I don't think an iPad will be able to compare as a Pokémon delivery device to a 3DS. It looks like this game is still a ways off, and may only function using sm

I don't think an iPad will be able to compare as a Pokémon delivery device to a 3DS. It looks like this game is still a ways off, and may only function using smartphone (not tablet) functionality like data connection in our life places and GPS. However a 3DS can play probably a dozen different Pokémon titles and doesn't rely on any data connection when out and about. Since you say that Pokémon is the main use case, seems pretty cut and dry to me.