A new Nintendo Direct conference is tonight at 9PM Pacific.

@Phatmac said:

Fool me once..

No one can fool Riker twice.

So new 3DS hardware that doesn't address any issues the 3DS has, and makes it bulkier and less practical. Man, I don't really know what Nintendo's thinking anymore.

@RecSpec said:

@MikkaQ: Fixing the battery life is a pretty big deal for me. The battery life is atrocious on the 3DS.

Yeah I'd like that, but if they'd just put a better battery in a normal sized handheld instead of putting in comically large battery-sucking screens, it would be a better offering. I own a DSi XL so I shouldn't be talking but I quickly learned that didn't really make the experience any better. I guess it validated the way I never take handhelds out of the house anymore. Doesn't make the idea any less silly.

The biggest revelation to come out of this event? Mario DLC. Never saw that coming.