Nintendo Switch not compatible with 3DS nor Wii U games

[teigaga]

Wyrdness said:

teigaga said:

It is but they could have said it doesn't have a touchscreen, just as they said it won't support 3DS cartridges or Wii U discs. Nintendo won't even confirm the games they showed running the system.

Why would it have a touch screen if the screen is docked during home play though? That would essentially mean the feature is never used by any game at all, I think it's a given it doesn't have a touchscreen.

Because it's not absurd to think that it also has functionality as a tablet and unique functions as a handheld. Emily Rodgers who turned out to be right regarding the NX said it has a touch screen, the WSJ who backed her and Eurogamer claims that it will support Nintendo's mobile games. It seems bizarre that they literally have a tablet but limit it to a gaming device to save $5.

 

The fact they didn't show any touch screen functionality is definitely worthy of suspicion but this was just a teaser and Nintendo are obviously concerned with making it known they are not leaving the core gaming space. (literally why they announced NX in 2015).