Volta is set to release in 2017, Switch is set to release in 2017. The evidence is piling up my friend!

Lol! This is nothing like the Wii U!

Look at the HYPE with the Trailer views and the Likes! The Switch Trailer likes had more than the PS4 video! A  new zelda game is at launch! Better third party support and theres already been talk of a possible Pokemon game coming to it! 

Performance will be great - for a mobile device. But the system will not stand a chance against the standard PS4, due to the weak ARM low power CPU.

Actual ARM A57 is quite capable CPU despite its low power, while Jaguar (its Notebook CPU) PS4/XB1 isn't strong processor and actually is bottleneck for PS4/XB1. If Switch has 8-core ARM A57 probably would be stronger CPU than PS4/XB1 Jaguar CPU, but Switch will most likly be quad core, so thats actualy only advantage of PS4/XB1 CPU.

They seem to be pretty confident in the Switch, huh?

OMG Youtube video likes!? I guess then i have to use my secret sources from Wikipedia to counter that. Well as an outsider for me its exactly like Wii U. Even Wii U promised great third party support, innovative way to play with tablet gimik and stuff, great exclusives at the time of launch Batman, Zombie U, Bayonetta2 , Dragon quest x, call of duty, need 4 speed, Ninja gaiden 3, new super mario bros, Pikmin 3, Resident Evil Revelation, Wonderful 101, Assassins Creed 3 and black flag. kid Icarus etc..

Speaking Zelda which will also be available on Wii U comparatively with similar graphcial fidelity. Even Wii U had Zelda tech demo Figthing with giant enemy crab",  for a while it led ppl fantasize that there was a real game and people didnt shutup about it Also remember Wii U was the follow up of Wii, so nintendo returning to hardcore nintendo fanbase had bigger of a hype than this.

I honestly dont see the difference in the hype, and for me personally Wii U had a everything going for it.

Clearly, this is a case of PR. But, there is nothing insidious or misleading about it.

Nvidia is going to positively promote the product of their partnership with Nintendo as evidenced by their forward thinking (anything that involves at least a ten year plan). They want a long term partnership that will give them a permanent place in the console and portable space, rather than as an OEM parts supplier playing for bids with each new hardware generation against AMD. They clearly did not want to play that game, which is how SCE and MS ended up with AMD chips powering their consoles.

Naturally, the first thing to come to mind with the Switch was the Nvidia Shield, but that serves as a streamer for Nvidia GPU powered gaming PCs rather than a dedicated, independent gaming device with its own software ecosystem (sorry, Android support doesn't really count). Switch gives them a partnership stake in Nintendo's ecosystem.

This allows Nintendo to place more focus on the software end of things as it is their IPs first and foremost that represent the company best. Yes, they are still a toy company that can sell their customer base on multiple versions of their handhelds like no other (and product design and UI still play a key role), but this new arrangement grants them access to the most recent hardware tech without having to design the architecture from the ground up, which is a very expensive approach (which hit its peak with SCE's CBE R&D for the PS3) to game systems.

Look, I'm not expecting MS/SCE console beating or even matching performance here; hopefully no one has been that mislead by the enthusiasm. But what we do appear to have with the Switch is a strong partnership between one of the best in business with regards to game IPs and game design and the premiere (sorry AMD fans) IC/GPU developer that both appear to want to be lasting, even multigenerational if Switch gains traction.

Nintendo really hasn't competed head to head in terms of hardware performance since the GC, arguably even the N64, so this is nothing new for the last 15 years of Nintendo hardware at minimum, so I'm not sure why the uproar.

Nintendo is not competing with the PS4 Pro or MS Scorpio, partly because they can't, but mostly because they're going in a different direction, which indicates another Blue Ocean strategy.

Just new 3D Zelda is much stronger than anything Wii U had in whole 1st year, and you will have new 3D Mario in 1st year too and some other big hitters, alongside bassil best and most popular remasters of Wii U games. Switch will have very strong launch and 1st year lineup, incompatible stronger than Wii Us, not to mention Wii U droughts with few months between games.

Maybe you can't see difference between Wii U and Switch hype, but reaction on Switch trailer are far more positive and video is far more popular than Wii U video.

Could you elaborate on that?

What's the difference between Android and a Nintendo OS which will be most likely based on Android.

With 4 times the FP16 performance too!