If DS was a fluke where's the "inevitable" handheld decline?

[dharh]

bdbdbd said:

vivster said:

Games do have to do a bit with it. But I remember the 3DS having a steady stream of great exclusives for some time.

Oh. Which great exclusives are we talking about? Rehashed NSMB? Rehashed Nintendogs?  Brain Training that never came? All I can remember is "everything 3D" and "rehashed 3D". I think it's decent device with a number of fun games, but nothing like the DS was. The problem is the "3D Nintendo" that, after making a fun game, takes away the fun and replaces it with 3D.

One of the only things bdbdbd and I agree on.  The 3D part of the 3DS has been the major contributor to the lack of truly good games.  The 3D aspect has been a major distraction, many people just turn the damn 3D off, and wasted time for devs.

As for the rehashes and/or the continuation of a franchise that should have died or at least not had so many games over the years.  There is a reason why most franchises don't have a 7th or 8th+ iteration, they usually end up slowly circling the drain of mediocrity.