A couple years back I began to pick up my New 3DS and play around with it again. I realized just how many great games there are on that system! I feel like I took for granted how amazing that generation was. I will admit, when the 3DS first came out I had concerns about the specs, for example 240p screens seemed like they’d be quickly out of date. However, [Fire Emblem Awakening’s cut scenes](https://youtu.be/5NpJ_afFukQ) made me realize screen resolution doesn’t tell the full story because WOW that game looks so good on the 3DS. I think Kirby’s best 2D game is still trapped on that console: Kirby Planet Robobot, and you can play so many great 2D Zelda games despite it being played on aged hardware. In other words I never really wished the 3DS was more powerful because the games were great. Not to mention all the backwards compatibility with it being able to play DS, GBA (CFW), GBC, SNES (N3DS), NES, etc. Even the new 3DS which boasted having 50% more processing speed didn’t really make the biggest difference in the grand scheme of things.
Don’t get me wrong, a Switch 2 or Super Nintendo Switch would be nice, but find myself caring less about the hardware and more about the software the more time goes on. I used to want Zelda ToTK to be released alongside a Switch Pro or Switch 2, but I no longer care, I just want to play the game and for the game to be fun (which I’m sure it will be). And to be honest, the longer Nintendo stays with the original Switch and pumps out amazing games the more affordable it is for us, we don’t have to go out and buy another console. And I have the 3DS to thank for this change in mindset. What do you all think?