Despite being one of the basic and staple console colors for consoles and gadgets, the black Nintendo 3DS XL is just set to arrive for North America.

The new color for the 3DS XL is set to launch on August 11, the same day that Mario & Luigi: Dream Team releases. North American gamers are the LAST to get the black 3DS XL unit as it has already reached both Japan and Europe via hardware bundles for Monster Hunter 4 and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate respectively.

This release made me a sad – I was hoping to get a black unit with MH3U’s release but alas, Capcom and Nintendo had other plans :(.