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On the XL, the solid-body stylus — the same size as the DSi XL's but a little shorter than the extended telescoping stylus from the original 3DS — is conveniently located on the right-hand side. There are a few other little tweaks. The "3-D volume" slider that changes the strength of the 3-D effect can now be clicked off, meaning that you won't accidentally turn the 3-D on unless you really want to.

And the Select, Home and Start buttons underneath the screen are now sculptured buttons instead of hard-to-press membranes. Unlike Sony's PlayStation Vita, which uses expensive proprietary memory cards and does not include one in the box, 3DS XL comes with a 4GB SD card pre-installed, double the size of the one included with the original model.

That's especially helpful since Nintendo is going to start selling its retail cartridge games as direct downloads, beginning with the launch of New Super Mario Bros. If you are upgrading from an original 3DS, make sure to use the "System Transfer" software immediately to move all of your downloaded games and other data to the new system. The process can be done without an internet connection and requires a lot of waiting, but it's the only way to get everything moved over since Nintendo has no online account system that allows for cloud saves or changing content authorizations.

Nintendo says that the 3DS XL has 3. That doesn't sound like much of an improvement on paper. But in practice, I have found that the XL doesn't constantly run out of battery and ask me to recharge it nearly as much as its little brother. Ultimately the only real problem with the 3DS XL is that it's still built on a platform that seems hopelessly backward in today's gaming market.