Also, I'm totally up for some late 3DS surprises. I know a lot of people just want everything on Switch these days but the 3DS still gives Nintendo a platform to release games that sort of fall in between large console titles and small eShop titles both in size and price. They have a bit more meat on them but don't take as long to develop nor have as much cost to create graphically. (Plus, I still love 3D effect gaming.) However, with companies starting to port not just 3DS but also DS games (The World Ends With You) to the Switch, it may be that Nintendo will also decide that it just isn't worth supporting the 3DS anymore as well. Lord knows Kirby's been really trying to finally kill off the system for a good year now.
Still, the mention of a Dragon Quest XI release has potential. But I'm going to throw out a couple other dream requests. Perhaps Capcom will finally release Ace Attorney Investigations 2 for the West or even the Early Victorian Sherlock Holmes Ace Attorney match-up (because Holmes is public domain so screw any descendants who think they can sue for copyright infringement). Of course, if they want to completely shock with an Ace Attorney 7, I will also accept that as well. Even though Chibi-Robo: Zip Lash and Photo Finder probably had less than stellar sales, I'd still like to see a port of the Chibi-Robo 3 (which could be done through the eShop) since it always looked the closest in nature to the original game. Plus, maybe Nintendo could add some kind of Amiibo content to the port and give those Chibi-Robo Amiibo's some extra use / value to get people to pick up all those copies of Zip Lash still languishing on store shelves. In a really off the beaten path port wish, let's also throw out the idea of Touch Detective 3 being released for 3DS in NA. For the confusion, rage and possible excitement it could bring, I would so love to see Nintendo announce a new 3D F-Zero for the 3DS. Why not the Switch? Who knows. It would just be a perfect Nintendo decision / moment.
Although to get really crazy, perhaps a Super Mario World 3 for 3DS. Switch has Mario Kart 8 and Mario Odyssey already. It's got Mario Tennis and I suppose they could always do a Mario Party for end of the year when it traditionally releases a Party game but do you really see Nintendo releasing a Mario 2D game for the Switch this year except for Super Mario Maker 2? Nintendo really hasn't released a major Mario game for 3DS since NSMB2 aside from a bunch of party and sports games. If you want to count the Mario & Luigi series then fine there have been a lot of Mario games still getting released for the system. Unless Nintendo is fine letting the Mario series go fallow again aside from the lesser sports spin-offs then the idea of releasing a Mario 2D platformer for 3DS might be a good bet since it's been a long time, has a huge userbase that would buy it (NSMB2 is still racking up sales) and seems like a great way to send off the system while also showing that the NSMB moniker is dead to get people excited for a Switch 2D platformer if they want to release on there in another year or two.
Of course, maybe Nintendo could announce the Lady Layton game we all expected the first time they announced that title.
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