Apropos, when Mario kart 7 for instance sells 2m in its 6th year in the market, what software 3DS and by extend new 2ds xl needs to be pushed by Nintendo? Maybe only some important NEW 3DS/2DS exclusives just to force some people who have og 3DS/3DXL to upgrade...
The evergreen titles are enough for late adopters!

My daughter has a 2DS and its perfect for her. I see no harm in the concept at all.

I'm not sure why some people hate the 2DS. I think it's great for what it is.

Nintendo wants it to sell 6m. That's that would be defined as 'success'. Can it do this number?

If it becomes the main SKU of 3DS/2DS it is quite likely as long as no Pokémon emerges for Switch at E3

They didnt said they want to sell 6m of just 2DS XL, but 6m units of 3DS family-

I might replace my New 3DS with the 2DS, especially because it is less heavy and might have better screens. And many people do not use their 3DSXL outdoors because it is too large and heavy to carry comfortably.

Considering it's sales will be lumped in to the entire 3DS family ala Gameboy Pocket and Color, there's zero chance of it being a commercial failure. At this point, Nintendo handhelds are pure gravy for the company. They have nothing to loose.

Not really. Nintendo said several years ago - when discussing Wii U - that their hardware needs to shift 5-10 million units a year to be viable. With an install base of 66 million, 3DS is still shifting over 5 million a year, and could do for the next two years. And your assertion no-one is buying Kart 7 is easily proved false, because another 2 million people bought it in the last twelve months.

Personally I think New 2DS XL is there to test how much of a low income market there is for 3DS systems in the West. If Nintendo can find that market, they could keep shipping a couple of million units a year globally after 2019. Let's not forget GBA sold strongly in the US across 2005-2007 even with DS on the market, and whereas 3DS has sold a little over 40 million in the West, DS sold 120 million. Nintendo will want to find out exactly how much of that low income GBA/DS market is remaining. We're absolutely not going to see 3DS sky-rocket, but it could stay on Western markets for 2-4 years yet.

EDIT: I'll also point out that phasing out the standard 2DS/3DS models will make even more sense if we start to see more Switch/New 3DS cross-platform games. Part of me wonders if Pokemon Sun could be one such game.

2Ds will bring new life - new design new limited edition.

A reason for fool like me to re-buy it in one or 2 units!

it is like refreshing the market as well as moving away from 3D completely and get ready for the next console.

A new range of select games should arrive too.

It'll do fine, and keep the 3DS family on the market and relevant for a little while longer.

It looks quite good too, but there's one thing I don't really get; why is it a clamshell design? Wasn't the whole point of the regular 2DS's slate-design that the little children couldn't break the hinges like they were apparently doing with DS's and 3DS's? So what now, have Nintendo developed some kind of unbreakable hinge for the N2DS?