Freezie KO
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Hybrid. Let's go.
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Nintendo establishing "unified development headquarters" on 2/16
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.....No first party software team expansion? Ok
We will know when they release their yearly earnings. Should be middle of April. They list how many employees they have and any increases over the previous year.
Unless they tell us in an off hand statement like how we know about Monolith Soft's two new teams, and Retro's expansion.
Shining Sunshine
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Does no one see this article as a cost-cutting measure?
Having worked on Nintendo's consoles, there's really not much difference between 3DS and Wii U to begin with.
Having worked on Nintendo's consoles, there's really not much difference between 3DS and Wii U to begin with.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Explain?? I dont get it.. :/
Dr. Feel Good
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I created a thread hypothesizing on the thought that Nintendo would be doing this and got limited responses or was laughed off but it truly is the only thing that makes sense. It doesn't have to be seen as a loss in hardware sales if the new device captures a market the size of both the 3DS and Wii U combined. While that's a lofty goal, combining the two would eliminate the major problems that Nintendo has always had - software dry spells.
Is it possible that Nintendo had foreseen this even before the Wii and knew that by slowing graphical power on the home console would allow for the handheld sector and console sector to eventually cross in terms of horse power to allow for a singular device? If so, and the future device takes off, that's some incredible fucking foresight.
DXB-KNIGHT
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I don't think we'll see a hybrid in terms of hardware but I think in terms software since Hardware interaction will be less complicated and more homogenous in the manner that some games might share a cloud save data for example like Animal Crossing for instance.
Shining Sunshine
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For example, they merge teams, make the team handle both kinds of console development, and then layoff some people.
I'm not saying that's what happened, but usually restructure has cost cutting involved.
An FPS with Miis, maybe? That's an ... interesting direction to take...
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Ohhh ok. Yea I can see that I guess.
chertipros
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That Zapper Demo from the Wii U sizzle reel maybe?
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Probably not the best game to release in the US right now, :/
Although I hope it's the "Shooter" colliquism Japan apparently uses to refer to photography and it's a Pokemon Snap-like game using the Wii U controller as a camera.
StreetsAhead
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That's what I was thinking...but that would mean just about everything (except Zelda drawing and bird demo) shown in that conference were real projects. Or became real projects.
chertipros
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Man I hope Nintendo hurries up with that google maps app. I wanna see NCL HQ with my own eyes
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Who you telling lol..If they thought like that then Idk what to say..
DXB-KNIGHT
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Yeah knowing Nintendo a gun like peripheral aimed for all ages might be out of the question.
StreetsAhead
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Google App is due in January still, according to Iwata. I imagine that NSMBU DLC will be either the end of this month or next month. We also are expecting Game & Wario and Luigi's Mansion release dates for Japan at least soon.
I really just want to play Pikmin 3
Not really, look at face raiders and we could see a potential Wii U mii shooting game of sorts.
TwEE-N-Toast
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So there is a Wii Sports U coming out this year too? Didn't know that.
StreetsAhead
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*probably*
IrishNinja
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bout time! as a 3DS & WU owner, id like to see them interact more. i missed out on GBA + GC, and my wii & DS did next to nothing with each other
FSA looked so good...what did WW do though? i also recall the first AC letting me get to an island with a new kind of food on it
god, that'd be so good to see, long overdue
id love to see this as well
also, i'm still unclear: to what extent is the next Smash sakurai's game, vs namco's?
FSA looked so good...what did WW do though? i also recall the first AC letting me get to an island with a new kind of food on it
god, that'd be so good to see, long overdue
id love to see this as well
also, i'm still unclear: to what extent is the next Smash sakurai's game, vs namco's?
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Wind Waker had the Tingle Tuner, GBA Player could drop bombs and buy items.
Oh yeah, forgot about Animal Crossing...the Island was pretty cool too since you could use it to score easy money.
StreetsAhead
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It's even easier, maybe, in New Leaf since it doesn't require 2 systems.
Sakurai will be directing/managing the project, like he did with Brawl/Kid Icarus, no?
oconnomiyaki
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At this stage that's all I want. Have some kind of receiver dock and have the handheld as the unit. It's ideal.
Not to mention that mobile chips will have handily surpassed Wii U by the time Nintendo is ready to phase out the 3DS.
