I actually bought a 3DS at launch to have it fill in for my DSi that broke just weeks before the launch.
My 3DS is still regularly used for DS games, since I always discover new ones. Just recently bought Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 (which came out on October 14th 2013 in Europe I think) and The World Ends With You, and there are still more games for the DS that I want to buy. That way I never have a problem with not having enough to play on my 3DS (which hasn't been a problem this year anyway though).
Same actually goes for my Wii U, which is used heavily as a Wii and gets fed with "new" Wii games regularly. The early-year drought didn't even exist for me.
(Non-Digital) Backwards compatibility is a huge deal to me. Heck, I only have two Nintendo handheld systems in use (not counting the DSlite I use for Fire Emblem 12 'cause of region locking on everything from DSi onwards), but these two (GBA SP and 3DS) grant me access to Nintendo's whole handheld library. It's amazing.
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