it looks so good, but i dont know if i should sell my Zelda ed. to buy this
i ll give it a try before selling it to make my own opinion
still, the larger screen is very atractive to me since i play mostly at home

I thought Revelations played great with only 1 circle pad and unless you are left handed, Kid Icarus definitely doesn't need one.

I still wouldn't call that a significant battery life boost though (which is 30 minutes more on the highest settings, unlike the zero that he accidentally mentioned), and I really didn't understand that supposed 'stylus placement improvement'. Reaching for the the stylus without turning my entire 3DS 180 degrees is a piece of cake...

Nice to hear all the positives of the old version as well. They make me feel more... comfortable about keeping my old model for a while.

Ergonomics is pretty important for me. Is the XL version better for my hands/fingers than the smaller one?

Zuhyc said: Ergonomics is pretty important for me. Is the XL version better for my hands/fingers than the smaller one?

It depends, but from what I heard the XL is pretty comfortable and arguably more comfortable than the original.  It really comes down to if your hands are bigger or not, I guess.  If you don't mind either one, XL is probably better.

Think im going to have to get my hands on to one of these before i decide whether to trade up or not. Wondering if that extra weight will make games like kid icarus where you hold the 3ds in one hand any more difficult? But then i guess the improved ergonomics will go a long way to helping this.

I'll stick to the regular size for now...
I think the XL looks ugly...

I'll buy this one for sure once I have some money. I'm not worried about battery life. I have a Nyko battery in my current model that give me about 6 or 7 hours on a charge and I'm sure they'll come out with one for the XL.

I just want the bigger screen. I don't play on the road so the size doesn't bother me either. The police frown on playing while driving.

Man, I'm literally counting the days now.

For the japanese launch (expect big numbers) and for getting mine on the end of august.

Oh god... I'm so tempted to buy this thing. My girlfriend happened to look at me with that "crazy gaming nerd" expression when I mentioned it which is usually a sign of my brain suffering a temporary meltdown but whenever I say to myself "you got a 3DS Bro, you don't need an XL model" something like this review pops up and goes on about how the XL fixes pretty much every single issue I had with the old model... must... resist... argh...