Well, there's still a lot to reveal, but I wouldn't say "least inspired". I'd probably say "most logical" or "most predictable", in light of the challenges Nintendo have faced over the last generation. If Switch is affordable and has a decent battery life, then it's the perfect companion for my PC.
To me it feels like Nintendo are trying to re-sell the idea of a portable system in the 21st Century, under the guise of a home system you can take on the go. That may yet turn out to be more radical than at first appears. We've been able to play games on the go for over thirty years, but Nintendo's reveal angle with Switch was "Hey, look what you can do now! Pick up your game and go!" To me that's really interesting. Yes, it's a reversal of the Wii U concept. Yes, it's what a number of us expected (myself included, fairly sure we've chatted about this before). But, if they get most factors right, especially price, battery and software, Switch could be a fantastic system. Equally I admit there are easy mistakes that Nintendo could make from here on out which will sink the machine.
Also, having played 3D World the other night with friends, I thought what I saw of the Mario game in the Switch reveal looked a fair bit better than that. We've really seen so little, and there's so much more to come. What will be interesting to me is how early diversify Switch's positioning. Right now they've pushed the millenials angle, targeting the 20 to 30 somethings who've grew up with Nintendo. When are they going to announce that touch screen and show the system working with something like Hearthstone, or Super Mario Run? It's an easy step from millenial marketing to family marketing because the system includes multiplayer out the box. It might be a logical or simple step forward for Nintendo in many senses, but we could end up with a far more versatile system than Wii U or 3DS.
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