Then the first 6 months:

I have 1 3DS, and 1 Wii U = 2

I have 1 Switch = 1 

xD haha well said.  

@tbone 

Yes that point is valid and makes it harder for the Switch in that sense. But it also has a positive.  Having two platforms libraries all focused on 1 means that platform gets more games and therefore more appealing.  More people might buy a switch because it's got a more attractive library then a portable or home console from Nintendo would on their own.  

So while they lose overlapping sales they also gain extra potentially. 

Why is Wii U vs Switch not good? 

When you got sites comparing PS4 vs Switch. Or XB1 vs Switch

Unless its like: 

In Japan: Switch vs 3DS

In America and EU : Switch vs PS4

People are still going at it? Really?

Damn son!

People compare Switch to ps4 not because they're the same type of console but because ps4 is sales king WW this gen.  Switch is showing early promise to a comparison to this gens leader is interesting for some.  There is no 1 comparison that should be done.  

There are many,  it's just some comparisons make more sense then others. Comparing Switch to a failed home console like Wii U or a failed handheld like Vita makes no sense.  Not only are they not hybrids like Switch but they also have terrible sales making a comparison pointless.  

3DS and ps4 while not hybrids at least have decent sales so a comparison is more interesting and useful to make. 

It's a forum.  we are doing what we are meant to do.  

Have a read of this Carl. 

So Carl is he talking nonsense?  Should be be mocked.  After multiple attacks on my character I'm glad it didn't take long for someone with the same opinion to show.  And for the record there are lots more like us with the same opinion.  

If Kyuu starts to argue about how the Switch has to match 3DS and Wii U combined to continue to be a success for Nintendo, then yeah, the chances are that he will be mocked for talking nonsense.

There was no attack on your character, I just said that what you were saying was nonsense. Give your head a shake.

The only one of the games you mentioned that has a traditional home on handheld platforms right now is Pokémon. MonHun is arguable, but with Animal Crossing and Dragon Quest all have seen mainline entries and continued to see great success on both home console and handheld platforms. I don't think it's wrong to say that Nintendo's traditional handheld developers (and 3rd parties too) will be working on games for both 3DS and Switch, but using the assumption that those titles will be moving from 3DS to Switch (especially when the likes of MH, AC and DQ are also traditionally released on homeconsoles) as your reasoning is poor reasoning.

That said, I see the smartphone to be Nintendo's own "successor" to the 3DS if they decide to not follow it up with a traditional gaming platform. It's been proven that Nintendo IP can perform well on mobile and the smartphone is the next logical step despite the lack of buttons and true directional controls. The 3DS will remain for as long as it can while being fed on scraps after 17/18, with Nintendo shifting full scale development towards Switch and creating new titles for iOS/Android.

Smartphone already has Pokémon, Mario and Fire Emblem. Animal Crossing is currently being developed and there's a Zelda game planned too.

If the Switch isn't the successor of the 3DS as well as the Wii U, is it just getting a mainline Pokémon for the lulz?

Companies often say that things that aren't totally true (Nintendo did say the DS wasn't a successor to the GBA...). They can't just outright say that the Switch will replace the 3DS while the 3DS is selling perfectly well, but we are still allowed to apply a little bit critical thought to what Nintendo or any other company says, right?

The Switch being a successor to the 3DS and the Wii U does not mean it needs to outsell them combined to be a success (though I think it will), because neither the 3DS nor the Wii U were particularly successful for Nintendo in terms of profit. The 3DS did well enough unit-wise, but Nintendo had to bleed a lot to achieve that, which deeply affected their bottom line. They don't have to do the same with the Switch because the Switch is a much better value proposition than the 3DS was at launch, so Nintendo's bottom line will be much more postively affected by the Switch than the 3DS could manage.

I can see Atlus still making 3DS games up tunil 2019 tbh, they still have to remake Etrian Odyssey 3, Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 has no western localization (if it's comfirmed it will probably be late 2018) and they could always port a few more SMT PS2 games into the 3DS for easy profit.