Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says he's now focusing on bringing Nintendo's handheld DS consoles to the classroom.

Nintendo executive Shigeru Miyamoto is famous for bringing us Mario, the Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong and Animal Crossing but the video game designer is busying himself with a different kind of project these days. Miyamoto has said the area he is devoting himself to the most is turning Nintendo brand of handheld consoles into educational aids and teaching tools.

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It's bigger… but probably not much badder.

The Nintendo DSi XL – what is essentially a DSi that's gone Super Sized, had its North American release confirmed today with March 28 being the big day.

Pricing in the U.S. will be $189.99, giving it at $20 premium over the current DSi at $169.99. The DS Lite continues to live on at $129.99. Canadian pricing is still unknown, but we expect a price bump of around 10 percent.

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