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NX Subreddit mods "verifying" the the source of NX *RUMORS.*
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I'm with you, but if this is targeting a younger demographic, then that's probably not going to be a big issue.
I see kids with fuckin iPads in restaurants all the time lol
I assume the person who made up this stuff doesn't want to come up with a fake name, so they just claim it still says NX.
ViewtifulJC
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ya'll know damn well the new 3D Zelda gon be 30fps
Pretty much. Practically what this rumour and the one from boogie describe is an evolution of Wii U with the Gamepad having a bit of power but not enough. Awful idea. And expensive. Luckily it's most probably not the case for the real NX.
for the ones thats has forgot it 17jun.:
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...of_mario_game_is_coming_says_shigeru_miyamoto
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...of_mario_game_is_coming_says_shigeru_miyamoto
ViewtifulJC
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there's no way the next 3D Mario is 1-2 years away. They've been working on the next one since early 2014.
Unless they're working on some other big game in-between like DK Jungle Beat in-between Sunshine and Galaxy, but that would have to be a very recent development.
Worst case scenario its another fuckin' NSMB game with those same tired aesthetic choices and mechanics we've seen a million times now
Unless they're working on some other big game in-between like DK Jungle Beat in-between Sunshine and Galaxy, but that would have to be a very recent development.
Worst case scenario its another fuckin' NSMB game with those same tired aesthetic choices and mechanics we've seen a million times now
esmith08734
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So when will this thing get announced? Demo units in Feb is pretty soon.
What if it's a side scroller, but this time, Bowser uses some kind of weird time machine thing that makes it go from pixels to 16bit to 8bit? Then you're having to go from NSMB through NES super Mario. Even in the middle of the level, shits just changing on the fly. You got fuckin 8 bit goombas and modern koopa troopas coming at you on the same level.
Herb Alpert
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They'll give 10% off and a free theme and that's all.
once they announced it for 3DS i assumed the NX version would be a full sequel or something. i don't see it rehashing it a 3rd time but maybe
i expect a lot of "semi-sequels" around launch. like a splatoon 1.5, smash 4.5 ect
stan423321
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My assumption is they have sent some packaging mockups so stores can decide in advance how to arrange things on shelves, but it doesn't really tell anything but "name goes here, hardware shot goes here, here's the width of the box" etc. yet, so even colors are preliminary. Some other pieces of the rumour contrast with this hypothesis though.
Seems early for box art to be making the rounds. There is plenty of empty space in any Nintendo section for what comes next March.
LastCupOfSorrow
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I would buy the fuck out of that...!
Always-honest
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Good that you made your decision based on a Reddit rumor.
Also, the price they mention is 300.
Fourth Storm
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Smells like some BS to me!
Emily Rogers said October.
HawthorneKitty
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You said next week!
Thanks.
Oh man I hope that's true.
The NX is easily my most anticipated gaming hardware over PS4 Pro, and Scorpio.
I'll be purchasing all 3 (as usual) but with those 2 consoles I'm just going to get shinier versions of what I already have.
You know Nintendo are going to bring something different....
It's unlikely but please put an oled screen up in there lol, oh and make the build quality good. I don't want a plastic finish with loose buttons and crappy lcd like the Wii U gamepad.
I always say next week
Graphics Horse
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Sounds like nonsense. Why would reailers ever need boxart with blurred out images on?
Patrick Young
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Maybe the game just visually turns into Super Mario World when you lift it off the dock.
I thought the same thing. Sounds like bollocks.
Caffeine
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well there is 3 weeks left
Am I imagining it or did some of these NX "leakers" say September too? We all know how that turned out.
To be honest at this stage I don't think Nintendo are going to officially unveil anything in 2016.
Maybe Nintendo made a mockup kiosk for preorders and stuff. Or they simply showed the package so the retailers can plan the appearance in the shops. You usually plan this stuff to make the branding coherent. Corporate identity blah.
