Nintendo's Evolution from Gamecube to Switch (...was pre-mediated imho)

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JWeinCom said:
I sort of agree with the overall sentiment, but premeditated isn't quite the right choice of words.

Nintendo has a number of ideas that either didn't work or were half implemented, and they tend to come back to them fairly regularly.

The DS microphone for instance was a concept that debuted on Nintendo, and was later part of the Gamecube.

Nintendo had been working on motion controls since at least as early as the Gameboy Color (tilt and tumble), and they were also part of Wario Ware before the Wii was created. Amiibos are conceptually very similar to the e-Reader GBA. 3DS from Virtual Boy, etc etc.

So, I don't think it's so much that they had this long term plan in mind. They just always had the idea in the back of their mind, and once the appropriate technology comes along to make a previous failure work, they bring it back.

Nintendo does have a tendency to test their next big thing with the previous hardware and they constantly look for new technology that could be used in games - but I don't think they're interested in bringing back their previous failures; it's quite the opposite.

In a way, 3DS makes a lot of sense, as when 3DS was out, it was at the high of the recent 3D-craze (if you can call it that), so it was supposed ride the 3D wave.  First motion controls on a Nintedo videogame, was on the NES with the power glove.