The Switch is pretty much a 7.5 gen system. Switch 2 is a 8.5 gen system.
Drop the handheld, keep the joycons, upgrade the specs to current Gen. People are playing your systems because of the IPs not the latest gimmick you can think up Nintendo.

nintendo has never relied on third party games so as usual they're essentially supporting the switch by themselves, and with just a few new, original games per year they're not doing a good job of it

and theoretically since they're working with like ten year old tech, and at just HD or less it should take less time and fewer man-hours to make their games than your average AAA game right now

Yoshi's Crafted World, Metroid Dread, Princess Peach Showtime

and yes, those ports plus Kirby Return to Dreamland

No, I love all those games.

i just mean theyre making straightforward platformers with little to no innovation, with the graphical fidelity of late-life PS3 games, so why is their release schedule so sparse

im not coming from a place of dislike for Nintendos gamesrather, theyre my favorite developer so its disappointing that they do so little of substance anymore

it feels like at the top level, there isnt the passion for games like there used to be when there were people like Iwata and Reggie, and so a much higher percentage of what they release feel like cynical cash grabs

They are sacrificing power for mobility. They will be 1 1/2 gen behind again chasing it. What we want from them is to be the first choice of gamers. They could rule the roost if they wanted to. They think being in their own lane is the safest place to be. They Don't really have to try hard.