I think that Nintendo knows it would flop at that price, and if they were forced to price it that high to meet targets they would scale it back heavily to hit $250 or lower. 3DS right now has both a large profit margin and expensive custom parts and architectures that nobody else uses. NX won't have that problem. $200 is possible, $250 is most likely, $300 is the absolute max. $350 isn't happening unless it has an expensive gimmick or Nintendo is completely stupid and goes for a large margin (they won't).
EG said September your right.
I'm still team October. Announcement of the reveal next week, reveal in 2 weeks.
Those systems have undergone price drops though.
Nintendo do their own thing, and power alone isn't an indicator of price. There are many examples of less powerful hardware costing more.
I also don't think direct comparisons can be made, especially if it's a hybrid. Look at the Wii U and pricing, that RRP didn't budge one bit, regardless of what the other consoles were doing.
I'm not saying it's the best route to take, just that Nintendo is stubborn and the pricing and spec of other consoles is irrelevant to them.
I also truly believe that like the cost of the Wii U gamepad (which played a massive part in the price of the Wii U), the NX will have some sort of technology or feature that means the cost of the item remains unusually high, regardless of the spec.
LoveCake
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Are parents (the chances own a PS4/X1) going to spend money on a Nintendo console though, when a cheap tablet can run all the F2P games or just spend the money on games for the children for their current console?
Are youngsters the wrong demographic for Nintendo, parents I would think would want one console that covers all bases and that will need to be the primary console.
I have had all the Nintendo consoles and still have most of them including my WiiU that I got at launch, but lesson has been leant now, I don't pre-order unless it's GTA or Forza game and I will be waiting to see when getting a new console I wait, I waited six months after release to get a PS4 and waited twelve months before getting a X1 and I only got a X1 because I was able to get one for half price (brand new due to the Game UK share offer).
If these rumors have any basis in truth then its going to be some time if ever that I get a NX, I have the money waiting now to buy a NX even at £400 I am lucky to be in that position, but I am going to wait and see and join the band-wagon like everyone else.
People wait to see what games are releasing, devs/pubs wait and see how many people are buying, devs/pubs don't release many games because not enough people are buying a NX, people don't buy a NX because not enough games are being released.
Isn't it nailed on that its a cartridge based system already though?
With any price of the NX will a external HDD need to be added into the equation as well like was the case with the WiiU?
With nothing actually said by Nintendo at this time a March 2017 release is seeming very optimistic indeed.
SpinningBirdKick
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The market the NX is targeting is Android gaming tablets not PS4 and Xbones.
If it launches at more than $200 it will be dead on arrival.
You don't capture the low end of the market with high end prices. If the $400 price point is true then Nintendo have failed to learn from their many missteps with the Wii U.
If it launches at more than $200 it will be dead on arrival.
You don't capture the low end of the market with high end prices. If the $400 price point is true then Nintendo have failed to learn from their many missteps with the Wii U.
Caffeine
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I remember just EG said sept. all the other leakers were after that and most of them said october. maybe it was supposed to be sept, and changed. will find out over the next 3 weeks if not I dont expect any announcement this year lol. I still doubt the targeted march release window lol.
Doesn't matter when those are the systems Nintendo is competing with. Look how Wii U failed when it competed with PS3 and X360.
Again, Nintendo is in a competitive environment and thus cannot randomly set prices if they want to succeed.
And you see how Wii U fared in the market. Price didn't go further down as Nintendo just gave it up completely.
You might be right about that. But that would just lead to their further demise. I'm somewhat optimistic that they learnt a lesson this generation. Maybe I'm too optimistic.
It's possible that Nintendo haven't revealed the official name to retailers as that would be the easiest thing to leak, but they have shown them mock-ups of the packaging with the codename as a placeholder.
JasonUresti
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I doubt anything in 2016 as well. Its so late in the year, the holiday madness is going to start soon, why announce something now only for people to forget about it during the Christmas crush?
NCL seems dead set on fooling themselves into thinking they are Apple, and can generate mainstream hype and big sales with a short reveal-launch campaign. I think thats way off the mark and has a good chance of blowing up on them. They have already guaranteed themselves huge amounts of disappointment and venom from their hardcore fans with the extended silence, and if they fail to make a splash and garner immediate strong mainstream interest they will leave little to no time to turn it around before launch.
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