I see Switch as the proper successor of the Wii, and the Wii was the proper successor of the SNES.
As people have said. There’s no need to make a Nintendo console which is essentially a junior version of XBOne and PS4; Nintendo tried copying Playstation with the Gamecube and failed spectacularly.
The Wii, hands down is the greatest console Nintendo ever released with its strongest killer apps. It had the most successful year of any home console in the history of the industry (2008) where it sold over 24 million units.
The Switch, like the Wii, has certain games that also appear on XBOne and PS4, they are much better suited for portability. On the Wii end, the 4 player motion controls made it a much more attractive platform for party games, 3rd person shooters, and any kind of sports or fitness game where action enhanced it (Tiger Woods PGA).
The Switch isn’t quite where the Wii was, as it is missing a lot of key attractions that made the Wii so successful. First off, the closest thing to a great party game is Mario Kart; there is nothing on the level of Rock Band, Just Dance, or Guitar Hero - and I don’t meanthe umteenth sequels of those games: Just Dance 2018 is kind of an old hat these days, the series has run it’s course, and probably won’t get huge reception again without a break. The other big miss is the virtual console. Also missing is the community features that the Wii had (social channels); big updates to those could go a long way.
The big online update later this year SHOULD add a lot of these missing things, and advance them from the Wii. As for the next big party game - that’s anyone’s guess; but it would have to be something that involves 8+ players and multiple consoles and screens; something that only the Switch could benefit from. Also something a little more party-fun than Mario Kart; it has to involve pop music somehow.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
