Well, let me shed some light on this. I use a 3Ds and also a tablet. While I do play on the tablet, there are experiences it doesn't offer. I have no idea, how it ever could be possible to control a game like Monster Hunter or Kid Icarus Uprising on a tablet. I know, there are bluetooth controllers for these things. But why should I bother buying such addons, if there are no proper games supporting it. On the other hand: why should devs create games that need an controller for mobile platforms, if no one is using one. So I don't see such games coming soon. There might be other games technical well possible on mobile: Etrian Odyssey or Fire Emblem come to mind. But I actually see no good games in that area. I might just miss them. So no way for now, that mobile can replace a handheld for a gamer like me.

I have a 3DS. I can get it empty in 3 hours with the right games. But more to the point: Nintendo is officially given the Switch a battery life of 3.5 to 6.5 hours. The german Nintendo-site for New 3DS states 3.5 to 6 hours for new 3DS and 3.5 to 7 hours for new 3DS XL. So Switch is exactly in the same ballpark here. I'm not totally happy with the battery life of the 3DS, the DS was much better. But it is OK, with me taking an USB-powerbank with me. So nothing changes in this regard with the Switch.

See here for the technical data (in german): http://www.nintendo.de/games/oms/new-nintendo-3ds/system.html

They said Switch is caharged with USB-C, so every USB-C cable should work.

The five I was referring to were Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Zelda BotW and the 3 specific games were Skylanders Imaginators, Minecraft, and Just Dance. These three games, while you consider "junk" are high selling titles that console creator would be foolish not to have on their system.

The only thing you got right was Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Outside of that you're severely mistaken  on everything else, especially Xenoblade Chronicles X.

Let me lightly go over Xenoblade X despite you being the most fundamentally wrong with.

- Xenoblade Chronicles X was never a sequel to Xenoblade. It was just loosely connected. More connected than the other Xeno games, but still loosely connected.

- This is important because outside of certain aspects of gameplay, it was a different game. The original Xenoblade was much more story oriented than XCX. XCX did not appeal to everyone who liked Xenoblade. Xenoblade 2, on the other hand, is clearly going to be a sequel. That fans demanded.

Outside of that, saying Splatoon 2 will just appeal to the same audience as Splatoon is silly. That's like saying Pokemon Sun & Moon only appeals to those who played Pokemon X & Y. Fire Emblem Fates only appeals to those who played Fire emblem Awakening. It makes no sense. Good games with high reception tend to have more sucessful sequels that either maintain quality or improve upon it. No should really have to humor this.

-  " Mario Odyssey, maybe more appeal than 3D World... who knows." The answer is everyone... including you. Mario 3D World did very well and was highly acclaimed, but many people demanded a game closer to Galaxy and 64. For years. Throughout the Wii U's life, people have consistenly demanded a "true 3D Mario". Look at the reception to this game and see where those True 3D Mario comments are now.

There is so much more I can say, but I would feel like I was wasting my time because frankly, based on you went about talking these games, it seems that you are simply trying to downplay them.

This is an awful year 1 lineup too I gotta say. There are 3-4 really good new Nintendo games there, but there better be a whole lot more than these 25 or so games. 

This. I'm pretty sure its goiing to get similar kind of support that the portables get, hell I think thats what most of those 80 games are.

unfortunately, every year that passes there are less and less gamers like you (not just you, me too.)

I think I misunderstood what you were trying to say, but I still disagree slightly.  

I'm not saying Splatoon 2 will be much more appealing than the first one.  I was just trying to say that it's not necessarily going to be the same people who bought it on the Wii U who will on the Switch.  

My argument isn't that these games will bring in a wider audience than the WIi U by some noticeable amount, but what I AM saying is that Splatoon for the Wii U probably suffered by being on the Wii U while on the Switch that may not necessarily be the case.  The audience who buy the games might be larger for Splatoon 2 than the Wii U.  

For Xenoblade Chronicles X, a lot of fans of the original probably didn't feel X was close enough to the original to buy a Wii U or the game.  I don't know this, but I have played the original and do not own X, so I can say that the appeal should be at least closer to those who bought it on Wii than Wii U, given Xenoblade 2 is clearly a proper sequel.

For Super Mario Odyssey, it definitely has a much larger appeal than 3D World did by virtue of the fact that it's a sandbox mario vs a 3D platformer.  That's something the Wii U lacked and a LOT of people (I know for a fact) prefer this one over the Wii U one.  I wont say it will sell more, but the kind of audience it appeals to is larger just by concept alone.

Wii U and Switch's appeal isn't solely on their games, it's on hardware as well.  This much is obvious if you look at how the Wii sold, and PS4 as well.  Neither one of those systems had the games starting off to explain their sales.

Hmm... the phone ones  usually got a cable that is USB in one end and the entrance that goes on your phone in the other. That is how you connect your phone to the PC for example. I don't see the USB entrance on that one. The image is not zoomed in enough to tell what is in the end of that cable, but its safe to say that the part that connects to the power source is fused with it.

But that adaptor may connect directly to the gamepad. If it does, you can carry it around to charge it. If it doesn't you need to buy one.

Surely you don't need me to say that 3 is less than 3.5 and that is not about intensive games. You will have your 3DS spend that much if you are constantly using online features with maximum illumination. Still this is the absolute minimum you are talking about. It's not the "ballpark", its outside of the ballpark, even if you were to stretch it that far.

On the Switch... all we got is that its going to take 3 hours with a single player game.

I really shouldnt have to tell anything more than that. You are reaching really hard here.

What numbers are considered to be a flop and success though?

It's basically guaranteed to sell better than the Wii U