Posted on 10/01/2018 at 09:28 PM
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I've heard the Wii-U as prototype for Switch thing so many times but it doesn't make any sense.
The Wii-U if anything was an attempt to move the dual screen success of the DS and 3DS to the TV. The Switch takes that concept and throws it out the window.
The Wii-U did not have a handheld unit you could take on the road with you. Well you could but it wouldn't do anything once it was more than about 30 feet from your TV and only while the console was turned on. The processing power is all in the unit attached to the TV, there is none in the Wii-U gamepad.
The Wii-U had games that utilized dual screens. The Switch has one screen, either the handheld unit or your television, there is no dual screen capability.
In short the Wii-U was a console with a gamepad that had a screen in it.
The Switch is a complete console with a screen in it that can be plugged into your TV or taken with you.
Anyway I'm glad you got one. Mine just pissed me off because the 250 GB external drive I had attached to it just puked and now I have to find another one. :)