Doubt it. Nintendo consoles have never really been at the forefront of consoles in terms of power. The SNES was probably the closest to that notion but that was due to there being less direct competitors(only Sega really) and where there was an overlap in console generations as the SNES was released almost a full 2 years after the Genesis. Most do consider the N64 to be superior to the PS1 graphically but it came with some shocking drawbacks like limited texture cache and the excessive blurriness from the bilinear filtering over. The Gamecube was out-powered by the OG Xbox and let's not even get started on the Wii...

Having good games is not an anti requisite for good hardware, they are not mutually exclusive! Mario Kart is still gonna be good, but if Nintendo actually added better hardware to the wii u and removed the tablet, every game would have had better tools to make better games. I respect Iwata, but I dont agree with his decision to weaken hardware for a gimmick.

The choice is good hardware + good development tools + no gimmick + good games or subpar hardware + subpar development tools + gimmick + good games 

At this point, the NX does seem set in stone, lets hope that afterwards the next console is stronger

The next ceo isn't going to change NX, and will probably carry on Iwata's vision.

Takeda might become ceo permanently (I think) and he's a big supporter of lateral thinking. Even if not he is general hardware manager. I don't think it wil change.

I honestly don't mind. Sure it's nice to have a lot of power, but in the end their current creative approach is more fun to me. And more exciting. I mean, I love my 360 and its graphics blew me away when I first got it. But now that we have moved on to next gen, what stuck with me the most were often mostly unique experiences enabled only by the hardware. From Skyward Sword to Red Steel 2 and ,yes, even Wii Sports. Or the DS. 2 screens and touch controls opened up so many new possibilities.

Of course more 'traditional' experiences can be just as great (Dragon Age Origins to name one of my favorites) but we already have 2 companies making consoles suited for those games. And the extra power is often not really needed to make amazing games (Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart 8 for example)

They already announced new membership service and DeNA is working on it, it will be launch in fall.

I think 2018/2019 would be too early for next console after NX, for me around 2020 looks more likely.

Thinking about it more, I think the next President may be one of the higher up's prodigies. I have a feeling it will be someone relatively young, at least compared to Miyamoto, Takeda, and Iwata. They will choose a visionary. Someone who loves games and has good leadership skills.

Honestly, I think Sakurai would be perfect. He's 44, doesn't want to make Smash anymore and hasn't for a long time, has deep ties with Nintendo, has excellent leadership skills, has respect for the other consoles, and has the respect of all of Nintendo's leaders, especially Iwata. He's a visionary, cares about quality, cares about games, and is not afraid to innovate. It would also allow him to work in the industry without fucking killing himself testing his own games thanks to his calcific tendinitis.

The only issue would be if Sakurai would even want to be president, but I think he'd be perfect. He's my pick.

http://www.polygon.com/2015/5/12/8590509/nintendos-new-crossplatform-membership-service-will-likely-launch

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/05/08/nintendo-reveals-more-details-about-its-mysterious-membership-service

The N64 was very powefull, quite a lot more powerfull than PS1 and Saturn. Sure it had drawbacks, but most of that was because issues such as the decision to use cartridges, and how everything was utilised. In terms of power, it won. (of course N64 had certain advantages as well)Game Cube was outpowered by the very powerfull Xbox but on the other hand, it did outpower ps2 and DC (which was released early, I know). 

So I'd say that up to the Wii, Nintendo always had powerful consoles. Of course I don't expect NX (whatever it may be) to be very powerful. Which I don't mind.

I don't see anything changing with the NX's development at this point it's hardware spec is probably largely finished.

I'm fine with that. I've come to peace with the fact that Nintendo's role in the industry now is to be different. I also think they need to focus on getting a new generation of kids aboard. So keeping hardware costs low may be a good idea.

I would still like to see some kind of hardware upgrade for the home version (if they are indeed making seperate home/console SKUs) but honestly I think I'd be OK with even just double the Wii U or something. Jumping into HD was the main jump.

The games will be fun either way, so I don't care as much after reflecting on everything that has happened.

I think the n64's prowess was diminished because the overall clarity on the PS1 was in general, sharper and better than the N64's blurriness. Environments and character models did look more solid on N64 because the PS1 lacked the perspective correction and lack of subpixel rasterization but many n64 ports of the same games had a very washed out look. Nintendo's own games overcame alot of the texture limitations by gouraud shading(Super Mario 64, Mario Kart etc) but this was not viable for realistic looking worlds. Rare had extreme talent when it came to pushing textures and draw distance but usually at the expense of a solid frame rate(Perfect Dark ran under 20 frames alot of the time). The limited texture cache of the N64 also resulted in developers stretching the texture out, losing the overall sharpness. Of course the PS1 lacked any anti-aliasing whatsoever.

Also I think a fair few people might argue that the Dreamcast had better graphics than the GCN simply because of Shenmue, that game still looks great to this day especially through VGA...