That wasn´t hate at all.

Do we know that? It sounded a lot more to me like Nintendo was saying it was just an upgraded version of the same console rather than Nintendo's official "next gen" or whatever handheld.

I'd be surprised if Nintendo was this vague about their next gen handheld after the whole Wii U debacle.

Pelvis zone.

...then what was it? A bunch of angry people voicing their displeasure sounds a lot like hate to me.

Well, yes thats what they say... but in reality its what it is. A new console. How is it different from the DS to the 3DS? Backwards compatible more powerful and new exclusive software. Even if it has the same name, its a new console because the specs are different.

Simply being more powerful doesn't make it a new console generation; the PS3 slim was more powerful than the PS3, but no one considers it a new console.

What strikes me as indicative that this may not be the next handheld for Nintendo is the lack of a major notable innovation point. The DS had the touchscreen, the Wii had motion control, the 3DS had 3D, the Wii U has its tablet...if this is the next handheld, it's a bit out of place as it's lacking a major gimmick of some sort (unless you count an extra nub as a major innovation)

Really? I think that early adopters are actually the ones who are the least upset over this news. From what I've seen, people who recently bought a 3DS are angry because they just purchased hardware that's about to be out-of-date in a year or less, but people who bought a 3DS near launch don't mind and are more likely to want an upgrade.

I got my original 3DS back in 2011, and I'm definitely going to get the N3DS when it releases in NA. By the time it comes out here, the 3DS will have been out for at least 3 years and 9 months. That's already longer than the time between the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance in NA, which was 2 years and 7 months, and it's also longer than between the GBA and DS in NA, which was 3 years and 5 months. This is hardly Nintendo's worst offense when it comes to new versions of handhelds.

I do hate apple and their yearly new hardware launches, but I think this is a case of it being done right. Technology is moving faster and faster. I don't want gaming handhelds to have yearly upgrades by any means, but the 3ds needed a second analog nub from the get-go, which is why they made that huge analog peripheral.

I think upgrading the hardware on a product like the 3ds halfway through its lifespan is acceptable.

I think you are assuming that i said "next-gen". I said next portable.It is more poweful and improved with the new analog indeed, better 3D and bigger buttons. Its basically an evolution over the 3DS. Wether its a next-gen, i dont know.

Actually, on that topic its pretty unclear on the portable market as the Vita is probably one generation ahead of the 3DS.

Hate no, sad yes, for me its like a 3DS remaster... not a real new console, and its what is wrong for me and i will not support nintendo on this.

I not like apple or samsung etc to doing this, i am not going to love nintendo for doing same thing, if continue on this way we will get a new 3DS every years...