3 hours is fine with me. It's about what my Vita gets and my gaming sessions are almost never anywhere near 3 hours, although I could see myself playing Zelda for that long. You can bring a backup battery with you to charge it when you're not using it. Hopefully the switch will charge via USB, if not, that sucks.

if the battery life was 15 mins you would find a positive

No you call Nintendo what it is, the same as Sony and Microsoft. A business/Company.. They will not actively stymie 3DS sales by saying it's successor has arrived "so no longer buy games that are currently in development or imminent release for the 3DS... "Because you know switch is here"... That would be foolish business...

That being said I agree, if you call it a home console it will be compared to current home consoles and in that respect the Switch is not in a very favorable position. They could possibly market 3DS as a lower budget parental option for kids and the Switch as a more adult oriented home console experience on a portable... Which I believe is what they are trying to do, ultimately. Nintendo has always stated that portable games have different objectives in terms of development than that of console games, play time sessions, game size, hardware limitations, game mechanics etc.. In terms of the Switch the paradigm has shifted to where we have two portable consoles and Nintendo is trying hard to differentiate the experiences between the two. To 1) Maintain any potential sales the 3DS may currently have with its current momentum, 2) To build momentum for the Switch beyond launch until an acceptable user base has been established.

Buuuut IIRC DS wasn't supposed to succeed the Gameboy but it ultimately did, as I believe will be the case with the Switch and 3DS.

nintendo havnt once used "home console" as a way to describe it. they have said it can be used at home on the TV but didnt say it was a "home console"

its clear this is the true form the Wii U was going to be but technology wasnt there yet its merging of handheld and home entertainment which guess what is the direction were going in.

Shadow... Stop the ignorance

http://www.polygon.com/2016...

I agree, might be a dozen console quailty games but that is changing...as the hardware improves that will change. I see nothing in the switch that would make me want one but thats my opinion. If you love cute cartoon games then go for it.