Oh hey

[Lilly]

To the people who are like "Hey duder, why's this on the DS, not the 3DS?"
Think of it from a technological standpoint. If they wanted this on the 3DS, they would probably have to completely rebuild the game and make it on a new engine, which is something they probably don't want to do for a third/fourth installment to a generation.

I don't think they'd have to rebuild a completely new engine for a sequel, of all things. The 3DS sports the same ARM9 architecture that the DS/DSi/DSiXL/DSLite used, but obviously at a higher clock speed. Making a quick and dirty port of Black's engine over to the 3DS's SDK would be quite trivial, and they could add onto it/improve it from there.

Besides, it's a sequel, not the next generation. It'd be a shame to throw the old engine out the window over new tech when you could spend less time improving the old one to suit the needs of the next release. Think Sonic CD, Smash Bros. Brawl, Metroid Prime 3, etc. Same old engine, just better and updated to cooperate with next gen hardware.

tl;dr, I don't think it's whether repurposing old engines for newer systems are the problem, but putting forth the effort and cost of creating all new visual assets to take advantage of the 3DS's hardware. I agree with you on that point.

OH NO, DISSENTING OPINION INCOMING

I'm of the opinion that the 3DS is crap until they fix a bunch of issues with the design. Like making the battery life not awful (though that might be tough to fix), and making a design that doesn't scratch itself, and moving the stylus slot to somewhere not stupid (though, I guess it being where it is is better for lefties but meh, most people aren't?). Oh also the whole second circle pad thing. That's dumb too.

Plus, it'd be kind of a dick move to make a Pokemon sequel for a newer system, because there's no way they'd communicate easily. So hey, for now I'm glad that it's keeping to the DS. We can leave the fancy dancy 3D models for the inevitable Gen VI.

This, I think they plan on bringing on the 3D when Gen VI comes around. It'll be much more amazing then. two whole new experiences at the same time. I'm sure Game Freak has great plans.

This. It would make sense if they were reserving the 3DS for the next generation. I think the first screenshots, when it happens, will blow our minds to say the least. xD