Here's a valid question...

[silvermoon551]

why is the capture boarded 3DS avaliable in all the retail colors except for Blue?

[Pelon1071]

Blue is no longer sold in the US.

[silvermoon551]

Blue is no longer sold in the US.

It's not? huh. I work at the local Wal-Mart in my hometown, and we still have the Blue regular 3DS. but I'm guessing that as soon as we run out of those, there won't be any more? huh. wonder if they did that to spur sales of the 3DS XL...

"I want the blue one."
"But Joey, there's plenty of colors here in the less expensive model! Red, Purple, black..."
"I WANT THE BLUE ONE!!!"
*parents buy spoiled kid the blue 3DS XL because there's not a blue regular 3DS anymore*

doesn't matter, though. just was interested as to why there wasn't an option to get a capture boarded blue one. but purple or red will work fine for me either way.

[loopy]

They also stopped producing reds. When my local supply runs out I'll have to stop selling them too.

[silvermoon551]

They also stopped producing reds. When my local supply runs out I'll have to stop selling them too.

Wow, conspiracy much? Young people tend to like Red and Blue so much... so Nintendo is capitalizing on this?

[MKGirlism]

It looks like Nintendo is slowly phrasing out the 3DS, and switch to the 3DS XL instead.
It would be sad, I don't want a 3DS XL, as it's way to big for my hands.

[Eir]

In the USA you can get the Aqua Blue 3ds from most retailers for $149.99 which is $10 cheaper than the other colors. Nintendo phases out certain colors of their handhelds all the time. This is merely speculation, but I believe it is due to that particular color not selling very well compared to the other colors.

The 3ds XL was released to complement the 3ds line not to replace the original 3ds. I do not think Nintendo will ever phase out the original 3ds unless they replace it with a new unit. Similar to the DS Phat and DS Lite situation.

[MKGirlism]

Actually, the DS Phat was phrased out, about a year after the DS Lite launch.
At least, here in Europe it was, we can't buy a DS Phat new since many years.

[Eir]

What I meant by that situation was the DS Lite was designed specifically to replace the DS Phat.

In contrast, the 3ds XL was not designed to replace the 3ds but to complement it.

So unless they come out with a "3ds Lite" or something similar to replace the original 3ds I do not think it will ever be phased out until the "4ds" or whatever comes along.

[loopy]

DSi and DSi XL still sell alongside each other...