We've also come full circle, cartridge games are coming back. And I'm not really saying that because Nintendo never really stopped using them, but flash drives have hit a point where they are affordable enough they can be printed on paper for advertisements.
Heck flash drives have been limited by marketing for years now. I bet you think you should pay a hundred bucks for the top of the line newest model 128gb microSD at Wal-Mart. ...Actually over two years ago Sandisk released a 512gb card as they bragged they can increase storage a thousand fold every decade. But those 32gb cards made twenty years ago cost a decent amount of money at the time and dammit, they want their money for it so they still charge you ten bucks. Anyway, rant aside.
I didn't see a thousand watt amplifier with a fifty foot antenna, well that and they moved the game card, so I'm going to assume the Switch uses double the hardware,. the tablet running a a lower end of things that can be plugged into the console for a hardware upgrade and HD plus squared cubed ultra 9k w/e the fuck their calling it mode. Which is actually pretty smart. I think a lot of the complaints about the Wii U was the controller pretty much had to be ran in the same room as the console anyway, making the tablet side totally independent was the next logical step.
And a removable controller that can be split into two-player mode is pretty awesome too. Nintendo is really keeping up it's end of tailoring towards the family market and staying out of MS/Sony's fascinating with lonely teenagers shouting over online matches area. Like if your playing Mario Kart 9: Life is Fair Compared To This on your own with no expectations of someone joining in a kid can almost instantly engage in a two-player mode without having to carry, or even buy, extra hardware is just great. And one hell of a marketing ploy too. If a kid is polite he may end up sharing the second controller to strangers whom in turn will walk away wishing they had something like that.
But, battery life probably sucks balls. I suspected Duracell offered one hell off a deal to the Nintendo company when it came to the Wii U's design, but you really need lithium cells for this kind of thing and even those won't last that long. If they are truly smart, they should built in a 90/10 battery split so a couple months after the release they can offer a peripheral battery for actual hot swapping that runs off the second smaller storage while switching instead of tethering your self to a wall to charge it while playing.
Nintendo also showed it's outdated progression in other areas through even as it's fans cheer it's a positive. New console next year is finally getting a game released over five years ago, yeahee lets all get excited like Steam hasn't already given you the opportunity to murder Tomas the flying firebreathing train at the airport for less then the price of a baconator meal at Wendy's.