As some of you may know, Nintendo announced in their Nintendo Direct a few days ago that they will be releasing Super Nintendo games on the 3DS. One of the main problems people have with this is the fact that it is only for the New 3DS. While I do have both a New 3DS XL, and normal 3DS XL, I find it a bit silly that the older models won't support those games. I was able to play Donkey Kong Country on my older 3DS with a slightly lower frame rate from homebrewing, so I don't see how they wouldn't be able to run, even with the difference of processing power.

One personal problem I have with people downing this is that you are able to play these same games on an emulator. While that may be true, I believe that it doesn't give the feel the game intended to be played. Playing OOT on a keyboard is truly a pain when it comes to aiming the Hookshot, and arrows (somehow I managed to beat the entire game), and using a Bluetooth controller that looks like a cross combination between a PS3 and Xbox controller to play DKC and Mega Man X, it doesn't deliver.

The fact that they colored the buttons on the N3DS to resemble a SNES controller, they should have added this feature to go alongside the release of the handheld.

And then comes this problem. Many people would like to play those games, but are not willing to upgrade just yet. The old 3DS XL that I got for my birthday (which means that I didn't pay for it) is not even 2 years old, but I went ahead and got a new one (mainly for Xenoblade and future titles). I think of this being both good and bad on Nintendo's part because while they are gaining profit for the sales of the N3DS, they are also losing profit for the people who don't want to upgrade just to play these games.

It's a possibility that I went on a tangent towards the end, but this thought was in my head and I needed to address it.