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Looking for reasons to buy the newly announced 3DS XL apart from the bigger screen and better battery life?  Well you would be glad to know that the bigger screens are not going to waste and will have 1:1 Pixel Mode.

So what exactly is 1:1 Pixel Mode you ask? Well take normal DS games played on the 3DS for example, they never scale perfectly since the resolutions of the DS and 3DS are different i.e 256 x 192 and 400 x 240 respectively. 1:1 Pixel Mode on the 3DS XL will have perfect pixel mapping for older games (DS and Virtual Console) thanks to the bigger screens.

Technically the 3DS XL can support 1:1 Pixel Mode because of the higher dot pitch of 0.2657mm as compared to 0.1922mm of the original 3DS. The bigger the pixels the better pixel mapping you get and the better older games look.

Thanks 3DS Tribe.

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Nintendo Japan has finally revealed technical specs of the 3DS XL after announcing the refresh to the original 3DS in yesterday’s Nintendo Direct Broadcast.

They’re detailed below:

Size
134mm × 74mm × vertical thickness horizontal 21mm (when folded)
(Including the battery pack stylus SD memory card) 235g
Top screen
(Approximately 16.77 million colors viewable) widescreen LCD with integrated Autostereoscopic
240 dots vertical (horizontal) × 800 dots / (46.08mm vertical 76.8mm × horizontal) 3.53 type
can be assigned respectively to 400 dot 800 dot the right eye-left eye (horizontal three-dimensional representation is possible)
Bottom screen
(Approximately 16.77 million colors viewable) LCD with touch input feature
type 240 3.02 × 320 dots vertical dots next to / (46.08mm 61.44mm × vertical horizontal)
Cameras
Two cameras inside / outside
Resolution (0.3 mega pixels) 640 × 480 both lenses: the number of effective pixels CMOS /:: imaging element / focal length of approximately 300,000 pixels
Communications
2.4GHz communications passing between the play and play Nintendo 3DS available
via the wireless LAN access point can be connected to the Internet (supports IEEE802.11b / g Reinforcement (WPA / WPA2 ) security) within 30m distance recommended ambient communication (※ may be shortened by circumstances)
Game inputs
A / B / X / Y button, cross, L / R buttons, Start / Select button
(Possible 360-degree analog input) Slide pad
Touch screen
Built-in microphone
Camera
Motion sensor
Gyro sensor
System inputs
Game card slot
SD memory card slot
Charging terminal
AC adapter connection terminal
Headphone connection terminal (stereo output)
On the screen left and right stereo speakers (for surround pseudo-)
(10cm when fully extended about) possible expansion and contraction
Battery
If you want to play Nintendo software 3DS : about 3 hours to 6.5 hours
if you want to play the Nintendo DS software: about 5 hours to 8 hours
Battery life may vary depending on the brightness of the screen.

The 3DS XL is expected to launch in Japan next month and in North American in August.

Thanks to CVG for the translation.