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potato_hamster on 15 January 2017
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irstupid said:
potato_hamster said:

Just watch Nintendo release a handheld console next year that is incompatible with Switch games. None of the 3DS's mainline franchises have been announced for the Switch. They continue to stress how the Switch is a home console, and it's very clear with Nintendo's decisions over the past few years that they are completely out of touch with market desires. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see Nintendo announce a handheld around  E3 2018, and it shouldn't surprise you either.

That "this is not a 3DS successor" or "this is a home console" is just Nintendo's insurance.

The Switch is them putting all their eggs in one basket. It's their home and handheld market in one system. If this fails, it will be really hard for Nintendo to come back. 

Their "not a 3DS successor" is a fail safe of removing one little egg from that basket. If this fails, then they can as you said come out in 2018/19 with a "3DS successor". But if this doesn't fail horribly, this is their handheld. It will be getting their handheld games. There is no reason it should not. It has the same functionalities of their handhelds. Take Pokemon. If you meet another person on the street with a Switch, you can have a quick battle with one another with your switch. They connect up to 8 switches locally. What did 3DS do? Was it only 4?  

It has a 2.5-6 hour battery. For 3DS type games, that woudl be nearer the 6 hour limit. That is plenty for a handheld. Feel like my 3DS XL doesn't get much more than that when playing a game. 

They just left open the "option" of a handheld announcement. It's a weak option though. 

I don't think it's an option. I think it's their gameplan.