Nintendo absolutely could go off into left field and do something completely different next gen, but people assume Switch 2 because we all want just a next-gen version of the Switch in a few years and the hybrid concept has been insanely successful with the Switch very possible becoming the best selling system ever so why would Nintendo run away from that success. Also after doing a hybird it's not like they are going to go back to an ordinary console or handheld-only, so regardless of what they do it seems obvious they'll stick with the hybrid concept which means very likely it'll be a direct successor. Of course knowing Nintendo they might add in some other thing like maybe it'll also somehow be VR or something I can't even think of.







