? Probably not. Nintendo have long since moved on from that demographic. For me the issue is more simple –do we need another version of the DS? Yes, the bigger screens make this a more viable browsing device but isn't it time we had a whole new Nintendo handheld?
What do you think? With the DSi only launching last April is it too soon for another DS iteration? Or are the bigger screens enough to justify splashing out?
