Everybody just assumes the shaman they ' re playing against is Midrange nowadays . but Nobody expects the Reno Shaman with Mistcaller D <| sep |> The new systems have faster processing power , builtin Amiibo support , ability to emulate SNES games , and face tracking for 3 D . Loading times for SunMoon should be noticeably faster on the new system . If you ever decide to use Amiibos , you won ' t need the accessory for your console to read them . And games like Super Mario World are a blast . As for standard versus XL , that ' s up to you . The XL ' s screen is 90 % larger diagonally , which is very noticeable . Do keep in mind that both systems run the same resolution , so the XL is just stretching the same image over a bigger screen aka , it ' ll look slightly worse . The XL ' s battery life is slightly better , too .