[ipodopt]

Hardware on the Switch seems standard:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch#Hardware

I wonder if his comments mean their Switch OS is emulating antiquated calls that have lineage to the original NES hardware.

[noobermin]

There are no "antiquated calls" on a machine which had no os or standard library :)

Anyway, the switch not being special technology wise is very inline with the nintendo philosophy actually[0]. The NES wasn't that special for the time either, having not as that great specs of consoles in the late second generation, but it was how it was used, the games that came with it that made history.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpei_Yokoi#Lateral_Thinking_...

[monocasa]

There wasn't any system software on the NES, even to the point of no ubiquitous libraries, so it's doubtful.