The New 3DS was actually a huge hardware upgrade, relative to the original model. I actually thought at the time that it was going to be a stealth new console,

The New 3DS was actually a huge hardware upgrade, relative to the original model. I actually thought at the time that it was going to be a stealth new console, similar to how the Gameboy Color was originally just “gameboy games, now in color”, but after a couple of years GBC-only titles were the norm. That didn’t happen, of course.