These spin offs are a positive not a negative, well at least in the short term. Its basically a test for Nintendo, its experimentation on behalf of the developers to see if their games will sell sufficient amounts and they're basically giving Nintendo an opportunity to redeem themselves, a second chance if you like. If they do sell well great, if they don't, it could end up going down the road of gamecube, but to a lesser extent. I reckon though, Nintendo are in a good position. Its basically PSP vs DS console style.