can't help but think that you're being deliberately dense now. I specifically said that phourglass was NOT a guide for all DS games.
Okay this I legitimately did misread. Sorry.
My point still stands that it bewilders me to think that somebody could actually see "the fall of Nintendo" as a
good thing; especially when taking into account both the fact that past examples of the same (again, Sega) never recovered, and that they would be working around price models and systems that they don't like.
On the other hand, we have never abandoned the + Control Pad and buttons for our game systems because we think these functions are advantageous when creating highly reactive games.
In this meaning, I do not think Nintendo hardware will take on any of the current tablet forms as they are without buttons, to make our game devices.
What you want is Animal Crossing for two dollars. What you will get for your two dollars is
Animal Crossing Calculator. Nintendo is not about to make another Super Metroid and charge six dollars for it, especially without hardware sales to fall back on.
Also: Animal Crossing doesn't
need buttons, but the option is nice. Why take that away?