I see it as a fixed Wii U with 3DS like mobility. From NES to GC, it was basically just power. Wii was innovative. Wii U was just... dumb. I don't want to be harsh, but it is a useless gimmick, that only 5% of the games used correctly. A glorified map/menu screen, just a split/out non-mobile DS. It was an expensive controller, with 2 to 3 hours of battery life, so you couldn't even use it properly. Remote play is a decent functionality, but in the end you have to be in your house to use. I have a TV dedicated to my consoles, so I really don't see a lot of use (I rarely use it with Vita). At least Switch allows me to keep playing while on a bus to another city without any internet connection.
Looking to the past, Wii U was a complete mess. The controller looks like a Fisher Price kids tablet, at least Switch looks like a Nvidia Shield or Nexus 7. I wanted to like the Wii U, really, but I realized that I only liked the games on it. The console was pretty much awful.
Also mind that it is more of a 3DS successor. So it's quite a leap. I see more like "hey, Wii U was a terrible mistake. Forget it existed. Here's what it should have been. Well, it actually makes 3DS obsolete and that's good because it is already a bit old, so it will also replace both".
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