The first new colour variant for the Nintendo 3DS has been announced - Flare Red.

The Nintendo 3DS launched a few months ago in two variations: blue and black. Nintendo has just announced that they will release a brand new colour in Japan alongside the launch of Star Fox 64 3D on July 14th.

The 'Flare Red' variation will be, unsurprisingly, red and has been shown off at events before in the past but now consumers will actually be able to purchase it as of next month. This should hopefully please Level-5's prsident Akihiro Hino who tweeted that he was disappointed no colour variations were shown during the conference. No word yet as to when it will be released in Europe but as always we'll keep you updated.