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Soundwave on 29 January 2015
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spemanig said:
Soundwave said:

I think what he's alluding to is he expects to see the new model (as in next-gen) Nintendo handheld at E3 2015 (mid-year). 


Oh... Well I dunno. I mean, I don't expect to see it so soon after the N3DS launch in NA. I personally don't see that announcement until like November this year at the absolute earliest. But more realisicelly I'd bet on E3 next year, not this year.


Well they might be planning to release the handheld (at least in Japan) before E3 2016, so that moves E3 2016 out. 

It has to be this June's show if they're planning to launch around spring 2016 for Japan. 

Unveiling in November really isn't Nintendo's style because it would take away all the attention from their holiday lineup to say "hey look at this thing we're launching next year". 

It would also basically be a similar time line to the 3DS unveil ... they announced the 3DS in March 2010 I think, the same month they released the DSi XL in North America. Then they unveiled the 3DS with playable demos at E3 2010. The system launched in Japan about eight months later, and about a year later in the US. 

I really honestly don't think the New 3DS really means much more to Nintendo than the DSi XL did -- it's just a last gasp revision, nothing more, nothing less. With its built-in Amiibo functionality it will be stocked in stores for a few more years no matter what, as a cheaper/low end market option when the next-gen Nintendo portable comes out. So New 3DS still has a role. It just may not be the one some people have mistakenly dreamt up for it.