NoA explains the lack of regular New 3DS “We had to be able to market it”

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Nuvendil said:

Let me translate the language of corporate for you: 3DS XL sales in the US annihilated standard 3DS sales. Like it did everywhere else.  Which is why they discontinued the standard 3DS in the US in the first place.  So the market for the N3DSXL is bigger than the N3DS. It's really that simple. If they bring the N3DS to the market, they'll probably do it during a holiday season to capitalize on the rush.

It's really not that simple. Like u said, the XL version was more popular than the standard version in every region, so why is America the only one that doesn't get the standard sized New model? Based on what ur saying, Japan, Europe and Australia shouldn't have gotten it either because the XL version was more popular in those regions as well.