Will the "New" 3DS face Wii U level of brand confusion?

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ICStats said:

Teriol said:
it is a 3DS new model nothing more, it has a better cpu, and wii ports are possible, but in all sense is a 3ds nwe model, is not a new system.

How is it in all sense just a 3DS model?  New CPU, plays different games that are not compatible with 3DS, so in all senses other than the name, it's not a 3DS any more than 3DS is a DS.

The only difference is that since 3DS is still an actively used system, it will end up being supported as parallel systems the way GameBoy and GameBoy Color were parallel systems with different game shelves.

Not really. There was a small handful of games that only worked with GBC, but 90%+ of them played just fine on the old GB without colour.