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Super Mario Bros for 3DS was quite good, and the Mario games for Wii and Wii U look good, but I just can't justify spending £100+ on a consol for a handful of games.

However, I'd happily buy them for my iPhone/iPad, even if the user experience had to be updated for touch screen / lack of buttons.

Nintendo's a great company, it'd be a shame to see them go under.

Yes true. If you look at the mall where kids and parents congregate, you will notice small kids carrying around kids iPod touches, amazon tablets, and cheap tablets for kids. The cultural zeitgeist is moving away from the idea you need one machine that is fully dedicated to video games. I see parents with children and the kids have tablets to play games, use educational programs to learn their alphabet. On top of that, they can Skype to grandma.
 
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