In September of last year, Nintendo submitted FCC radio equipment applications for one of their potential new products. The six-month confidentiality embargo on the photos from that application was lifted today, revealing the product in question to be the New Nintendo 3DS.

…No, it’s not the New Nintendo 3DS XL – it’s the smaller, standard-sized New Nintendo 3DS that has been released or has a confirmed upcoming release in every major region except North America.

While the filings are necessary to give Nintendo the option of releasing the regular New Nintendo 3DS in North America (or at least, more specifically, in the United States), this revelation does not necessarily mean the model will eventually be released Stateside. Still, a North American release remains possible.

Federal Communications Commission

via GoNintendo