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To be honest I think the system will be underwhelming as a piece of hardware. It's a whole lot of bruhaha over something that likely isn't going to be all that great hardware wise. 

Nintendo hasn't made a "great" piece of kit since the GameCube really, and even that was overshadowed by the XBox.

Making hardware is not Nintendo's strength. Their games are terrific, their hardware has been mediocre for a while, and even a lot of their "gimmicks" have not gained industry adoption.

Motion control is not the standard, neither is 3D LCD, nor is a game pad with a giant LCD screen on it. Touch gaming certainly took off, but arguably it's Apple's brand of multitouch/no button/capactive touch gaming that's the standard, not the DS/3DS resistive touch panel + stylus style.

This is not like the d-pad (industry standard), analog stick (industry standard), diamond button layout (industry standard), shoulder buttons (industry standard), rumble (industry standard), most of Nintendo's "gimmicks" from the Wii/DS/Wii U/3DS era have not become the standard, they are just that ... basically a lot of gimmicks that prove themselves to be fairly hollow additions after a few years. 

What will make the NX look great is when you see the next Mario on it, but the actual hardware itself ... meh.