JordanN
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It's been 6 years and mobiles still haven't surpassed the Xbox 360. I'm not sure what magical boost is going to happen in the next 3-4 years and even then we're looking at what? 2x more power? That's pretty weak compared to what a home console solution could offer in the same space.
Edit: 2x may be generous considering the battery/low wattage of mobile devices.
^ Here are Nvidia's (maybe a bit exaggerated) projections;
If this keeps up, I wouldn't be surprised if mobile chips reached a satisfactory level of performance for Nintendo in about 5 years.
Looks like the high end chips will be at a satisfactory level of performance this/next year, based on that chart.
StreetsAhead
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^ Here are Nvidia's (maybe a bit exaggerated) projections;
If this keeps up, I wouldn't be surprised if mobile chips reached a satisfactory level of performance for Nintendo in about 5 years.
Y axis scale is marketing bullshit.
Anticitizen One
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Now they can pop out New Super Mario games even faster!
Is this MCV's take or does the original report communicate this?
No more separate home box in the future?
I suppose with the way Nintendo home hardware has been the last couple of generations, a future portable that can serve as a similarly powerful system connected to your TV would make sense.
I have no idea what business forecasts Nintendo would make in order to make a hybrid machine and essentially cannibalise hardware sales. At the moment there must be some significant overlap between handheld and console owners. They would lose that.
I also personally think merging into one hybrid device would be awful. I don't like their handheld machines, or more specifically the games that come to them, so I would yet again be putting up with a sacrifice of potential power for portability which I don't need.
I also personally think merging into one hybrid device would be awful. I don't like their handheld machines, or more specifically the games that come to them, so I would yet again be putting up with a sacrifice of potential power for portability which I don't need.
Glass Rebel
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They should have done this way earlier but I guess they didn't expect to fall flat on their faces after the Wii and DS.
^ Here are Nvidia's (maybe a bit exaggerated) projections;
If this keeps up, I wouldn't be surprised if mobile chips reached a satisfactory level of performance for Nintendo in about 5 years.
It wont, there is a big wall that the mobile space is facing in for of battery life.
TWW was great with GBA-GC connectivity, it wasn't just Tingle allowing to buy bombs at any time. That said, that wasn't cheap (if you are early in the game), but we usually complain about how useless the rupees are in Zelda.
You can drop the bomb anywhere in the room (2D map on the GBA).
Tingle also draw some arrows, helping to find your way on the GBA map. I remember this helped me the first time in the Ganon castle.
And there was also a fetch quest with one of the Tingle brothers.
This has been in the works for several years. Takes time to build new structures etc.
Also, does someone have a google map link to see the building "in real life" insted of the picture please?
And unifiying teams != hybrid system... It seems some people quickly jump into conclusions here.
It should have helped before doing the Miiverse, to release it on 3DS at the same time.
And unifiying teams != hybrid system... It seems some people quickly jump into conclusions here.
It should have helped before doing the Miiverse, to release it on 3DS at the same time.
Sir_Crocodile
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^ Here are Nvidia's (maybe a bit exaggerated) projections;
If this keeps up, I wouldn't be surprised if mobile chips reached a satisfactory level of performance for Nintendo in about 5 years.
0.1->1->10->100->1000
Yeah, must have been really hard for phones to make that 0.1->1 jump
just the type of intellectually dishonest chart I've come to expect
According to this:
http://gamasutra.com/view/news/1848...console_divisions_next_month.php#.UPaHKEd5WBy
Nintendo wants to release new consoles more often to compete with smartphones and tablets.
2-3 years before 4ds?
It's really strange imo since nintendo never wanted to make the most powerful handhelds.
http://gamasutra.com/view/news/1848...console_divisions_next_month.php#.UPaHKEd5WBy
Nintendo wants to release new consoles more often to compete with smartphones and tablets.
2-3 years before 4ds?
It's really strange imo since nintendo never wanted to make the most powerful handhelds.
Captain Smoker
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I really don't get how people conclude that they are going to create a hybrid console now.
Depends what the original report said.
MCV relayed it as:
Others say it's just about making their handhelds and home hardware work better together.
Would be curious where the emphasis is in the original report.
I think that that conclusion (ie speculation) has been building for a while now. It's just another interesting factor that could play in that scenario.