Could the 3DS really get any smaller?

I know there's people out there waiting for the Lite version but I thought about it a little and it doesn't seem possible. They'd have to decrease the screen size for a smaller footprint and put in an even smaller battery to make it thinner. It seems more likely Nintendo would release a fatter 3DS with bigger battery... So maybe say you're waiting for the 3DS Fat! Something to think about ;)

A 3DS XL would be nice. Big screens helped tired old gamers see the wonders of gaming more than tiny screens.

I also would prefer something similar to the XL, not smaller.

A 3DS Lite isn't something that is gong to happen. The 3DS already looks like a DS Lite. The system simply can't get any smaller. So those waiting for a redesign will be waiting for what might be a 3DS XL. A larger version and that could be years away. The reason the DS Lite even came about was because the original DS was a rush design. That wasn't how it was suppose to look.

Can imagine it getting bigger, but if i were nintendo i'd sort out the battery first :D

I don't want it to get any smaller, i love my DSI XL and would love the 3DS to go bigger.

I'd much prefer a bigger 3DS, something like the xl. But, I dont expect to see any hardware revisions surface until 2012's E3 at the earliest.

Like a lot of people here, I imagine the 3DS redesign will have a bigger screen and bigger battery, especially since Nintendo will probably want something that competes with the Vita's 5 inch screen. That way Nintendo can also raise the price on the system to $189~ish when they increase the battery life. Probably won't happen for another year or so, though.

Most likely Nintendo will say something about the 3DS at GamesCom this week

It had not occured to me that they might make a larger version. A 3DS w/ a screen as big as a PSP's would be awesome! I remember when you first started hearing about the next gen. Nintento handheld (I think they were calling it a DS2 or something--long time ago), the screen filled up the whole top half that opened up. That would really be something if they could pull that off.