The games move consoles. New Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart DS and Brain Training moved Nintendo DS Lites. Nintendo DSi sales also went up for a while when Black/White were released - let's not forget that they were the recommended platform for these games, through advertising and promotions of the Xtransciever.
Developing a DS game and then changing the platform to 3DS, or developing with the DS in mind, is handicapping it. You would be unable to break out of the DS's limitations in planning simply because you'd have to adhere to said limitations. To develop for the 3DS, you'd need to invest in a fair bit extra development, and two codebases. Explain why we need to have two codebases to begin with? Since when has GameFreak released a Pocket Monsters game for two different consoles?
It's not happening.
Newsflash: the DS is obsolete. Nintendo developing only three first-party DS games in 2011 and publishing only one this year, with a handful of announced 3DS games? It's hardly likely that they're going to allow a major title like the Pocket Monsters games to be published on the DS.
Yeah sure, it's handicapping a game by releasing it for the system the majority of people still play. It just shows they don't care about their fans and are all about the money. And I'm not talking about releasing it for both. I'm talking about releasing it for the DS alone, which IS possible because the DS games are compatible with the 3DS as far as I can tell.
But I could care less. I won't buy it at that price, and I know leagues of other people that won't buy it until it's at a reasonable price either. We aren't all as lucky to have everything handed to us on a silver platter, so we'll wait for as long as it takes and buy both used if we must. I'm not going to throw a used car down-payment at nintendo just because they are releasing a game that people want on a system that the majority can't afford. I'll wait and buy it from someone who doesn't want theirs anymore for a reasonable price.
It seems like the 3DS owners could care less how the DS owners feel (even in just basic conversation concerning the subject), and Nintendo is only catering to their new console customers and forgot about the rest of us who can't afford their overpriced hardware. It's one thing to be in the middle of a console switch, but its another to price your console $100 dollars more than the other and just expect everyone to be able to afford it, and if they can't then say "screw em".
The only reason this is a problem is because DS games ARE compatible with the 3DS, so they have no excuse to exclude part of their fanbase like that when everyone could play it, and the fact that we are still in the middle of generation 5. We all know they won't make huge changes on the third title (as they never have) that would make use of the 3DS hardware.. So it makes no sense why they couldn't move to the 3DS and utilize it's hardware for the 6th generation instead... It just comes down to 3DS owners being greedy. They'd rather see new features that exclude others than similar yet upgraded featured like in B/W (which is what the 3rd title is SUPPOSED to include) that could be released to the majority as a farewell to the console. Considering my new DS is but two years old.. I and many other feel cheated by Nintendo's swindle.
Yellow was on the GB, Crystal was on the Color, Emerald on the GBA, and Platinum on the DS. All the same system as the console the original duos were released on. Why would it make sense to change now? To capitalize on money? Screw that I'll rom up and they'll never see another penny from me. And I know tons of people that feel the same...
Just because some have been privileged enough to afford a 3DS doesn't mean they deserve the title more than the people who haven't been able to.. (Especially considering the outrageous price and the fact that they are still making games for the system.) It goes back to my point about title compatibility. They could release it for EVERYONE, therefore they should. I know someone is gonna say "well why should the 3DS people suffer?" the answer to that is, A) you won't be suffering if you know anything about resolution and B) because by the 6th generation, people will have been forced to either switch over, or miss out..
You can make as many points about what is best for the 3DS, but the fact is, most people can't afford the 3DS, and people with the 3DS can still play the game.. You need to stop being so greedy and wanting new features at the cost of other people playing... Gen 6 will be just for you.. So Nintendo should throw us a bone for the death of the console just like they always have, or their sales will surely suffer...