So I've been thinking of getting myself another 3ds but I'm not sure whether I should get the cheaper original or the newer XL. I left the one I currently own with my brother so he can play it while I'm away at college. However, this year seems like it's going to be a great one for 3ds owners and I simply need my own 3ds! I've asked my friends which one I should buy and they all said to get the original 3ds, with the main reason being that the larger screen causes games to look more pixelated. Is this true? I've tried NSMB2 on an XL at a store before but I didn't notice anything. There is also the chance that Nintendo will release another revision sometime in the near future. Should I just wait for that instead? What do you guys think?

Get the 3DS Xl. It's a simple choice!

If you are older than 10 or taller than 5 feet then the 3DS XL is the only option. The regular is just so tiny.

supersize me

Care to explain, NinPie? :P

XL!!!! Unless the XXL comes out lol

its good, and then people can choose! Too big get an XL, for a kid? Get the orginal! For Me, You, and Real gamers get the XXL! imagine that beauty!

Well, the XL marks the last version of the Handheld until the New Gen in around 2020, because they have ran out of new iteration ideas.

If you are always going to play with the 3D ON and all the way up then get the Original 3DS, and it will make you love 3D no matter who you are, it will make you a believer:

http://www.aoa.org/x17309.xml

If you have ever had any problems with 3D on 3DS then Lower the Volume of 3D the first 1 to 2 weeks to needed levels, but after 1 to 2 weeks you will be able to play with it all the way up 24/7.

Anyways the newer 3DS games have a way more better 3D effect then ever before that makes the screen seem even more bigger then any previous 3DS games.

Plus the Firmware update will give you a realistic battery life.

You should also take advantage of the 6 speaker sound earphone jack, with Surround Sound headphones like "Plantronics Gamecom 777" ($30 to $80' depends where online you look), it's a 7.1 Surround Sound headphone with noise reduction and plugs into an earphone jack with a separate microphone jack plug I just leave unplugged.

I would only suggest the 3DS XL if you are playing in 2D like 2% of 3DS owners or if you are playing these 3 games in 3D:

Cubic Ninja

Pushmo

Crimson Shroud

FYI it's Speakerphones do Virtual Surround Sound. Also check out the 3D websites in my signature on the Web Browser when you get it, but the GBA site needs to be visited on your computer to download the rar files and extract 3D screenshots to put into the SD card once you have more then 100 photos/screenshots in your 3DS to have multiple folders in your DCIM folder to fit them all by 100 per folder (you will know what to do by then)

It did. They called it WiiU.

Actually the newer 3DS games have a way much greater 3D effect, so if you are 6 feet tall and playing with the 3D ON & all the way up, then you should get the regular size one.

Fire Emblem & Crashmo & Dillon's Rolling Western & Luigi's Mansion & Sonic Racing transformed, just to name a very few out of so many.

And 3D is only good for our eyes & brain anyways:

http://www.aoa.org/x17309.xml