Kid Icarus should def be moved to your must have list :) although the controls are questionable and wont appeal to everyone.
I think you've picked the perfect time to consider purchasing a 3ds, as it has a decent back catalog now and there's good stuff on the near horizon... and yes, I thought the xl was a big improvement over the original(also it has a better battery life)...I thought the xl was the machine the 3ds shouldve been in the first place. No the screen doesn't look upscaled and crap...it looks bigger and better
I would also recommend the game mutant mudds if you like old school 2d megaman-ish platformers...it's an eshop game and technically it's not an exclusive (i think it can be downloaded on pc or something) but it def aint a half assed port (and the sequel is gonna be exclusive to the 3ds) and it's kept me occupied far longer than many full priced retail games! and it makes pretty good use of 3d effects despite having somewhat primitive graphics. think there's even a demo available. I'd seriously recommend it, it's one of my favourite downloadable games and probably one of my personal top 5 3ds games.







