Digital Foundry looks at the 3DS Circle Pad Pro upgrade for the 3DS, concluding that while the add-on blights the aesthetics of the handheld, the functionality. Skip to main content.

The Circle Pad Pro communicates with the 3DS by way of the IR ports on both devices, and I actually managed to get it working from around 5cm away.

Nintendo addresses perhaps the most glaring shortcoming of its stereoscopic handheld this week with the release of the Nintendo 3DS Circle Pad Pro. The $20 peripheral provides 3DS gamers a second ...

The big downside to the Circle Pad Pro XL is illustrated keenly by the images above — it makes the already chunky 3DS XL even bigger, lending it dimensions which rival the impractically bulky ...

Nintendo has once again made an add-on second Circle Pad for the 3DS. And, you know what, it's not half bad. Actually, it seems like the Circle Pad Pro for the XL could be pretty good.

Apparently, Nyko's stance one the Nintendo 3DS Circle Pad Pro is: Anything you can do I can do better, I can do anything better than you. At this point, Nintendo can't even say, "No you can't." ...

We’ve just spotted Nintendo’s promised Circle Pad Pro add-on for the 3DS XL here at Tokyo Game Show. Capcom is demonstrating the device alongside Monster Hunter 4, mirroring the original ...

Two isn't always better than one. Given a choice, I'd rather have just one gunshot wound, or one proctological exam, or one drunken in-law visiting at a time. (Disc… ...

The 3DS add-on that fits a second analog stick to the device is called the Circle Pad Pro, according to Capcom's Tsukasa Takenaka. This confirms speculation from an earlier report that caught the ...

The Circle Pad Pro has been given a release date in Europe. The peripheral, which adds a second analogue stick and additional triggers to the Nintendo 3DS, will launch on January 27.

The Circle Pad Pro looks fine to me, as well as the actual 3DS model. If you really want Nintendo to make something better, study a lot, get a job at Nintendo and then stop being a customer and ...