NoA explains the lack of regular New 3DS “We had to be able to market it”

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Dusk said:

zorg1000 said:

Yes it has, go look at their most recent shipments data, Nintendo has not shipped the original 3DS to America at all this fiscal year (almost a year by now)

Well, there hasn't been an official announcement of that yet, I'm sure it will be shortly. It is still being sold on store shelves so it's not discontinued. It just isn't selling due to the XL, 2DS and now the New 3DS XL.

Has Nintendo ever released an official announcement that they are discontinuing a console?  That would be really stupid considering how close the names of all the 3DS consoles are, it would just cause confusion.