If there was a 3DS XL, I think I'd go out and grab one. Fondled my friend's 3DS today. Pretty slick. He had me play Kid Icarus for a bit, not really impressed at all, but the 3D was kind of neat. He had the original Zelda game on it, so I played that for a bit, controls felt kind of weird with the d-pad being so low and the circle pad didn't feel right for it at all. In comparison to the XL, the screen is really tiny. Even though the 3DS has a bigger screen than my original silver DS, the screen is smaller when playing old NES virtual console games, so it would even be a downgrade in screen size from my old DS, which I use to emulate old Nintendo games on all the time. After messing with his 3DS I went home and played some Zelda on the DSi XL. I think that sold me, it looked really nice on that big screen and the controls felt a lot more comfortable.

Plus it looks like there may be more issues with homebrew and emulation on the 3DS, which is mostly what I use it for. Virtual console is an option, but I've already paid full price for these games once and still have them all, paying $5 - $10 dollars to repurchase them seems silly.