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Use some sense people, the 3ds is the only hardware Nintendo have right now that's doing well, but its dual screen, moving it to mobile without the mobile being large would not work, instead they would have to move it to tablet, this would require a custom OS which negates the benefits of it being a tablet, as such they would need to use android, they won't however because they know their games would be ripped and cracked to work on any device within hours, and even if they released across android as a whole, piracy of the games would be rife.

Nintendo would not release a Nintendo branded tablet without heavy control over the software, the software would essentially be crippled and restricted, and even then people with other tablets would just play cracked versions.

At the same time releasing games or new hardware would mean offering up their 3ds library to new devices, where security is not as tight, they would not do this for fear of it impacting the 3ds as a whole.

Anyone who thinks Nintendo will go third party or release new hardware within the next 3 years is kidding themselves, all were going to see is a wiiu price drop.