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Wow, I wonder where all this skepticism and negativity come from.

The Nintendo Switch has me so excited, I can't wait for the launch day!

Finally, I'll be able to have one piece of hardware for playing at home and on the go. If you don't see the awesomeness of playing Skyrim on your commute then probably are not in the right target group.

I like the Switch because it looks so versatile. You can play at home, on the go, alone, with friends, sitting down, standing up... There is going to be so many new experiences once the console is out.

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I agree with you. I haven't been this excited about a console since the N64, just knocking the 360 into third place for me. I haven't been excited about game consoles in a long long time. Why buy a console when you get a better experience on a PC and basically the same games? Nintendo is the only one making something worth buying, along with amazing IP that they keep fresh. This will be the first time I've owned a console since the original 360.

> Finally, I'll be able to have one piece of hardware for playing at home and on the go.

Until you're done playing both games, and then what ?

If it is like the Wii U older titles will also work. Games like splatoon, mario u (we love playing this as a family)and all older titles (via emulation) should be available.

Why would you assume that wii u titles would work? The switch only takes cartridges, virtual console titles are already tied to the console and don't even carry between wiiu systems, and the switch uses an nvidia tegra (arm) architecture where as the wiiu uses powerpc and an AMD graphics chip.

Not even the wiiu controllers will work with the switch.

The Wii U is a faster Wii (from a hardware point of view), basically same CPU architecture, just more cores and higher clock speed.

The Switch runs on an ARM CPU. I doubt it will be compatible in any way.

Only if they are available digitally (no DVD slot for Wii U discs) and only if Nintendo offers some digital game transfer program like they did between the Wii and the Wii U (digital games are tied to your console, not an account)

Older titles via emulation maybe, but it has no backwards compatibility with DS games nor Wii/WiiU games.

Switch takes new cartridges.

Which both games? There will be plenty of games coming out. And if not, Skyrim is pretty much a game you can play forever (and people, including me, still do).

Zelda and "1 2 Switch" are the only real launch titles, there's some filler crap to be sure but no one cares.

Skyrim is not a launch title.

Well, in April Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is coming out. Enough to keep me busy for months.

You just can't make some people happy, they seem to be in an ever-negative spiral...

You wait for other games to come out, like any other console?

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