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curl-6 on 19 April 2017
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Soundwave said:
curl-6 said:

I actually disagree regarding a linear relationship between power and quality; I thought Nintendo's output was better on Wii than Wii U, and better on SNES/N64 than Gamecube.

That said, I do think it's likely we'll get an updated Switch in a few years along the lines of the New 3DS or PS4 Pro.

Output is relative to what they chose to make, not due to the hardware. 

Super Mario Galaxy would be a better game on Wii U hardware than it would be on 3DS or Wii hardware. 

Better hardware just makes good developers that much better. 

All the stuff we've been sold over the years as Nintendo fans as far as being anti-technology has generally turned out in the long run to be a bunch of bunk. CD/optical media was a good thing (also not paying $80 for games was nice too). But we were told Nintendo didn't need CD-ROM, it was bad, games were big enough on the N64, etc. etc. etc.

Online play? It's bad, Nintendo doesn't need it, wouldn't you rather play in the same room? Etc. etc. etc.

HD graphics are bad, you'll go bankrupt if you make HD games, you can be more innovative with SD graphics ... load of bunk. Nintendo games are wonderful in HD with the huge upgrades in things like physics engines, level scope, animation, etc. that comes with next gen HD. The only bad thing is it took so long for them to get there. 

But 3D World in HD wasn't as good as Mario Galaxy in SD, Tropical Freeze wasn't as good as Retro's SD Metroid games, Xenoblade X wasn't as good as the Wii one, etc. As far as I am concerned the strength of Nintendo's hardware does not correlate linearly with the quality of their software.