Absorbing Wii U architecture?

[teigaga]

Mr Khan said:

teigaga said:
"When this happens, home consoles and handheld devices will no longer be completely different, and they will become like brothers in a family of systems."

Isn't this in referal to the their next handheld?

Maybe they intend to the support the Wii U for longer then many of us expected.

Unless they plan to effectively re-launch the Wii U, i don't see that happening. Quite possible to make a fresh start with a new device in this industry, repackaging the old is difficult. Sony managed it with the PS3, but that was with the entire third party apparatus doing the heavy lifting for them.

A new system in 2017 will make alot of sense and is what I'm hoping for but this statement reads different. If we presume they are talking about Nintendo's next home console what relevance is Wii U's architecture in allowing handheld and homeconsoles to become "like brothers"? THe Wii U and 3DS aren't like brothers.