User blog comment:MazNator/Sonic Generations... *sigh*/@comment-3228636-20111101212555/@comment-3551372-20111101221539

Um, Nintendo fans? Or those who can't own other consoles?

Also, it "apparently" has the same graphical limitations as the two consoles, but I'm not sure about that. But I think that the 3DS version was for Nintendo fans who wanted a version of the game.