This is my thinking as well, it's a more sleek and thoroughbred Wii U in some ways, which probably isn't a really good thing on its own.

I like the name though, it's catchy and could help them net some much needed attention and customers.

They need to sell it to casuals too.

It needs to have cheap storage (micro SD cards) and allow media to be played on it easily (so people can stream or watch movies/tv series on it).

As well as a ebook reader, and a net browser. If it can do that, thats most of what people want out of a normal tablet.

It needs to be able to do so, as well as funktion as a gameing device.

Then it can hit it big.

All we can hope for now is that patent about an extra processing unit becomes reality. I doubt it is in the dock but there may be some port on the dock that lets you connect to it. Kind of like the alienware laptops and the nvidia gpu units you can buy.

Otherwise this will be underwhelming for a home console.

I am very sure it will do these basic stuff, netflix and comics in pdf, the psp had that, Nintendo seems very inspired this time around, I am very excited.

Yeah I kind of agree the only similarities are that both have a second screen but the two concept are quite wildly different you don't even use 2 screens with NS, Switch from my view is actually more of a traditional console in its gaming experience that seems to allow the player to have more control and customization of their set up while accomodating some portable aspects.

Wii U on the other hand was more a home variant of the DS brand.

I have absolutely no doubt Nintendo has done it far more seemlessly. I'm just pointing out that the selling point of this console, it's new, super secret sauce that they had to keep closely guarded, was already being done in a more simplistic form from Sony. When I first saw it, I was shocked at how little 'new' it brought to the table considering how Nintendo was talking as if they developed a revolutionary way to play games.

The reality of it, is that they appeared to make the Wii U they were unable to make in 2012, simplifed it by removing the double screen functionaity (which I found distracting and I feel it took away from the immersion of the console), and added mini breakaway controllers that arent even symmetical, and look difficult to use. It's an evolution of the WIi U, and nothing more. And let's not forget the Wii U wasn't very well recieved.

Probably yeah. Cant wait to see what the price is.

I've said this a lot today but is too early to tell

I have no idea what definition of inspired you are going with. Nintendo is trying to change the very definition of a home console here. Least inspired to me would be a safe evolution from the previous incarnation. Ignoring the different versions of handhelds that came out within a generation, I would say that would be either the SNES, Gamecube, GameBoy Color, or GameBoy Advance. So that is at least four I would put ahead of Switch.

SNES introduced shoulder buttons (standard in every game controller today basically), the diamond layout face buttons (again standard), Mode 7 scaling, a large graphical leap, a helluva sound chip (thanks Sony), and the first "real" console 3D gaming with the Super FX chip. 

GameCube brought optical media, a large graphics leap, analog triggers and other new things. 

Switch does feel a little bit like the Game Boy to Game Boy Color or GBC to GBA leap though, I'd say one of those might be apt in comparison to the Wii U. 

SNES and GameCube definitely felt like full generational leaps right out of the box.