I'm also highly considering buying an imported n3ds xl from australia. My 3ds xl was recently stolen so I have nothing to play. I REALLY want to play super smash brothers and pokemon ORAS... and I mean REAAAALLY badly. If money isn't an issue, would it be okay to import one from australia, then buy another n3ds when it comes out in america? Would I be able to connect to my friends if they had American 3ds's and I had an australia n3ds xl + australian ssb4? I just want to play those 2 games, idc really about the eshop or homebrew