I doubt it. I am not using an oval shaped controller that has the entire face as a screen, with thumb pads going through it.
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[Destructoid] Leaked photo of NX controller?
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I doubt it. I am not using an oval shaped controller that has the entire face as a screen, with thumb pads going through it.
Oh.
Mmh, I thought this was the controller for the home console. It's still true that it could be a general ARM demo though.
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Well, this certainly pushes this device into handheld space, at least that's what i would get from this.
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If you've got sources, spill it. People get banned for making definitive statements like this and not backing it up with a mod.
blackMamba1187
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I'd buy it. Looks futuristic.
Better comparisson, cut from the video, the "NX" version looks downgraded,
Yep, that is it.
On the one hand they used a mobile-ish demo for porting UE3 to the Wii U.
On the other hand, if this was for a PS4-like console, I'd expect them to port Elemental instead.
I'm guessing this is either for the handheld or that both the console and the handheld are ARM based, but it's not impossible that this was just the most convenient thing to port with if they're trying to adapt for both a handheld and a console and only want to port one demo to do both.
Not sure if this has been posted yet but the image on the screen is from about 6 seconds into this tech demo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=31&v=LMcscM_Hogc
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Great work. The video's description implies that the engine is optimised for at least devices with Snapdragon 800 with a Adreno 330 GPU in the Nexus 5, which was released 2 and a half years ago. The chip was released 3 years ago.
Of course, Nintendo may be using very customised chips in the NX handheld, which may render this comparison useless to find the 'base specs' of this device.
ElectricBlanketFire
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You know what would fit inside of that controller?
Samus' gunship.
Samus' gunship.
It took hours but gaf finally found it. Now, does this make the picture more credible that we know it's a tech demo
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So the N3DS revisiting Nintendo's most inconic set of buttons was actually the companies farewell to buttons.
;_;
Silent_Ocarina
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So can the screen not show the whole picture or what?Better comparisson, cut from the video, the "NX" version looks downgradeda bit with shadows.
KojiKnight
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The buttons may not just simply be 'on screen'. They may actually be indentations or something else.
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Or it could've made a faker's job easier since he wouldn't need to create these assets.
Ninja Scooter
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Or the handheld and console share the same hardware.
Amazing find.
It's not all bad, and it's a hell of a lot better than just regular touch screen "buttons," but I still think it's impossible to replicate the feel of a real physical button with it. If people go hands on with it and rave about how good it feels, then I guess I'll at least give it a shot. But I'm not entirely convinced a company that has never used haptic feedback would nail it right off the bat.
Kiddy Dong
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Better comparisson, cut from the video, the "NX" version looks downgradeda bit with shadows.
Well, if this is real, and all it's doing is running the UE4 demo at 62 fps, that's a good sign. If it's playing a video of the UE4 demo, that's sad ;_;
Might be a modified version of the tech demo that uses a different camera configuration.
If anything this makes it even less credible.
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Fantastic gameplay opportunities such as:
-"Shit, I didn't see that from off-screen projectile because my thumb/palm was covering it!"
-"Damn, I didn't see that enemy sniper in the top right because I was pressing the top right on-screen button!"
-"Where the fuck do we put the minimap now?!"
Nevermind this would make for the worst display method for Nintendo's legacy library ever conceived. You either play with half resolution in a rectangle in the center, or enjoy having all the corners cut off in zoom mode.
Oh and game journoz, you can have a headstart on "Nintendo is cutting corners" headlines in 3,2,1...go!
Better comparisson, cut from the video, the "NX" version looks downgradeda bit with shadows.
shiiiet
So what's the implication. NX can run UE4 (really shouldn't be surprising in 2016 but Nintendo)
OR
This is a fake and they used this video as their source image.
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My only question would be why use UE Mobile to demo a console for what appears to be an ovalized Vita. Even if the console has a more robust ARM I feel like Nintendo/UE would want a more grown-up demo for that.
Jawmuncher
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Which then would likely just lead to developers ignoring the feature entirely, like the Wii-U's display. All these fan theories about the potential, but developers are just going to port their games to the 16:9 center and call it a day.
Which begs the question, why even put in the effort to create a uniquely shaped display at that point. Are the handful of games that'll actually use the entire screen uniquely worth losing the D-pad and face buttons over? This is a solution to a problem that does not exist.
Introducing Nintendo HDS and Nintendo Woo.
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Even if the final version is only somewhat related to this prototype, I'm afraid most devs can't be assed to make use of the malleable-controls concept.
That's not a "lazy devs" knock, it's just apparent for the last few generations that devs aren't really interested in engineering their own control schemes.
That's not a "lazy devs" knock, it's just apparent for the last few generations that devs aren't really interested in engineering their own control schemes.
pinkurocket
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Seeing that Unreal tech demo video, it is concerning that the image in the NX photo seems to be stretched out, rather then the 'middle area' being the full screen with the rest being a bigger fov. Like this:
True that.
This blob kind of looks like an "empty-button-slot" in my eyes, actually.
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