Michael-5 said: It depends on what Nintendo does. Pokemon and Monster Hunter are great franchises, but 2006 had the DS redesign. 3DS still has a weak battery, and I bet a lot of gamers (like me) are still holding out for a better system. |
Well the thing about the redesign is that it's sort of backwards with 3DS. Nintendo released a compact 3DS as the launch model, and then released an XL version a year and a half later. With DS, they released a bulky launch model, then the compact model a year and a half later, then the XL model near the tail-end of the system's lifespan.
I'm not sure how likely an even smaller 3DS model is. I remember Miyamoto saying last E3 that the base model of the 3DS is pretty much exactly what they wanted it to be, and they didn't think a smaller one was necessary.