Obviously, Pokémon Black and White 2 will play on the 3DS, but releasing it on an older portable doesn’t really show that the big N has confidence in its new device.
At this stage of the 3DS’ life span, however, the game should have already been announced. It’s totally inevitable - sort of how a dual-analog-stick redesign of the 3DS is bound to happen too. I know that a 3DS-specific Pokémon game will eventually come at some point. Trading Pokémon when you walk past another 3DS owner with the feature enabled, downloading new Pokémon automatically, the possibilities are almost limitless. Imagine the cool Spotpass and Streetpass features that developer Game Freak could come up with.
I understand that the 3DS has the ability to play DS games, but a new offering, specifically designed to take advantage of the 3DS' unique features, should be coming out at this point. I imagine the Pokémon Black and White 2 announcement annoyed quite a few gamers who purchased the console solely for a new 3D Pokémon title. Nintendo already pissed off early 3DS adopters last year with a much-needed price drop (although the ambassador program did a pretty good job of rectifying the situation). But as a fan, I’d much rather see a new Pokémon title on the 3DS. So that’s the financial argument from Nintendo’s perspective. It’s outpacing the DS’ sales during that time period, but that’s still a small number when you compare it to the DS’ humongous base. The 3DS sold 15 million units since its release almost a year and a half ago. It makes sense to release titles as huge as the next Pokémon entries on the platform with the most potential buyers.
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