Nintendo Will Continue to Support 3DS in 2018

It's Wii U all over again.

>“We will certainly be announcing new titles for the 3DS platform, and we’ll do that continuously,” Fils-Aime told IGN.

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They say this about every console/handheld after a new one comes out. Don't believe Nintendo's lies.

why would they abandon a platform with over 50 million users and a high attachment rate? its still selling well.

No announcement other than a new game will communicate whether the 3DS is dead or not. If Nintendo feels the need to say that they're not abandoning a literal entire market of games that's a horrible sign. I like the 3DS, but the current library is likely all we're ever going to get. After the 2DS XL launches I doubt we'll see another major 3DS title from Nintendo and I imagine almost all the developers have left the 3DS for greener pastures.

The 3DS captures the lower-end share of the market since it's much cheaper than the Switch. Until the Switch firmly establishes itself and its price can go down a bit, killing 3DS support would be too risky. The shift will happen as soon as Pokémon is released on Switch and Nintendo bundles it or lowers the system's price slightly, which I'm expecting to happen in late 2018.

I just know that I must pick up that New 2DS XL in case it follows the same path as the Gameboy Micro

only the still selling part means anything, since it's mostly new owners that will buy games

they completely dropped the Wii pretty fast despite all the owners

They literally just announced a new variation.

Wii software and hardware sales dropped like a rock by 2011 if I recall correctly. Plus I think they were having growing pains with HD development at the time so they had to focus all their resources on that.

Nintendo would have to be dumb to drop handhelds entirely, they still print money. Switch gimmicks aside, it's still ultimately a home console.

that's what i thought too

>Sup Forums: "The Nintendo Switch! Finally, they are truly combining both the handheld and console games development!"
>Nintendo: "We aren't replacing the 3DS"
>Sup Forums: "Lies! Only their actions speak the truth, and the Switch is also a handheld! Its replacing the 3DS!"
>Nintendo: "The new Fire Emblem Shadows of Valencia for New 3DS only! We will continue to make games for the New 3DS line!"
>Sup Forums: "They are just suckering in people to buy up their leftover developed games! The 3DS is definitely getting replaced!"
>Nintendo: "The New 2DS XL! The newest model in the line of 3DS and 2DS systems!"
>Sup Forums: "No, this, I mean, this is just a cash in! They used their leftover 3DS parts to make these to use up their spare parts! Its having a limited run!"

So when is Sup Forums going to admit they are wrong? It should have happened back during the Shadows of Valencia announcement confirming new 3DS exclusive games are in the works.

Just like the gameboy micro took support away from the DS!

>So when is Sup Forums going to admit they are wrong?

Never. Switchcucks need something to justify their $300 ports machine.

So what do you think of the 2018 fire emblem being switch only, and that even Gamefreak is moving to the switch, as seen in their job listing?

Just like the Game Boy Micro got tons of EXCLUSIVE new games for it after the DS came out.
Oh right, it didn't, so you can't use that comparison anymore bud. Sorry.

Also, Hey Pikmin is considered a New 2DS XL launch game. Did Game Boy Micro have launch games?

>So what do you think abou the only exclusive game announced right now that will be released in a year or so? This shows that the 3DS is pretty much dead

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>Shadows of Valencia NEW 3DS EXCLUSIVE
>Also making a Fire Emblem for the Switch

I think Nintendo is going to support them equally? Both the 3DS and Wii got fire emblem games dude.

Nope, but it shows they are moving away from 3DS
It did. It got many, but as you can tell, no one remembered

Not the same thing, since it doesn't have exclusive games.
"New" 3DS/2DS models have exclusive games. Does the Wii Mini?

>remake vs full blown sequel
Gee I wonder which game is going to be supported more???
>3DS vs Wii
Dude are you a retard? They are from different generations nigger.

>It did
So it got games that COULD NOT BE PLAYED ON A GAME BOY ADVANCE BESIDES THE MICRO? Interesting, show me please.
>B-but you said
I said there are games being released that ONLY play on NEW 3DS or 2DS systems. NOT on the normal 3DS or 2DS system. Name some of the Micro only games please.

>2018
>240p console

>The switch comes out
>Sup Forums complains all day about the 3DS being dead
>Nintendo says they'll keep supporting it
>Sup Forums complains

I love you guys, also words like these don't matter at all, it's business practice, of course they won't say they'll kill the 3DS, specially when they're releasing yet another version of it. Remember when the DS wasn't supposed to replace thr GBA?
Wait you can't remember that because you're all retarded angsty teenagers.

Wait what is your point again? I thought we are talking about the switch?
How does the exclusive ones even matter to the switch? My argument is that revisions, like the gameboy micro, will not take much resources away from the next generation of stuff. What is yours?

How is that not a good thing?

The only N3DS "exclusive" that is coming is FE Musou, and it's for technical reasons.

The games exclusives to the New are all ports, so it's not a very solid argument anyway.

Existing hardware always gets games for another year or two into the new hardware's life. Hell, the fucking PS2 had a soccer game come out in like 2013 or something.

