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Nintendo's 3DS software finally gets a new look with custom themes

You can replace your Nintendo 3DS' outer hull anytime you want (provided you're willing to buy a new system), but that system menu has always been that same void of transparent white space. Not anymore. The handheld's latest update (much like the PS Vita's from last week) gifts the 3DS with five basic color themes in red, blue, yellow, pink and black. Looking for something more complex? You'll have to pay for it -- the new theme shop sells character and pattern-based themes for $0.99-$1.99 a piece, including one that harkens back to Nintendo's origins selling Hanafuda cards. Oh, and if you want to show off your redesigned 3DS, Nintendo's thought of that too: pressing up / down while holding the Y button now takes a screenshot of the 3DS upper and lower screens, respectively.