Fire Emblem Warriors is confirmed for a fall release and they announced a new Fire Emblem for 2018 on the Switch. No details on the last one, just a plain "Fire Emblem" announcement.
They also announced that FE Warriors will release for the New 3DS(assuming it's exclusive for that, much like Xenoblade 3D). That bothers me a little. Don't you think they should release it exclusively for the Switch? Sure it'll be on more powerful hardware and look it, but would people want to buy all new hardware to play it, or just save a few hundred dollars and buy it for something they already own? (same can be applied for Zelda:BotW)
I just find it odd...makes it look like they have no faith in the Switch so they they have to release it another device to make ends meet.
I don't think it looks that way at all. To me, this is simply there still being a 3DS market that they can't just outright dump for the Switch so suddenly and its easy enough to do a port like they did with Hyrule Warriors Legends right off the bat. Curious if it'll even run well on a New 3DS. Hyrule Warriors Legends was unplayable on a regular 3DS and was just good enough on the New 3DS, while taking big graphical hits and vastly lower enemy numbers. FEW looks impressive on the Switch, a big step up from Hyrule Warriors for sure and though I'm not a Fire Emblem fan at all, I might pick this up.
Actually, now that I think about it, it does make sense to do this, since the current Fire Emblem fanbase is on the 3DS at the moment. They talked it up on the direct, but Fire Emblem hasn't been on a console since the Wii in 2008, so it makes sense to keep FE fans happy who aren't making the jump to Switch right away with the two 3DS games they'll get this year. Honestly was more surprised that FE: Echoes didn't get a Switch version.