Comment by SuperHeavy256
2 days ago
Top comment says "There is a part of me that is going to miss the, do weird shit and see what works, Nintendo that brought us some really fun ideas."
I bet you that Nintendo will never release a Nintendo Switch 3. They do sequels in consoles (like they did the SNES), but after that they innovate.
Game Boy -> Game Boy Color -> Game Boy Advance
DS -> 3DS
NES -> Super Nintendo -> N64 -> GameCube
Wii -> Wii U
Definitely a pattern
Arguably the "gimmick" for the N64 -> GameCube was 3D games and "stock" analog stick, with the c-buttons on the N64 turning into the C-Stick on the GameCube. At launch both the PS1 and Saturn controllers were d-pad only.