hopefully if this is true, they are simply sub-contracting some other developer to do the port. Miyazaki should eat, rest and work on Bloodborne 2 :)

Not interested, but that would be cool..

It's a given it's a successor to 3DS it's as clear as day don't worry about what some higher up says because they previously said DS wouldn't replace GB or that Wii U has a lot more games on the way.

Half the sales of the DS is 70m that is in line with what handhelds normally sell and would still place a platform in the top 10 selling platforms of all time, DS is also the best selling platform in history selling half of its total is a huge success especially in the modern market, people should get over the notion that not selling DS numbers is bad because that platform was an anomaly even among successful platforms only other platform that compares to it is the PS2.

61m 3DS owners may not translate to that but then the is no other alternative for dedicated portable gaming, both Vita and 3DS owners have only one option so the is a very high likely hood of a high percentage migrating to Switch. Developer incentive here is simple they saw the Wii take off and many missed the boat and tried to get in on the success by releasing shovelware that got shotdown by consumers, now they see a potential success with another possible sizable userbase and want to be on board with legitimate efforts to try and tap into a userbase that is fresh for the picking, why do you think we have multiplatforms to begin with, they want as many options to sell on. A developer isn't looking at it like you are they're asking themselves one question what is the chance of a Nintendo portable device doing well, most of this userbase will be experiencing a new jump as the games will be all console like and that has the potential for good success for developers.

Wii was written off that's why it didn't have support equivalent to sales yet the success was hard to ignore hence why several tried jumping on board later on, many had commited already to PS3 only and later had to add 360 and PC into their plans, you'll have to have a short memory to not know the situation because for 2 years people were claiming Wii would stop selling as it's a fad and when it's success continued and increased a lot of people who wrote it off fell silent. No one saw it's success coming, this is why right now developers aren't going to risk missing an opportunity.

The Switch performance should be around low-end laptop performance, so a GeForce 740m / 840m / 940m.

Dark Souls 3 can run on that hardware in 720p @ 30fps unlocked (the 940m can hit 30fps locked)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu8gZaD-KuE

So the Switch should be able to run plenty of current-gen games at low / mid settings as long as they're aiming for 720p resolutions. Which honestly isn't bad for taking your favorite games on the go.

The main thing they need is either a great upscaler, or SS so the games look noticeably better when playing in 1080p on a larger screen, or worse a 4K TV.

*Imagines Nintendo fans who have never played a Dark Souls game, are more used to the forgiving difficulty or other 3D games like Zelda, then proceeds to get rekt'd*

*giggles*

Is it harder than Zelda II?

Depends on the aspect of Zelda 2 you'd want to focus. It's harder in some areas, but easier in others.

Gosh. Zelda II is too hard for me.

Though to be fair, in the long-run aspect of it, Dark Souls is much more lenient than Zelda 2.

We don't know yet, Ubisoft said they have several Switch projects. Fact is that all around Switch is way more postive than it was for Wii U, even that list of partners and supporters is bigger than Wii Us list. Fact that Switch has Bethesda and From Software on board is very positive for Switch, Wii U didnt had them or any previous Nintendo platform.