Here's some advice: If you currently own a Nintendo 3DS and can't decide whether to make the jump to the new 3DS XL, do yourself a favor and avoid this new system at all costs. Not because it's bad, mind you. Nintendo did a great job with this revamped machine. No, the reason we insist you ignore the handheld has everything to do with its 4.88-inch top screen, because once you look into it, you can kiss the old 3DS goodbye.
It would be one thing if the screen was 40 percent larger, or even 60, but 90 percent represents a stunning increase; the same holds true for the lower touchscreen, which was supersized to an impressive 4.18-inches. The screens don't simply enhance the 3DS. They consume it.
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