Yes it has Xenoblade Chronicles and the 3DS doesnt. Yes it will recieve more exclusive games that we are yet to find out about. However when it finally launches in North America and Europe it will have been close to if not 4 years since the 3DS launched. To put that into perspective the DS launched less than 4 years after the GBA. Thats right, the New 3DS will get some exclusives but the 3DS is still being supported in the most part. When the DS launched with less of a gap most games stopped coming to the GBA. Back then you were forced to upgrade for the new games in less than 4 years. Now they are giving you the option to upgrade 4 years on for some exclusives or you can contine with the 3DS and buy the many new games still coming to it.

And if you are going to come in here and say that it was a dick move back then and its a slightly less dick move now , tell me why 150 million people bought the DS??

Also this is imo the greatest peice of handheld gaming hardware to be released, just look at how nice it is.

See, what I hope is that there is a trade in program for it. Like, I want to trade in my XL for a "new 3ds" without losing all my games and I want a discount for it

All good points. I'm waiting for us to get more information on it before I declare my opinion.

The new 3DS is gonna have games that the regular 3DS can't play?  I assumed this was just a revision of the 3DS.

I'm just worried I may not be allowed to have one.

well i have about everything i will most likely buy for the system before the successor comes out. so they can do whatever. the right side nub is a joke to me. the improved 3d is a nice feature but not enough for me to go buy it again.

If they said it was named I don't know DS 2.0 it would have been fine. But this is a redisighn phasing out the same console and that is not fine. I don't want this to become the norm. What if a "new" Wii u is released. Would you support that.

The DS was a completely new format though. The 'new' 3DS isn't a completely new format (more of an update) and yet it's still getting exclusive games. I just find it a bit shady that Nintendo releases a hardware revision (not a new format) and releases exclusive games. This will confuse people i think.

I think us existing owners should get a discount and guarantee that our digital games will work without having to buy them again.

You also just argued to not buy this. Because A better one will come out in a short time. That is the issue.

The fact that it's getting exclusive games is what irks me....