Yeah, my wrists/hands are jacked up in general and handhelds really aggravate them. Just gotta' find the sweet spot to hold it, I guess.Fuck, this game is awesome. Only reason I stop now and then is because those fucking handhelds make my thumbs cramp up after a while. This one is ranking up there with LTTP and OOT for me.
They do sell directly. Just look at the non bundle 3DS XL, shipped and sold by amazonfor some reason nintendo wouldn't sell amazon the gold bundles, maybe they hate them or something. Its still available at most best buys around the country, but will probably all be gone by christmas since its a limited edition SKU. 3ds XL will be $150 on black friday at target/amazon/etc though, and the bundle is nice but you get a digital version of the game instead of a cart, depends which you prefer I guess.