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DS->DS Lite->DSi->DSi XL->3DS->3DS XL->New 3DS XL I think it tracks perfectly
DS lite, DSi, DSi XL were just iterations of the original DS. Same with 3DS family. These weren't a new console, only 2 consoles - DS and 3DS
The DSi was a hardware upgrade and so was the New 3DS.
It was a PS4 Pro situation. It was still the DS family, same games etc. A Switch 2 with only updated internals would be totally different, it won't be the same console
Fine, Wii > Wii U
How were Wii and WiiU similar in anything but the name?
The GameCube, Wii, and Wii U all use the same basic setup: PowerPC G3 CPU and an ATi/AMD GPU with an upgrade each generation. They are, in effect, very similar to how the PS4 and Xbox One started their own current trends. In fact, the Wii U can run GameCube games natively with some effort, and Wii games out of the box.
But WiiU is anything but a Wii in another case. It is completely different in how you play the games through the controller and different to what the first comment was saying
NES -> SNES.
I mean arguably it goes back further than that… gameboy, GBC, GBA / GBA sp. IIRC at least the OG DS were backwards compatible with gameboy games too.