Problem is, it's not really a new system. They've made what I've seen referred to elsewhere as a "half-gen step." They upgraded the hardware of the 3DS while not actually making an entirely new system, and they've done it well before anyone would have expected them to. Before, upgrades were almost always cosmetic or ergonomic in nature, but now they've increased the number of sticks and buttons and whatnot and are going to release exclusive games for it, alienating those that already bought earlier versions of the 3DS.Hoeloe wrote:All in all though, Nintendo found flaws with their console and fixed them with a new console, not a peripheral patch. It's exactly what people would expect them to do, the only complaint I can see people making that has any real validity is the name, which perhaps could have been better. I myself was thinking of getting a new 3DS anyway, and now I think I'll hold off for one of these. It's a little annoying, because I already bought a Circle Pad Pro in preparation for Monster Hunter 4, but oh well. Judging from the Japanese info, the price is pretty reasonable, too. Converted, the Japanese price of the XL system is just over £100, and I paid over £200 for my 3DS on release, so it's not even that expensive, for a new system.
I know it probably seems like an overreaction, and indeed, it's not set in stone that Nintendo and company would only develop for the New 3DS from its release forward; however, one would have to wonder what the point is of upgrading if it doesn't have enough of an exclusive library, hence why I brought it up. I'm really only concerned because the 3DS is currently the thing keeping them afloat, and one of the last things they need to be doing is rendering their old hardware useless when they've got such an expansive consumer base for it already (and again, well before anyone expected the 3DS to be replaced/obsoleted).
Realistically, though, the TRUE successor of the 3DS, whatever they decide to call it, will be backwards-compatible with both 3DS and N3DS titles alike, so it's not like consumers who realize this are obligated to actually buy the N3DS in the event that it does gain an expansive library of exclusives. However, as I said before, this simply damages my trust in Nintendo and my faith that being any sort of an early adopter of their hardware is a good decision.
