Which do you think is Nintendo's most groundbreaking system, and why?

[Pemalite]

curl-6 said:

Pemalite said:

Well. If you are a WiiU owner it's a waste of a purchase unless you like the resolution/framerate bump, so for those who were "loyal" Nintendo fans, they certainly got screwed over.

But without a doubt, some of the Switch's most popular (Actually THE most popular) games were from the WiiU, Mario Kart 8 and Breath of the Wild were dominant titles.

As a Wii U owner myself, I didn't feel screwed over as there was still more than enough new stuff; Switch had over 100 first party releases in all and only like 12 of them were Wii U ports.

Only 4 out of the top 30 best selling Switch games were Wii U ports, hardly a large proportion.

1) Mario Kart 8. - 68.2~ million. (Nuts) WiiU title.
2) Breath of the Wild. 32.4~ million. WiiU title.
3) New Super Mario Bros U. - 18.25~ Million. WiiU title.

That's 33% of the Switch's best selling top 10 games.

That constitutes a "large proportion".

Soundwave said:

The Game Boy lineage died with the 3DS basically.

The Switch/Switch 2 is a completely different lineage at this point, yes they are portable, but the N64 (was cutting edge for 1996) and the Wii (not cutting edge, aimed at casual audiences in 2006) are home consoles with totally different philosophies. 

Switch 2 trades blows with mobile PC handhelds that are like $800-$900 and more than twice as thick and is able to run even PS5 games. That would be like a Nintendo DS being able to run PS2 games of the day ... or 3DS running PS3 games ... or GBA running PS1/N64 tier games ... those systems weren't even remotely close to being able to do that. 

Gameboy died with the DS.
The DS lasted 2 generations.

Switch is it's own thing distinct from those other two distinct handheld lineups.