It makes no sense. It actually had a non-special white color, it was smaller and thus more pocketable. And it actually got faceplates you could replace the standard ones with. The XL just forces you to scavenge special editions of itself to get new faceplates. The non-XL new 3DS also had colorful face buttons, and nothing is more subtle yet satisfying is colorful buttons. Why was the XL more popular if it did slightly less than it's smaller version, and at that, why are the few non-XL New 3DSes (atleast with GameStop) on "sale" only the Super Mario edition?