Guys, I'm sorry. I wrote last year that Nintendo should iterate their handheld hardware every year, and I've promoted that idea here on GAF in recent threads. Here's what I said in July of last year...
Apparently I didn't realize the influence I had, and now this has happened.
I promise that I'll be more careful with my suggestions in the future.
(In all seriousness, I expected them to build a premium model and push the lower models down. I'm interested to see how real consumers react to the opportunity to buy a 2DS. I'm absolutely horrified at the prospects of how they will market software for this... the stores will have 3DS and 2DS branding? *shudder* Seems like the NDS to 3DS problem all over again, just like the Wii to Wii U...)
I remember that post. Next time you make suggestions ensure you talk about maintaining good form factor. Losing the clamshell hinge bugs me.