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Something that I've been hoping to see for a long time is the following:
1.) A 3DS style hardware revision, that has two screens in handheld mode along with an adapter of sorts to natively run 3DS carts in addition to Switch games.
2.) A wireless dock mode to allow the TV to serve as a main screen and the Switch to server as a handheld screen in order to support proper porting of Wii U games and docked 3DS games.
While I highly doubt that Nintendo would ever let us use the 3DS games we paid for on the Switch, I do think that a "Switch 3DS Pro" would allow them to capitalize on their existing library of 3DS and DS titles to port them cheaply to the Switch without having to do nearly as much work.
Incidentally, Nintendo filed for a dual screen patent a few years ago:
and last month it was revealed that the latest Switch firmware explicitly supports this dual screen mode:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/nintendo-switch-dual-screen/
So, what if this materialized as a "Nintendo Switch 3DS Pro" that serves as the merger of a 3DS and a Switch? and what if the hardware was also powerful enough to effectively port over the Wii U - and by extension Wii - library with it? What would that mean for the console as a whole, and what would it mean for the game preservation and emulation scene? I'm fairly certain that the hardware is already powerful enough to run N3DS, Gamecube, and Wii games no problem if Nintendo wanted it to and I doubt it would take much more work to make sure that Wii U games would work as well.
Imagine: The perfect gaming console to play the entire library of every Nintendo game ever made. As one who already owns 4 Switch consoles I doubt I would buy a Pro unless it was so radically improved. Even though I also own 2 Wii consoles, 2 3DS consoles, an N3DS console, and a Wii U I'd still want something like this. but what are the odds?
1.) A 3DS style hardware revision, that has two screens in handheld mode along with an adapter of sorts to natively run 3DS carts in addition to Switch games.
2.) A wireless dock mode to allow the TV to serve as a main screen and the Switch to server as a handheld screen in order to support proper porting of Wii U games and docked 3DS games.
While I highly doubt that Nintendo would ever let us use the 3DS games we paid for on the Switch, I do think that a "Switch 3DS Pro" would allow them to capitalize on their existing library of 3DS and DS titles to port them cheaply to the Switch without having to do nearly as much work.
Incidentally, Nintendo filed for a dual screen patent a few years ago:
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018...i-touch-patent-concept-is-very-very-nintendo/ and last month it was revealed that the latest Switch firmware explicitly supports this dual screen mode:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/nintendo-switch-dual-screen/
So, what if this materialized as a "Nintendo Switch 3DS Pro" that serves as the merger of a 3DS and a Switch? and what if the hardware was also powerful enough to effectively port over the Wii U - and by extension Wii - library with it? What would that mean for the console as a whole, and what would it mean for the game preservation and emulation scene? I'm fairly certain that the hardware is already powerful enough to run N3DS, Gamecube, and Wii games no problem if Nintendo wanted it to and I doubt it would take much more work to make sure that Wii U games would work as well.
Imagine: The perfect gaming console to play the entire library of every Nintendo game ever made. As one who already owns 4 Switch consoles I doubt I would buy a Pro unless it was so radically improved. Even though I also own 2 Wii consoles, 2 3DS consoles, an N3DS console, and a Wii U I'd still want something like this. but what are the odds?