Changes

According to official sources, the following changes have been made hardware-wise:

“New 3DS” refers to the updated lineup of Nintendo 3DS systems, released between 2014 and 2017. The “New 3DS” line includes the New Nintendo 3DS, New Nitendo 3DS XL, and New Nintendo 2DS XL. The systems feature improved internal hardware, an additional analog “nub” (called the “C-Stick”), ZL and ZR buttons, NFC support for amiibo compatibility, a MicroSD card slot (replacing the previous versions’ standard-size SD slot), and on models other than the New 2DS XL, the ability to use the internal camera to track the user’s head to adjust the systems’ stereoscopic 3D effect. A number of 3DS games utilized the improved hardware while retaining compatibility with older systems, but a few titles have been released that are exclusive to the new systems.

* Better 3D screen technology (including head-tracking via camera for the stereoscopy)

* IR LED next to the the camera above the top-screen, used with the above head-tracking for better camera-video brightness.

* MicroSD-slot instead of normal-sized SD-slot, moved under the bottom cover(which covers the battery as well)

* Easily removable plates for 3DS bottom(same cover mentioned above) / back of top-screen (for the regular New 3DS at least)

* Two circle-pads instead of one (new one is a small pad)

* Automatic screen brightness adjustment "depending on the surroundings"

Based on disassembly of certain sysmodules for code added/changed with in the [[8.0.0-18]] update, it appears that the "New 3DS" has the following changes:

Based on disassembly of certain sysmodules for code added/changed with in the [[8.0.0-18]] update, it appears that the "New 3DS" has the following internal hardware changes:

* They extended FCRAM from 128MB to 256MB.

* Extended FCRAM from 128MB to 256MB.

* They added another memory-block with size 4MB.

* Added another memory-block with size 4MB.

See hardware specs [[Hardware|here]] also.

See hardware specs [[Hardware|here]] also.