User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-4523420-20111024124803/@comment-4004960-20111024175438

DS' refering to (ds(fat), lite excetra..) And apple like is not very accurate as apple releases a new i(whatever yearly for $600+. Nintendos ds' were 3-4 years and at a much much more reasonable price. The 3DS is  technically not in the ds line.. Though lets not argue that point as we all know all nintendo products are basically related. just each line has more and better stuff then the prviousline before it. So For a 3DS revamp (other than color) you will probably see one around 2014 I would say would be the soonest you are looking at.. Maybe Christmas 2013. That is about the time it also took them to do a wiimote with the built in wii motion plus after it was announced. Maybe just in time for MH4 if you don't mind missing 3G...