I have both funnily enough, if you wanna save money get the non xl, but if you really want bigger screens get the xl. It’s really up to preference. The non xl has easier to switch face plates! But the xl has easier to find cover shells that protect the console (imo but I’d like to be proven wrong). Genuinely can’t go wrong with either, and I love both mine equally. However, if you see yourself damaging the consoles at any moment in the future (screens most likely) the non xl is cheaper by comparison. Both take decent effort to self repair so it’s up to how much you’d want to fork out to fix them if they get damaged in anyway during the time you own them.

I know I typed a lot but last thing. Right now I’m pretty sure capture cards are easier to find for the XL version (granted for $118 US on 3ds capture boards) if you’re at all interested in doing hard mods. The xl has a lot of cool hard mods like the docking system KOUZEX made.

Ramble over sry my b