Nintendo Switch Topic; #byebyenx

[Zero Kirby]

I'm not sure, some of those games worked really well on a dual screen system (forget touch mechanics) where both the screens are right in front of you (Wii U Pad and having to look down...).  Like keeping the HUD and interface stuff on the bottom screen, to both keep them out of the play area and also allow you to select menu things in one go, instead of cycling through the options one at a time.  If you tried to do this on a single screen, you effectively get half the screen space for the play area.

I agree with Goemar in that it's not that big a deal on a big TV screen, and I definitely like it on the teeny-tiny 3DS resolution, but I feel like it was done there more out of necessity than anything. Imagine the whole OoT or Majora HUD crammed into the top screen, I can't see it being anything but pretty cluttered. Xenoblade Chronicles would just be unplayable.