Don't get confused by the way... real-time save does NOT mean savestates. It simply means Gateway writes the .sav file to the sd card in real-time instead of having to close the application like it was before.
Yea its just more efficient now. You can power down instead of using home and x. But you still can use home and x too
I power mine down because i use it infrequently. I use it at least 10 times a week but too far and few between to jist put it in sleep since keeping it on the charger in sleep can hurt battery life by overcharging. Well unless you are using your dock which keeps it from overcharging(i think?).I truly don't recall the last time i powered down my 3DSXL. Home+X doesn't really bother me, usually if I exit a game I'm gonna play another one, be it when I take it out of sleep, or just straight to it.
I power mine down because i use it infrequently. I use it at least 10 times a week but too far and few between to jist put it in sleep since keeping it on the charger in sleep can hurt battery life by overcharging. Well unless you are using your dock which keeps it from overcharging(i think?).