New Nintendo 3DS XL review

Although not as prolific as Nokia, Nintendo’s history of launching handheld games machines is a busy one. This year’s additions to the family are the unimaginatively named New 3DS (£149.99) and New 3DS XL (£179.99). Looking outwardly similar to their forebears, the differences are fairly subtle, and include an extra analogue stick and two new shoulder buttons. Easily the biggest addition, though, is its enhanced 3D functionality, which uses a camera to track the position of your eyes, automatically adapting the image to look as good as possible without silly-looking 3D glasses. It’s amazing, and makes 3D – a feature that used to be faintly migraine-inducing – into one you can’t believe you lived without. Its final upgrade is a faster processor, which for the moment just means games load more quickly, although in the future there will be games that only run on the new machines.