I just want a place to look back to when the device is announced so I can see how close I am to being correct on my predictions. I'll probably be completely wrong. Feel free to bookmark this so you can assault me with just how wrong my predictions really are, now with sold proof! I'm not really going to explain much how I came to such conclusions, as I'm sure I've argued all these points and aggrivated enough of you in other threads. I'll definitely answer some questions here and there, however. I made edit some more in later as I remember them. 
Here we go!
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1. The handheld will share a name and branding with the home console "brother." Much like the "i" in iPod, iPad, and iPhone.
2. The handheld will have the same OS as the home console "brother."
3. The handheld will be cross compatible with most, if not, all games on the home console brother.
4. The handheld will have two screens.
5. The botton screen will remain a touch screen.
6. The top screen will remain a 3D screen. It will carry over the improvements made by the New 3DS.
7. The top screen will boast a 720p equivilant desplay. (I know there's a discrepency with calling the screen 720p because of the nature of the 3D screen)
8. The handheld will retain the clamshell design of the 3DS.
9. The handheld will retain the new shoulder buttons added to the New 3DS in the same configuration, for a total of four shoulder buttons.
10. The handheld will have an equivilant to two analog directional inputs. Wether those will remain the circle pad or an analog nub like the Vita is up in the air.
11. The right analog will not be a nub like the c-stick is on the 3DS. It will mirror the left analog input.
12. The next handheld will, quite obviously, keep the Dpad, as well as the ABXY buttons.
13. The analog inputs will be parellel to each other, and be positioned above the Dpad and ABXY buttons.
14. The handheld will launch with two form factors: A standard model and an XL model.
15. The handheld will feature a rumble pack.
16. The handheld will feature an NFC reader, just like the Wii U and New 3DS.
17. The next handheld will not have a card slot. It will be a digital only device.
18. Collectable boxed NFC cards (or an NFC device of some ilk) will be sold at retail stores with a "download NFC function" for specific games, replacing retail copies of games. It works the same as a download code. One use only. You put the card/amiibo/whatever on the reader, and you get the digital game.
19. The new handheld will come with either a 64GB SD/MicroSD card, or a 128GB SD/MicroSD card.
20. The new handheld will be approximately as powerful as the Wii U is. A little more or a little less.
21. The new handheld will have backwards compatability with the eshop. Almost every digital Wii U/3DS game will be downloadable on the new handheld.
22. The unified platform will be the new "gimmick" and will be what the marketing for the handheld will focus on the most.
23. If there is another physical hardware "gimmick," it will be the same across both the handheld and home console.
24. The new handheld will have some system that allows you to access online functions without the need for Wifi, for free. 4G, or an equivilant. (It will be integrated into the cost of individual games behind the scenes, much like buying books on the Kindle Fire allowed for a free 3G connection)
25. The new handheld will released for no more than $200.
26. The new handheld will come out sometime in 2016.
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Oh god. I'm ready to get ripped apart! If I'm going to eat crow because of this, then this thread is the bowl... Have at me!
