The Troubled Past and Challenging Future of Nintendo 3DS

All appearances to the contrary, Nintendo's 3DS isn't necessarily a spiritual successor to the DS.

That may seem a baffling statement on the surface; after all, the 3DS looks almost exactly like the DS, it plays DS games, and it incorporates the same touchscreen technology that was popularized by the DS. Many of the 3DS's other features are direct evolutions of the DS's innovations, too, most notably its always-on wireless communication capabilities.