No not vs. You implied that there being a 2018 Fire Emblem being made for the Switch, that means the 3DS won't be supported with Fire Emblem games anymore. I said no, the NEW 3DS is getting a new fire emblem game, which means that Fire Emblem is not abandoning the 3DS for the Switch. Then stated that the 3DS got fire emblem games around the same time as the Wii got some, meaning, they can support BOTH. Nintendo isn't picking one over the other, both the Switch and New 3DS lines are being supported at the same time here. Now you are saying "its a remake so it doesn't count". Except its a totally revamped remake, exclusive to the New 3DS system, so yes, it counts. Anything that costs obvious effort counts.

Nice source faggot.

>inb4 340 replies with only 40 unique IPs

>tfw excited for Ever Oasis
Hopefully the 3DS dies after that though.
Support the fucking Switch please.

>My argument is that revisions, like the gameboy micro, will not take much resources away from the next generation of stuff.

I don't know what the point is you are trying to make here so nevermind.

Kek, the Nintendo Killswitch is a blunder and no amount of $hills on Sup Forums will change that.

>sold and sells less than the Wii U in the same timeframe
>no fucking games for the next 3 years
>B-But muh Mario!!!
>just shitty ports of 4 year old games everyone who wanted to play already played on the Wii U
>80 million PS4s sold
>rumors have been popping up from several sources that Sony managed to snab the Monster Hunter IP and that we will get an announcement at this year's TGS
>Dragon Quest - radioactive Nipnongs' cultural phenonmenon to such a degree that those backwards chinks even got themselves a DQ holiday like Christmas for Christians and Ramadan for Mudslimes is back on Playstation

How will Nintendo ever recover?

>Killswitch
Damn that name sounds cool. If only they would make a revision with that name

It's all very simple: if it people still keep buyin em, you still sell em.

Not to mention that there's nothing special about the New 2DS anyway; the New 3DS came out, what, 2.5 years ago?

>Killswitch
Badass, I can imagine a commercial of it with someone using the 2DS axe and chopping a PS4 in half, saying "when you want games to stop being movies, you flip the KILLSWITCH!" then, Chad Warren comes on to say "man I ain't talking bout no PEE ESS FOUR, talkin bout dat KILLSWITCH"

You should stop living in the 90s, manchild and get a life.

SoV is 3DS, not N3DS exclusive isn't it?

i dont get it xD

Then you're a quite bad capitalist.

You're correct. FE Warriors is the N3DS on.

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They've announced a pretty hefty sales target (6 mil) for the tax year, which seems as though there's a Pokemon remake coming around Xmas

Tehy did the same to the dsi you stupid retard

what new gimmick will they use to trick Switchcucks to buying their new gameboy?

They plan to sell 72 mln 3DSes in total until the end of the next fiscal year, so it's reasonable.

>remake
ORAS was a little over 2 years ago
It's SM2

>Forcing me to play on that shitpad and low res
>Another year of putting good games on that thing instead of putting it on the switch or making a better handheld

Yeah, there's not alot of uncrypts for citra for some reason, once it gets optimized better I'm tempted to help people out by decrypting some shit

This.

As long as the switch continues to sell out worldwide, there is no reason for them to drop the 3ds. Both are profitable platforms with a different target audience.
Once they start moving the 3ds target audience over to the switch (with titles like animal crossing and pokemon), they may let it die slowly

the new Just Dance game is still released for the Wii

>It's Wii U all over again.
EL OH EL

>yfw the game boy micro KILLED the ds

DS killed itself.

Touchscreen, what a shitty gimmick.

Like I said before, no reason to buy a Switch.

Me too

>tfw never had to buy a DS over it's 7 year life span because drill dozer and the GBA micro came out after it
op actually believes this

>720p

Well good because I just bought a Black Friday new 3ds.

There's no more event legendaries to reveal. It's Gen 8.

Why would they drop the handhelds there they only ones that have a market in it.

trust no one

not even yourself

Nintendo need to release one more 3DS game before they kill imo. Minish Cap was a great last game for the gameboy.

>Nintendo: "The new Fire Emblem Shadows of Valencia for New 3DS only! We will continue to make games for the New 3DS line!"
Are you high?

BoTW new 3ds port

Then explain the NES classic

Create higher demand for the inevitable SNES classic for 99,99$

Big deal. Sony supported the PS2 for years after PS3 came out. Reason for this being most people don't make the transition day one and there is still money to be made on the system being phased out.

dumbest post

I hope they continue to support the Wii U too.

>Just like the Game Boy Micro got tons of EXCLUSIVE new games for it after the DS came out.
there are like 3 games that can only be played on the "New" models, lmao, this is a fucking reach.
And even still, New 3DS can play those, New 2DS is not doing anything new other than cashing in

It's literally on IGN homepage, you idiot.

You must be REALLY new to gaming.

And I mean like straight outta the womb new

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I'm going to pile on.

I don't understand that at all, it makes no sense.
Nintendo always makes small batches of their products, so scalpers always buy them and jack the price up. It's not like nintendo is making money off the jacked up prices, i feel like its only hurting the fans that wanted to try that

Just kill the 3ds already

You wish, switchcuck