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

[archbrix]

Nah, I liked the DS a lot more.  Mario Kart DS and Picross were two of my favorite games of the entire 7th gen. And the DS Lite model specifically was just fantastic.

Having said that, the 3DS does have some excellent quality software - and Zelda: ALBW makes mincemeat out of the DS Zelda games, which are my least favorite entries in the series.