I made a thread asking if the next Nintendo console should be a microconsole and got some mixed responses. I got into a debate with one poster about whether or not a home version of 3DS would be more successful than Wii U.

This device would cost $99.99-129.99 and would simply allow you to play 3DS games on the TV. It would use a controller with the button layout of 3DS, along with a 3" touch screen in the center to allow for dual screen gameplay.

If this device released instead of the Wii U, it would allow Nintendo to pump out games much faster than they currently do by making all software designed for one platform instead of being split up between 3DS & Wii U. Games like Pikmin 3, Tropical Freeze, 3D World, Mario Kart 8, Hyrule Warriors would be released for 3DS+3DS TV where they would have a larger install base to sell to, Smash Bros would be able to release sooner by not having to develop two seperate versions of it.

How would this strategy have worked out for Nintendo?

Nope, I already own a 3ds so there is no reason for me to buy a 3ds TV when I can just as easily play them on my 3ds... Heck, I can almost get another 3ds for the exact same price

And that strat would have worked terribly for the console part cause all those games would have looked like ass on the TV. There would be almost zero overlap since most people would just own a 3ds and not the 3dstv cause most people aren't idiots that buy the samething that give the same experience twice

Wouldn't 3DS games look horrible blown up on a big screen TV?

You mean just the 3DS? As in...the 3DS we have NOW? No absolutely not. I really like the 3DS, don't get me wrong but upscaling the thing to a full size tv would be really bad. The aliasing, the low resolution, it wouldn't be worth it. This is my main complaint with all microconsoles: the software designed for the cheap hardware just doesn't look nearly as good on the big screen, but with the 3DS it would be even worse.

And at the $99-129 price range , this actually is what you are suggesting if it launched instead of the Wii U in 2012; my leading question may as well have been rhetorical :P . The 3DS and even the New 3DS are not even as strong as the Wii. Let that sink in. Would you pay $129 dollars for a device that is literally only a smidgin stronger than the GameCube and weaker than the Wii in the year 2012?

No for the reason that 3DS games would look horrific on a large TV display, they're already fairly grating these days on a 5-inch display I can't really imagine it going well on a 50-inch display.

If there was a way to run the games at 720p or 1080p then yes absolutely. Monster Hunter 3U on the Wii U looks great and that's basically just a 3DS game running at 1080p.

Next-gen when the handheld is capable of HD graphics or something in line with the Wii U -- that's a different story.

To be honest going back and even playing Super Mario Galaxy 2 again on the Wii U was a bit of a rude awakening ... SD really looks terrible on HDTV sets. Thank god the Wii era is over, HD is soooooo damn nice on Nintendo titles. 

No, but I can buy 3DS games if they are released on the WiiU.
The WiiU is adorable.

Not when I can just play the games on the 3DS itself without any additional cost.

Make it the Super 3DS adapter that uses the USB ports on the Wii U. I'd buy it.

I would if the resolution balanced out but blown up 3DS images...no

No and no. And just imagine playing 280p games on a big OLED screen... Jesus!