As it stands, the 3DS lineup for the rest of 2014 is seriously lacking

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tbone51 said:

Thank you! The problem with society is that they compare the best with the current. ex: Pokemon XY is doing great (between 11.5mil-11.7mil sold including digital...shipped at 12mil) but some compare it to the other installments which had a 150mil+ userbase to 3ds 43mil!

2013 was such a fantastic year, not for 3ds only but in handheld history! People complain wayyyy to much while 2014 is looking like 2011 line up in terms of quality.

2014 is great for me cuz of Kirby+SSB. We also might have Monlith Soft title (they are making a 3DS game), also LoZ MM 3D is possible with hopefully a metroid. Peole judging 2014 when we are in april. 

See now, that list you made comparing year on year releases could have been made into a great thread discussion, but I don't know if that would be a great idea.

I actually felt in terms of sheer number of exclusives 3DS had the best year in 2013 forboth handheld and home console. They had so much variety from Japanese to more of their traditional games. SMT 4 really stood out for me. I'm hoping for some kind of Pokemon 2014 game, Ranger, or traditional. Also they may soon show Majora's Mask for 3DS? 2015 release, and a few others. Smash is going to be a big hit on 3DS as well from what I've seen.I expect much more solid news come E3. It's not like they are going to abandon the 3DS. Plus that Tomogachi Life got announced as well for NA and EU.

For me, I have about 36 retail 3DS and have reduced my backlog to Pokemon X, Azran Legacy, and Bravely Default. But for many there are a lot of games still to be purchased and some in their backlog. I'm definetly in the minority as a 3DS owner, as I doubt most own that many titles.