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Bought a 3DS XL last year (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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I bought a 3DS XL sometimes last year. It was under $200.

After seeing the surge in demand, I feel lucky that I bought it when I did. I also decided to take it out and play some animal crossing new leaf for the first time and I’m really enjoying it.

I sometimes wonder if I should have bought the “new” variant back then, but they were much more expensive and I’m still not sure if the performance improvements would have been worth it.

I’m basically just using not for ds and 3ds games, so, I’m guessing the power difference would not really matter.

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[-] dudleyflippendoodle@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Are you asking the total number across all generations, revisions, colors, sizes, limited editions, variants, and regional models?

The answer is somewhere around 202+ individual SKUs last I checked. Only Nintendo knows for sure.

I found a couple sources attempting to catalog them all, but even they probably don’t have 100% coverage as I’ve found others pointing out a handful of specific versions that weren’t listed.

https://altarofgaming.com/nintendo-ds-models-color-variations-limited-editions/

https://www.torsive.com/2024/10/nintendo-ds-consoles-all-model.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS

https://consolevariations.com/database/nintendo-ds

Happy? Because I don’t think anyone else is ever going to give you more satisfying of an answer. Now calm down and go to bed. People here aren’t your enemy just because they don’t quite know the exact answer. Just be appreciative they’re providing what they can, that’s all anyone can expect of anyone else.

If you’re still unhappy, ask Nintendo.

why so many versions?

16 years, 4 generations, global audience, capitalism….

this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2026
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