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

[zorg1000]

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.

It is official, if u don't ship something for a year then it's not coming back. Whether or not stores still have them in stock has nothing to do with being discontinued, that just means they haven't sold thru all of their old stock.

Discontinued simply means the manufacturer is no longer producing new units, which is the case for the original 3DS model in America.