TBF, doing the same thing a second time but better is not Nintendo’s MO. Theres usually either a new gimmick or form factor, or it’s just a refresh of equivalent hardware. The New 3DS was an outlier in that respect.
While they do like to mix things up on occasion they have there fair share of consoles that feel like iterations on a theme.
NES>SNES
N64>GameCube
GB>GBA
DS>3DS
With official announcements of a Switch successor including continuing software compatibility it seemed likely that it would keep the general form factor.
TBF, doing the same thing a second time but better is not Nintendo’s MO. Theres usually either a new gimmick or form factor, or it’s just a refresh of equivalent hardware. The New 3DS was an outlier in that respect.
While they do like to mix things up on occasion they have there fair share of consoles that feel like iterations on a theme.
With official announcements of a Switch successor including continuing software compatibility it seemed likely that it would keep the general form factor.
N64 -> GCN is a stretch to me, but Wii -> WiiU isn’t