New 3DS is genius even if it screws over the fanbase.

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spemanig said:

Fusioncode said:
I'm not sure how Nintendo is going to convince current 3DS owners to upgrade. Big games like Pokemon OR/AS and Smash Bros will stay on the old 3DS. Xenoblade is a niche RPG at best. We'll see how it does but I think it would have been a lot smarter for Nintendo to jut get a brand new handheld ready for 2015.

Xenoblade was a niche RPG. With the publicity it's gotten from Smash, it's sequel, Smash, being the poster child for the New 3DS, Smash, how impressive a handheld game it will be with a map size supposedly larger than Skyrim, and especially Smash, it will be a huge reason for people, specifically snobby hardcore gamers, to buy the system.

No it's still is a niche RPG. Just because hardcore gamers are freaking about it does not mean the mass market cares.