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I'm not sure pre-mieditated is the right way to phrase it, but Nintendo obviously wanted their home consoles to be more portable with the Gamecube, and they've always wanted to bring their handheld games to be the big screen as well. Wii U was a botched attempt to take baby steps towards this - Switch was the full concept in motion.

Again, not sure they were intentionally headed this way, but they've been interested in this style of play for years,



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