For the last five years or so, Nintendo has been selling the 3DS, the latest in a long line of handheld consoles. Around two years ago, Nintendo announced the New Nintendo 3DS, with a faster ...

The new version of the 3DS XL refines that effect while making other performance, control and design tweaks all around. Is it any good? Yes, but it’s because of the games, not the harware itself.

The Nintendo 3DS XL, for example, can fail at its hinge, which is what happened to the one owned by [Mark]. Would he fix the hinge? No, he had a far simpler if a little less flexible solution ...