They said they have the capability to link purchases to accounts...
Hot damn!
Thoughts on the interview?
"Will Virtual Console purchases transfer to and from the Switch?"
There's where they mention the linking accounts. If it actually does happen.....like, if the Switch gave you an option to use your existing account that you used for the Wii U and any VC purchases you got from the Wii U are added to the Switch, that'd be pretty dang cool. And frickin' awesome if this included some non-VC titles, like Shovel Knight.
That being said, I hugely doubt that solution will be the case or that easy. It would be awesome if they did something like that for VC, but I do not think it will happen like that.
"Will the Switch offer local multiplayer with just one cartridge?"
At first, I assumed they were talking about multiplayer like Mario Kart's or ARMS multiplayer, where using the one system, you can do split-screen multiplayer(or one-screen mutliplayer in the cases like Bomberman), which there are games that do that. But then Reggie actually brought up the "One Card/Multiple Systems" deal. It's not impossible, as both Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart 7 allowed this(although to the ones who didn't have the Card, you could only do Shy Guy in a Normal Kart). But if they actually take it to the next level by allowing that for all their games without limiting the card-less players, I'd be frickin' shocked. Could you imagine 8-player Splatoon 2 with only one card?
"What about some of the "forgotten" Nintendo IPs?"
And there, Reggie mentions Mother 3 and Metroid. You can definitely tell that they are aware of the demand and 'want' to do something with them, but whether they actually get them to happen or not is another story(hence the whole, "Let's see what happens this year then you can ask me about them later again"). But on a side note....
Mother 3 - SNES(Virtual Console)
Oh no.
I can already see the "triggers" happening as I type this.