I personally have never been a fan of portable systems. As long as they allow it to stream or plug into the television I have no issues. But if it is solely a handheld, I could care less.

I mean, maybe the last 5 years, but as of the Wii U, Nintendo was still in the Home console business.  Sure departments change, programs, policies, etc. But that does not mean they will never change back.

Will have to see how the switch 2 does. SNES or NES 2, Wii U, etc have all struggled in the past. Hopefully they Garner the same excitement this next time as well.

I'm not the biggest portable person either tho I like them but do prefer a TV experience. I love the Switch for allowing a lot more smaller-budget games to thrive and bringing back a huge retro scene on it. I hope that continues on Switch 2. The Switch has one ace up its sleeve that's cumbersome on PS5. TATE MODE! Flip Grip can put the Switch in TATE mode. So perfect for Shmups! Switch is the best Shup machine since the Saturn.

N64 Classic and Switch or Switch 2 TV (a Switch that can't Switch) are all but guaranteed.
A new platform like NES/Famicom through Wii U? Nope. That's Nintendo intentionally playing with fire.

That sums it up well. 

Obviously at this point, considering their infrastructural changes when it comes to their United software front on the Switch, they're not positioned to go back to the previous state.

Anywoo, just let your Switch in your dock and it'll basically act as a full fledged home console. Easy peasy!

There's no reason to go back now that their unified platform is more successful than their dedicated home consoles ever were. Much of their userbase values portability so they'd be cutting out a big chunk of their audience.

I'm not a big fan of portables either; I play my Switch entirely in docked mode so to me it's essentially a home console that I can easily move from place to place. And that's the beauty of it; its flexible form factor allows you to play how you want. 

Honestly why not? they make  a pro model thats console only it would be a cool thing for them to do and provide options just like they have a model that's handheld only. it just seems like they are so against people having better options for better hardware.

Why make a traditional console?

Hear me out. The law of diminishing returns is real why give yourself less time to hit the graphical ceiling. If the ps6 and Xbox series is the third generation where 4k60 is still the bar they are striving for why should nintendo rush to hit that stagnation point?

No. Hybrid/portables (whatever you want to call them) have plenty of fidelity for the average gamer. Nobody is going to complain about a switch 2 that is ps4 to ps4 pro like. If anything, I could see the competition following Nintendo.

Most gamers do not care about having better reflections or shadows, especially given the steep price.

I can see Nintendo leveraging one hardware ecosystem across multiple form factors... That all run the same games.
I.E. Switch TV, Switch Mobile and a Switch that does both.

In-fact, I am surprised they only got half way there with the current Switch console.

As for a traditional home console with different hardware? Not a chance.

Nintendo's most successful generation was the DS+Wii and that is unlikely to ever be replicated again... Nor should it be replicated again.
Nintendo makes the bulk of it's profits from game sales, not hardware, so keeping the internal hardware the same makes the best financial investment for it's software.