Were the 3DS and Wii U better than Switch?

[curl-6]

Hell no.

The Switch is one of the best systems of all time, Wii U and 3DS were both underwhelming.

Wii U was beset by droughts almost all its life and had woeful third party support, while 3DS's lack of a proper second analog input was a significant flaw and it had relatively few Western third party titles.

Switch by contrast has the best third party support of any Nintendo system since the SNES, has almost no droughts, and is a lot more well thought out and forward thinking than either of its predecessors.

I feel like this argument mostly comes from the rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 30 January 2024