I wasn't a proponent of Nintendo releasing a true 3DS succesor. However after seeing the legs of the 3DS 7 years after release, and Switch not cannibalizing sales, there's still a market for budget gaming.
My vision is for something just slightly more powerful than the 2DS XL, albeit smaller to cut cost. A price point of $99-129, bundled with a 2D Mario or Zelda (rumored Links Awakening remake?). It's own line of scaled down Switch titles (smaller open world Mario and Zelda), along with remakes of older Pokemon titles (ala Ruby/Sapphire). Also removing the dual screen, and just having a single touch screen to further reduce costs.
With a lifetime sales prediction of 40-45 million, I could see this being highly profitable for Ninty. Of course there's probably no chance of this happening, I just feel they're possibly leaving some huge $$ on the table by not releasing another budget handheld system.
Thoughts?
