The Nintendo Switch is generation...

[Mnementh]

Megiddo said:

SpokenTruth said:

If we are going that route, it's Gen 7.

 

NES - 1
SNES - 2
N64 - 3
GC - 4
Wii - 5
Wii U - 6 (I remember people hoping they would call the console the N6 before the name was announced).
Switch - 7

And the Virtual Boy? :P

So yeah, Switch is Gen 7 Nintendo. PS4 is Gen 4 Sony, and the X1 is Gen 3 Microsoft. Sounds good.

Virtual Boy is kinda difficult to decide which type it is. Some classify it as portable, but I'm not so sure, it has not the usual use-case of a portable device. I personally say Virtual Boy is gen 1 of virtual reality devices from Nintendo.