I have a non “new” 3DS XL which ive had since 2013 but I never really played it much back in the day. I’d been increasingly bothered by how large the steamdeck is making it difficult to travel with so I pulled the 3DS out.
Now many years later with how easy it is to hack them I’m having a lot more fun with my 3DS than I did back in the day.
The “new” model is a lot more desirable though since with homebrew you can unlock the extra performance in some games and fix fps drops.