Mr Khan on 07 February 2015
In the case of the new 3DS, it will become a "new" console rather than an upgrade if Nintendo stops supporting the old 3DS. Think of what happened with the Game Boy/Color. The Color started as a mere upgrade, but became in effect a new console by 2000, since Pokemon Gold/Silver was perhaps the last crossover game, and very few were made.
What the new 3DS looks like, to me, is a vehicle for Nintendo to port Wii games and *maybe* down-port some less ambitious Wii U projects, which in the West is all about reaching those core gamers who buy Nintendo handhelds but not Nintendo consoles, and in Japan about reaching the general gamer populace who buy handhelds and not consoles altogether.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
