In a briefing with investors this week, company president Satoru Iwata argued that the standard 3DS is still at an earlier stage of popularisation in both regions.
"In Japan, the total number of sales of Nintendo 3DS has reached nearly 17 million in the three and a half years since its launch," Iwata said.
"It is almost the same as the lifetime sales of Game Boy Advance released in 2001, which implies that it is reasonable that the sales of Nintendo 3DS have been temporarily slow moving in the Japanese market."
He continued: "This is one of the reasons we needed to bring New Nintendo 3DS/3DS XL to the market this year.
"To the contrary, neither of the cumulative sales figures of Nintendo 3DS in the US nor Europe is more than that in Japan despite, based on the historical performance, bigger sales potential."
Available now in Japan, the New 3DS and 3DS XL will release in Australia and New Zealand on November 21.
The redesigned devices contain additional buttons, a small second analogue stick and amiibo support.
Watch a Japanese commercial for the New 3DS below:
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