Kind of dumb to announce that now huh? How many people are now going to opt out of buying the 3DS regular because they think it's just a waste of time/money because there's already an upgraded version in the pipeline?
I agree with the OP. Pokemon is repetitive and boring now, after the same formula has been recycled countless times.
I can also see the argument from Nintendo's point of view. They must be thinking "why fix something that isn't broke?" In other words, the Pokemon formula remains, because that...