The surprise secret weapon of Nintendo is the Pokemon Gray of the Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D. What a great way to undercut Sony than with the official revelation about the next Pokemon. Here is a part of the Nintendo's announcement, from IGN;

'That's a really cool story. Imagine how different the industry would have been if Borofsky was right, and Nintendo had kept R.O.B. on the shelves, and Sega never gained any ground. Sonic the Hedgehog wouldn't exist. There would have been no Sega CD. And that would have kept Nintendo from attempting to develop its ultimately canned CD add-on for the Super NES. Which in turn led to the creation of the Sony Playstation, so that probably wouldn't exist either. And if Sony hadn't paved the way for a hybrid gaming/entertainment device in the living room, Microsoft may have never thrown its hat in the ring.

So then you have to wonder, would Nintendo have simply reigned unopposed all this time? Or would other challengers have stepped forward over the last thirty years?

Or did Sega's existence actually help Nintendo thrive in the long run by creating a brand war? Maybe without competition, Nintendo would have seemed more like a fad, and the industry would have crashed again, and nobody would have ever been crazy enough to release a dedicated gaming machine ever again, and all gaming experiences from that point forward would have been created for home computers."

Pokemon is still a big game revolution in the gaming business. The message boards were packed with rapid Poke fans in the overflowing happiness, greatly because of the full-fledged Pokemon fun in the incoming Rumble Blast is more of the offshoot on 3DS. This means more possible online StreetPass and impressive graphics link, not to say flashy 3D effects.

Nintendo seems to make as many big flashes as probable to sustain the hot sales of the 3DS and stockholders at bay. It just makes sense to, at the very least; offer the world a feel of what to come from this incredible successful game franchise. Pokemon Gray is the smartest and safest bet.