Will Pokemon change from top-down to behind the back?

Will they make use of the other stick at all? Smash Bros and 2D platformers don't need it, will it just be for 3rd parties?

Anyway here's what I think.

Animal Crossing- Still isometric because of a need to keep the overworld simple enough so that kids don't get stuck so easily. However, while one is used to move, the other can scroll through items as you move. Great way to streamline and prepare for the next task without having to stop to pull up a menu to pull out a tool.

Pokemon-Behind the back.  Pokemon X/Y is trying this out to a degree with certain sections (The paris city and the desert? also some cutscenes) to be not top-down. I think we'll see a behind the back Pokemon as time goes on. (Oh the gym possibilities) 

Kid Icarus-Well this needed dual analog anyways. Not that I disliked the stylus, but holding it with 1 hand for a while is tiresome.

Smash-C stick like functions on the GC controller and good for Trophy viewing.

Fire Emblem-I honestly have no idea how they could use the other stick. Maybe not at all.

Mario RPG-Still isometric, other stick used sometimes for action commands and minigames but that's about it.

Mario Kart-Used for quick views of the sides and the back. (Why they aren't doing this in MK8 I will never know. D-pad's fine for this too)

Obviously 2D Marios won't be using it at all.

Bonus-Handhelds can be used as controllers. Very important and can get Nintendo handheld players to buy more consoles. I mean why not if you already have an extra controller?

I think its pretty much guaranteed it will have it, but I don't think every game will take full use of it.

You can basically already see what Nintendo's next portable device is going to look like for yourself:

I'd gauruntee they probably already have units with an integrated graphics chipset built-in being prototyped around their R&D labs as we speak.

Not very portable :P

It will mainly result in much better camera control. I personally enjoy having control of the camera rather than the game itself controlling it.

Well yeah of course, but how will they change their games based on the addition of another stick?

I doubt they will go with a portable WiiU pad style thing, since the Vita is pretty much already that (big touch screen, two dual sticks, etc).

Replace the 6.1" screen for a 4" one that is at least 720p (no need for a higher res at that size, imho), throw away half of the plastic shell that is useless and change the location of some buttons (power, home, etc.). The result is something a lot more portable and not so far from what they may do.

OT. Their games won't have to change. If a game benefits from the 2nd analog stick they will use it, if it doesn't then they won't. It's that simple.

The result is the Vita lol.

The Vita is not a bad looking console, it just needs better analog sticks to be portable.