When Nintendo launched the Switch and sales were much better than anyone expected, it looked as though the 3DS (
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。) was on life support. Surely sales would drop off quickly for the seven-year-old handheld now that a portable console was available, right? Well, they didn't, and Nintendo is considering a new handheld to replace it. 。

Confirmation of that comes from Shuntaro Furukawa, Nintendo's new president. Furukawa has been an employee of Nintendo since 1994, starting out as an accountant before moving into global marketing, then working as a director with The Pokemon Company, and being involved in Switch (。$299.00 at Amazon。$299.00 at Amazon。

) development. He took on the role of president last month.。

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Thanks for signing up!。Although there's clearly no firm commitment from Nintendo yet, it will be interesting to see what, if anything, the company creates to replace the 3DS. I'd bet money on it retaining backwards compatibility with the 3DS and keeping the two screen format to differentiate it from the Switch. The internals and displays are well overdue a major update, though. Could we get a couple of 720p displays? And what will Nintendo call this new handheld? And what will Nintendo call this new handheld?For now, the 3DS is still a worthwhile purchase in its latest form, the New Nintendo 2DS XL (。