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Nintendo NX won't use Android. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
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TheSlySoul
Member
They used the same phrasing to debunk the 3DS XL, so you know...
sixteen-bit
Member
dat "planning" loophole
They always respond when it is reported by major press outlets in Japan. They always deny it. Then they announce it later anyway.
Most companies differentiate between Android and forking AOSP, Nintendo might be doing that here.
Why? They seem to put up their own walls in their OS's anyway.
Why? They seem to put up their own walls in their OS's anyway.
SerTapTap
Member
You can carve features out of android and off-brand releases almost always do. See Fire (blank). I'm pretty disinterested in any Android device that isn't pure google. There's basically no way Nintendo would have ever included play store/etc access at the very least.
akidnamededdy
Banned
I might be dumb, but wouldn't using Android kind of open up their platform to piracy and stuff? I mean, not that their past systems were exactly impregnable or anything.
HappehLemons
Member
Considering they said the same thing about mobile and the 3dsXL I have my doubts. I honestly don't care either way, but Nintendo will seemly say the opposite of what is actually happening to kill a rumor
And the XL was announced 20 days later...
I think Android is a go. It makes too much sense given the market situation.
Well, I'd say the (quickly edited) thread title already does the job, a bit :lol
For starters, I don't think Nintendo's denials of rumours hold much weight these days. They have a record of denying things which actually become true.
Secondly, why are people so worried about NX using Android? If they did, it'd probably be a heavily customised fork used as the basis for their cross-platform (handheld and home console) OS. This is a good thing.
Unless, of course, people are conflating Android as an OS with the kinds of software available for mobile. In which case, I don't know what to say...
Secondly, why are people so worried about NX using Android? If they did, it'd probably be a heavily customised fork used as the basis for their cross-platform (handheld and home console) OS. This is a good thing.
Unless, of course, people are conflating Android as an OS with the kinds of software available for mobile. In which case, I don't know what to say...
Memorabilia
Member
I think there is legitimate reason to be concerned that Nintendo may become homogenized, generic, bland...even soul-less... if they move too strongly away from their console roots towards current mobile market trends. Adopting Android carries with it many connotations, some good, some not so good. It would be a radical shift that many would be wary of. Myself included. Despite justifiable criticism of some of Nintendo's business decisions the past few years, I quite like...even love...their identity as a gaming company. It'd be a sad day to see that get watered down in the pursuit of mass market mobile whales that inevitably change game design choices. Android by itself doesn't necessarily mean that would happen, but it wouldn't look too good. When I read their next system wouldn't become yet another Android device I breathed a sigh of relief.
McHuj
Member
I'm surprised people eat up PR statements at such face value.
The statement could be true if they already made the decision to use Android.
More likely if they are using Android, it's been forked at some point and now is "NXOS" or whatever so technically, it's not pure Android OS anymore. (similar to how FireOS for the Amazon forked off Android or PS4's OS forked of BSD)
The statement could be true if they already made the decision to use Android.
More likely if they are using Android, it's been forked at some point and now is "NXOS" or whatever so technically, it's not pure Android OS anymore. (similar to how FireOS for the Amazon forked off Android or PS4's OS forked of BSD)
Fourth Storm
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protomouse
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Nintendo automatically denies anything Nikkei has to say anyway. Doesn't mean it isn't happening.
People probably thing it's gonna be like the Ouya or some shit. But yeah, I agree, I would have no problem with them using Android.
I think Shirgeru Miyamoto said that there was no 3DS XL like... 2 weeks before it was announced from what I remember.
But this is different. Nintendo isn't denying the existence of something, rather, they are denying that the rumored premise of a thing they've already announced. They've never denied something like that before for it to be then proven true.
Project Cafe details leaked and there was no denial on behalf of Nintendo. The 3D screen rumors leaked and there was no denial about that from Nintendo either. Nitro details were not denied either.
So they probably aren't lying when they deny that NX runs on Android.
But this is different. Nintendo isn't denying the existence of something, rather, they are denying that the rumored premise of a thing they've already announced. They've never denied something like that before for it to be then proven true.
Project Cafe details leaked and there was no denial on behalf of Nintendo. The 3D screen rumors leaked and there was no denial about that from Nintendo either. Nitro details were not denied either.
So they probably aren't lying when they deny that NX runs on Android.
entremet
Member
Nikkei is usually pretty good with Nintendo stuff.
I wonder what happened here.
I'm guessing it's an Android backend, with Nintendo OS or whatever on top, like Amazon Fire stuff.
1. Not sure why people thinking using Android would be terrible.
2. As shown in this thread, not sure why people immediately believe Nintendo when they've been shown to lie about rumors from this source in the past. Not saying it's true but debunking it immediately because Nintendo said no is silly.
2. As shown in this thread, not sure why people immediately believe Nintendo when they've been shown to lie about rumors from this source in the past. Not saying it's true but debunking it immediately because Nintendo said no is silly.
This.
So are we safe to assume NX is a handheld? I'm only basing that on the fact that I can't imagine a console on par with PS4/XO being run by Android. Or is it possible?
OmegaDL50
Member
You do realize that the Android OS has absolutely nothing to with hardware being utilized right?
An OS is precisely that. An operating system.
Visualante2
Member
Just as long as David Yarnton is not involved.
They claimed that Iwata was misquoted in describing the features of the 3DS before it was announced. It was completely accurate.
TheSlySoul
Member
Nvidia made a handheld, tablet, and console using Android so it could probably be anything.
Android is just an OS, which has no bearing on hardware capabilities at all.
vagabondarts
Member
Nikkei jumped the gun?
I vote for this being the first post in every thread from now on
I vote for this being the first post in every thread from now on
Nintendo has good reason to deny rumors, even true ones. They don't want to lose money by spooking the market (look how many people on GAF heard "Android on Nintendo hardware" and immediately thought OUYA), and they don't want their competitors to beat them to market.
That being said, I wouldn't at all be surprised to see a Kindle-like GUI on top of an Android "skeleton," as someone else here mentioned.
That being said, I wouldn't at all be surprised to see a Kindle-like GUI on top of an Android "skeleton," as someone else here mentioned.
CaviarMeths
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The difference between this and previous times where they said they're not doing stuff but totally were (3DS XL, mobile) is that confirming this would have had no bearing on the commercial performance of any of their current products.
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JetSetRadio
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So it IS happening.
TouchMyBox
Member
Are you suggesting that people being happy about a decision that doesn't affect them in any regard whatsoever are being silly?