Oh I can understand the waiting. The same argument was made on the GBC and the DSi, wish I hadn't got the second, but to do without the first would have been a super shame. I think it will come down to enjoyment of the 3D finally working as advertised (like how the Wii didn't until motion plus), Xenoblade, and the other promised stuff which little is known so far. Circle Pad Pro games WON'T work with it. It doesn't detect the same from what I think I saw so far in a response on some site I read. The GBC exactly was what this is, a life extender. The GBC came out in 1998, was undone 3 years later in 2001. I see the same on this thing unless due to tablet heat they let it run longer to milk it.