Do you think Nintendo is making a mistake by releasing 3DS instead of Wii 2

[LordTheNightKnight]

xeroxm3 said:

famousringo said:

Look at it this way. 

Nintendo had an opportunity to bring a unique value to handheld gaming: 3D display. This is a value that smartphones -- now emerging as the most serious competitor to the DS in handheld gaming -- cannot easily duplicate. Nintendo needs to execute on this opportunity before somebody else does.

Does the Wii have a similar opportunity? What can Nintendo bring to the Wii 2 that isn't already on the market? Not HD output, or online ecosystem, or media functionality.

The opportunity is there for handheld, and it isn't there yet for home console.

This not to mention that DS software and hardware will still sell well/okay after the 3DS releases. I don't have the numbers to back it up, but I'm pretty sure the GBA didn't just up and vanish when the DS came out.

It didn't. The sales stayed healthy for a couple years after the DS launched.