It's gen 8. It doesn't follow the same process than other consoles which are replaced with new hardware when they're kind of obsolete.
The Switch was launched after an unexpected event from Nintendo, the huge fail of its current gen console. They decided what was the best for them, starting from zero to avoid any new flop and stop losses. When the Wii U's failure was confirmed, they announced a new console in march 2015, onlu 2.5 half year after the release of the Wii U, planned to be released during 2016 holidays. But internal dispute delayed the release of the Switch to march 2017.
It's unprecedented in the gaming industry to say "ok screw this, we'll start over from scratch". Similar thing happened with the Gamecube (I remember news about the "Nintendo Revolution" back in 2004 with the Gamecube only 2.5 years old) but back then, the new generation was already coming so there wasn't need to discuss in which generation belongs the Wii
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