Miyamoto Evades 3DS Redesign Talk, Says Nintendo Is Looking Ahead to Next Handheld Generation

by Mike Bendel on June 12, 2012 @ 12:23 pm


Nintendo has been quick to release new revisions of hardware in the past, but so far, that hasn’t been the case with 3DS. It’s been a little over a year since its debut and we still haven’t heard a peep about a possible redesign. In fact, Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed to IGN that the company isn’t thinking about changing the look of 3DS hardware at all, rather it is focused on planning for the eventual successor of 3DS.

“I really feel like I’m satisfied with the 3DS hardware as it is. I feel like it’s the best for this generation,” said Miyamoto. He added, “The Nintendo executive noted that his company is always thinking about what’s next. “What we’re thinking about right now is probably going to be for a future generation of handheld.”

Of course, that’s not to say we’ll never see a redesign. After all, Nintendo repeatedly denied claims of a DS Lite up until the last minute. Regardless, we have to agree with Miyamoto that the 3DS is much less need of a redesign than its predecessor. For one, it’s not an eyesore to look at like the bulky DS original. Perhaps down the road it’d be more apt to expect an alternative design akin to the DSi XL for those that prefer a larger unit. Or we may see smaller, iterative tweaks similar to Sony’s approach with the PSP.

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hush404 says:

Why... are they thinking about future handhelds if they just launched the 3DS last year? :S That seems to be jumping the gun... no?

luiscesjr says:

Nintendo is like salt being made of sodium and chlorine, totally nonsense and yet, it works.

Trigun says:

Probably invested too much money developing it.

And honestly a bigger screen would not do it any good considering the resolution of them.

I thought that the DSi XL would be great even though it has the same resolution, but when I got one and used it for several months. It did not sit well with me for many reasons.

Come to think of it, I've used every revision of the DS and hated them all except for the original Phat DS.

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