Remember all those rumors about a 3DS redesign? According to Nintendo, the company isn’t concentrating on a tweaked 3DS. Instead, it’s working on what will probably be a totally new handheld.
Earlier this month, respected Japanese newspaper the Nikkei ran a story, which stated that Nintendo was going to reveal a new 3DS at E3. It was supposed to have a 4.3-inch screen, and there was speculation that the portable would have a second thumbstick.
https://kotaku.com/nintendo-to-reveal-a-new-model-of-the-3ds-5915575
Nintendo called the report “speculation” and incorrect, and Nintendo did not reveal a new 3DS at the E3 gaming expo.
https://kotaku.com/here-we-go-again-nintendo-calls-new-3ds-report-specul-5915695
When website IGN asked Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto about the Nikkei report, the game creator replied, “I really feel like I’m satisfied with the 3DS hardware as it is. I feel like it’s the best for this generation.”
Continuing, Miyamoto added, “What we’re thinking about right now is probably going to be for a future generation of handheld.”
While Miyamoto stressed that more can be done with the 3DS hardware, don’t get your hopes up for a revised 3DS anytime soon. And the next generation of portable hardware is years away…
