What, downloadable does not mean legal pirating. It just means they choose to distribute games over the internet rather than through brick-and-mortar stores. Look at Steam, Impulse, WiiWare, VC and DSiWare for a better idea of what that means.

Legal pirating, never. Nintendo and developers still need to make money to survive you know.

Anyway, that's just rumour-mongering. There's no saying whether the next Nintendo handheld will have cartridges, blu-ray or beams the game directly to your mind.

Nintendo would have to be psycho to stop making handhelds. The handhelds they make are like the most successful of all time.

Guys, have you noticed that Nintendonerdd100 has not responded once in his own thread and we're on the fourth page? I think he just said this to try to piss people off and start a flame war (it didn't work of course as you can see).

GAMEBOY FOREVER!!!

Well, I bought Sony! I'm only on this site to look at leaked rumors and news to try to make my game consoles better! So far, the PS4 does all the things that the 3DS does and more! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I made it so Mother 3 could never be released here

To be fair, you are comparing Gamecube with Sega Dreamcast: The Single Greatest Console Ever.

This.

I doubt this'll be last--handheld sales are what floated Nintendo through N64 and Gamecube eras...and they've been in a distant first place ever since they launched their first handheld. I think it'd be foolish not to ride the handheld train til it derails.

No doubt This will not be the last Handheld you will see from Nintendo. Probably after they release the 3DS Nintendo will release a slim 3DS, a enhanced 3DS better than the first or a bigger 3DS. Why would Nintendo want to stop now? There at there prime and Nintendo is making lots of money, at this very moment people are still buying Nintendo systems games and much more. So no I don't believe Nintendo has stopped creating handhelds.

You never know what Nintendo can bring us hungry fans!

JadeGirl.

If it were anything, it would be the other way around; the Ninty console, as we know of consoles, would go first. Like Iwata said before the Wii came out, (paraphrasing), 'you can't have too many big dinosaurs together, they will destroy each other'. This idea of be-all, end-all home consoles is becoming too big of an investment. Perhaps Ninty may say that their handheld is the thing that brings the family together at home and fulfills their various entertainment needs on the road, too, for a bit more of a bargain.

I don't see the handheld going anywhere, but perhaps the current monolith of a console.

Calm Down,I was Busy For Awhile And On Other Forums And I Never Start Flame Wars,This Is Just Peoples Opinions On If Nintendo Will Make More Handhelds.

The consensus seems to be that they will, Nintendonerdd100. Thank you for asking.