then it would be $250 at the least..

I don't think this is true.. but if it is, that isn't a good decision, look at what last gens king did with there dominance for releasing a highly priced system.

My prediction, it will have something that will make the snobcore (even those that like Nintendo) pissed as hell because they can't see the appeal, due to their narrow views of what makes good games.

Hmmm i want it to be up there with the PS3 and all, but.... will the price be woth it? Probably not.

I just want a jump in processing that won't steal my wallet.

All new games built for 3DS will be fully compatible with the old DS but wont have the visual effect.

Just wanted to add that in to my prediction

So full compatibility Forwards and backwards!

I just want the 3.D.S to have the most power and best graphics it can for $200 or less.

I say the best you can hope for is if it beats  or ties PSP prossesing.

<table style="width: 90%;" border="0"><tr><td><strong>Metallicube said:</strong><br /><p>My guess is slightly below Wii's graphics.. Nintendo is going to get a lot of heckling if their next handheld has better graphics than the Wii.</p></td></tr></table><br /><br />

ROFLMFAO. LOL!!! Oh, oh... woah, my lungs...

Nintendo has never launched an original handheld that cost more that 150 USD. I don't think they are going to start now.

I should also mention that developers making games for Xbox Live can pretty seamlessly port them to Windows Mobile 7 with 97% of common code. So the precedent where a handheld can do HD console effects has already been made.

Check out this: http://www.dmprof.com/release/leaflet_SMAPH-S_en.pdf

Its the forerunner atm for the 3DS graphics chip. Up to 24 Geometry/pixel shaders, OGL 2.0 ES support, programmable shaders etc also claimed lowest industry power consumption (don't they all claim this???)