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Kai_Mao on 18 January 2017
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RolStoppable said:
Nuvendil said:

I think this direct actually gives us a good map of Nintendo's support plans for 3DS and a timeline for merging the handheld ecosystem into the Switch. It looks like 3DS will get support through 2017 and then in 2018  they will start merging the handheld ecosystem into the Switch, probably in conjunction with a price drop (maybe around 2018 E3, use the price drop announcement there to push sales). Makes sense, 299 is pricey to try and force 3DS owners to move to immediately.

It's also worth thinking about which development teams are handling the late 3DS support. Intelligent Systems has always had late games for Nintendo hardware, including Fire Emblem titles. A third party notorious for milking its Warriors games putting a version on the New 3DS is also nothing out of the ordinary or going to kill Switch's chances.

Nintendo's most important teams are all exclusively working on Switch games already.

And that's more than great news. Nintendo, with their divisions combing, are able utilize various teams to release various projects. This direct showed me that Nintendo has a lot more coming. The Switch presentation was mostly for investors and media while the Treehouse was for gamers. They basically showed the first year of Switch games (so far) and i hope there's more like what we saw today.