Are you watching Elimination Chamber while posting that by any chance?

You're joking...

However, switch is really not 3DS successor... Switch mini lite or whatever will be called,  ( or even a non switch device which will take the same games though ) is.

 3DS owners who are interested in home console gaming will find switch the perfect console, but  the 3DS ownerS who only want a handheld, not...

Is Nintendo expecting the 23m who bought og 3DS at 169$ and 7m who bought 2DS at 79-100$ to purchase switch at 299$? I don't think so...3DS sales anemic perfomance when it was priced at 250$ is the proof.

In 2018  or 2019 ( depending on 3DS legs ) they should release a smaller switch, perhaps weaker in order to be cheaper, with a dock and the joycons, of course  because if its dockless and without joy cons,  that wouldn't be a switch, obviously! (  For  199-220$ )! Later, a handheld only device which will take the same games with switch for 139$169$ and I would hope that it would be able to run all the games of switch!

The first one will be destined to those who like the hybrid concept but they want a more portable and more affordable handheld part, the second one, to kids that are known to mishandle their items, hence  needing a durable product and to those who desire a handheld only console ( even though the first one could be enough for these people,  who would ignore the unwanted for them hybrid nature of the system, if the price is  normal for a portable console  ) .

Although, there is another problem... 3DS owners are used to pay 30-45$ for their games, will they pay 60-70$ for the switch games? Well, yeah but jsut those who will be using switch as a home console too.

how about that:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=225569&page=1

You’ve mentioned the 3DS there. Will you continue to support the dedicated handheld given Switch could potentially replace it?

Certainly I think 3DS from a price perspective is quite a bit lower, and it’s a system we’ve released a very large library for. So I think from that perspective it’s a very good system for kids to have as their first system. We still see a lot of potential for 3DS in that area. And with that in mind we’re thinking of games to release for 3DS not just in 2017, but in 2018 as well. And the hope there also is that kids playing on 3DS will also shift over to Switch at some point in the future.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gaming/what-to-play/nintendo-switch-interview-nintendo-price-games-hopes-new-console/

He said that they expect the "kids"with 3DS to move to the Switch. 

Keep hoping...

Though here is my question: They said fire emblem would return to home console on the switch in the FE direct. So... what is it? I see a statement and i see i wish. The statement wins.

Why would you switch over to an inferior library? The 3DS library is heads and tails better than most of the primary console library. Seeing the way the consoles sell and the handhelds, I dont see the complete translation.

Yup, because Switch is home console and handheld in same time, and Fire Emblem is now returning to home console (because Switch is also home console not just handheld). You obviousle have Zelda BotW that is home console game, Mario Odyyses, Splatoon 2...that are all home console games that will be playable in portable mode of Switch also. Its not really hard to imagine smaller, cheaper version of Switch just for handheld playing that of course plays all Switch games.