Putting Sales aside - Do you consider the 3DS a better handheld than the DS was?

[Mnementh]

noname2200 said:

Mnementh said:
I personally feel that the 3DS is the best console of all time, but let it check. No question, DS was a great console too.

DS vs. 3DS
Etrian Odyssey (EO2 and 3 didn't made it to europe) vs. EO4 + EO:Millenium Girl -> 3DS wins
Radiant Historia vs. nothing like that -> DS wins
nothing I'm aware of vs. SMT: Soul Hackers, SMT Devil Survivor -> 3DS wins
Zelda Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks vs. Zelda OoT3D and LBW -> 3DS wins
Another Code, Hotel Dusk and Last window vs. sadly nothing -> DS wins clearly
Pokemon BW 1+2 vs. Pokemon XY -> tie
nothing vs. Bravely Default -> 3DS wins
nothing alike vs. Kid Icarus Uprising -> 3DS wins clearly
nothing I' aware of vs. Fire Emblem Awakening -> 3DS wins clearly
999 vs. Virtues Last Reward -> tie
nothing comparable vs. Resident Evil Revelations -> 3DS wins clearly
nothing vs. Monster Hunter -> 3DS
nothing vs. Project X Zone -> 3DS
Locks Quest vs. nothing -> DS
nothing vs. Luigis Mansion -> 3DS
Lost Magic vs. nothing -> DS
nothing vs. Dillon's Rolling Western 1+2 -> 3DS
nothing vs. Denpa Men 1-3 -> 3DS
nothing vs. Pullblox/Fallblox -> 3DS
nothing vs. Sakura Samurai and Steamworld Dig -> 3DS
better battery life vs. Streetpass, DLC and Virtual Console -> 3DS

15 wins for 3DS, 4 wins for DS, 2 ties. 3DS beats DS by a big margin. And that doesn't even take into account, that I can play all DS-games on my 3DS. And 3DS still gets more games, MH4 and Codename STEAM are coming at least.

I probably forgot one thing or another. Still 3DS has such a good lead, this will not change anything.

Respectfully, your list displays your ignorance of the DS' library more than anything else. To give just two examples: Devil Survivor is a DS game which got ported to the 3DS, while Bravely Default is a sequel to 4 Heroes of Light (and was originally going to be called 4 Heroes of Light 2).

That's possible and I do not denying it. I probably miss also the Fire Emblem entry on DS. I got more interested over the DS/Wii-gen in console-gaming (before I played only on PC) and therefore probably missed a lot on DS. Would like to get more, I just recently got Radiant Historia. Anyways, even with Devil Survivor on DS, we have still Soul Hackers on 3DS. And SMT IV, which I didn't listed because it didn't reached europe so far. Also Persona Q. So 3DS still wins in this area. I never heard about 4 Heroes of light, will look it up (added it on amazon to my wishlist). Assuming they are both of similar quality this ends in a tie. Still 3DS is in big lead. Actually I wrote that I probably miss something: "I probably forgot one thing or another. Still 3DS has such a good lead, this will not change anything."