Funny thing is, I have a 3DS XL now and gifted the 3DS to my brother for finishing his apprenticeship but I couldn't get him to play with it, nothing really hooked him. No SM3DL, no Kingdom Hearts, nothing. As a last resort I bought him Pokemon white and now he plays the 3DS like 10 hours a day and got addicted to street passing. Long story short, Pokemon is a force.
To not derail the thread, let me say that I don't think the audience for Pokemon is into preorders. It's either kids or parents, who buy it for their kids and have no idea that preordering is a thing. The 3DS will probably not be as succesful as the DS and even go just as far as the PSP did in sales numbers, but those numbers will not be achieved because of piracy. 70 million units can be considered a healthy economy for video games, when the platform hasn't been cracked.
Ongoing bet with think-man: He wins if MH4 releases in any shape or form on PSV in 2013, I win if it doesn't.
