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Rumor: Diddy Kong Racing 2 Is Apparently Being Developed For The NX?
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Any hint of where they took this from?
Finale Fireworker
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These prices are not adjusted for inflation at all, though. By today's standard the NES actually cost $500,000 USD.
Aaronrules380
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Given that the credentials they give are that he started a related rumor a year or so ago... no, not at all
Wow
No surprise if true, Iwata has been fairly candid about the direction for future hardware. Affordable, easy for mobile/indies to work with, shared architecture across handheld/console and some kind of Wii U integration.
It's not going to be $150 but it's not going to be $300+.
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Deleted member 125677
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sounds like bullshit from start to end
It's in most cases tight and often smelly.
clevbrowns94
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Yeah, so the NX is effectively a Wii U without a gamepad. Nothing could go wrong with that and I'm sure third party support will be insane (as in non-existent). I don't buy this.
Hibiki Kurosawa
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Eeeeh, I don't believe this. The justifications are the Diddy Kong trademark and no Retro Studios game announcement? That's pathetic.
TheSlySoul
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True, but Sony priced the PS4 perfectly after the high cost of PS3. You can make a pretty powerful console for $200 retail. Although if the rumor is true, it seems they are just going to make a portable Wii U. Plus inflation has to occur between SNES and Gamecube, but the price remained the same.
Bandwidth updates and an updated CPU (that isn't a total crapshoot) would allow 1080p/AA from the WiiU. It had a lot of pre-dev issues, problems with bandwidth, and the CPU is hamfisted carrying around BC on die and support for the pad rammed the price to the moon.
ninjablade
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Not surprising and it's what I expected from them.
wild wild rice
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Makes it sound like Wii U 2 is trying to compete with Ouya.
Aaronrules380
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Can we make MNN a banned site here? Seriously, they have about as much credibility as the kid who claims his uncle works at Nintendo
Spieler Eins
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Here's the original rumour:
https://kevincallahangames.wordpress.com/2014/07/09/the-strange-development-of-diddy-kong-racing-2/
Literally fanfiction, building some dumb narrative around a couple of facts known to most people following Nintendo products closely.
https://kevincallahangames.wordpress.com/2014/07/09/the-strange-development-of-diddy-kong-racing-2/
Literally fanfiction, building some dumb narrative around a couple of facts known to most people following Nintendo products closely.
DaSorcerer7
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Handheld.
Like i said, maybe this is the handheld?
I know, this guy said "low price to avoid PS4/X1 competition", but maybe he had second hand info and mixed up stuff a little bit.
Supermanisdead
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It's using the same wii u parts so all the canceled third party games can easily resume development. It's really quite genius.
LiveFromKyoto
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I like my Wii U enough that I would't mind NX being Nintendo's answer to the 32X, but it would't be enough to save them. That system's name is tarnished, they need to move forward, unfortunately.
Aaronrules380
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It's funny that anyone would ever believe a leaker who's posting with a full name ever. No legitimate leaker would ever do that, because if they did they'd be fired so fast and hard it's not even funny.
Karspankey
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$150 part sounded like BS, but it's totally believable if it's the same hardware as the WiiU. I'm excited for this now; if it's the same as the WiiU and can play all the games, I'll be buying one. I sold my WiiU after a few months of having it earlier this year. I'd welcome a new take on it.
TheSlySoul
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Yeah, if it is a portable Wii U the $150 price makes sense. Probably comes with a dock in which you can connect it for 1080p video.
Hopefully the OS is much better. Wonder how they will handle Splatoon BC?
Wishmaster92
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There is no way this is true, not when third parties are being positive about the new system. It always had to do with specs
Yea can see this price for the Handheld version of the NX but not the home console version. Expect that to be around $250.
New 3DS is more expensive than a Wii U though.
There is no reason they couldn't be "positive" about this, as their reactions are always "positive".
TheSlySoul
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Yeah, would be funny.
I expect it to be true, see all the meltdowns, see Reggie PR it out, then they announce that was the portable SKU and they have a console SKU for $250.
dancrane212
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Yeah I can't see the NX launching for more than the original price of the Wii.
He doesnt sound convinced about everything the original article had:
https://twitter.com/Doctor_Cupcakes/status/615495330247901185
GhostTrick
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This rumour could be credible if it's for the handheld form factor.
If it's for the home console ? They're done.
If it's for the home console ? They're done.
Cosmonaut X
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I see it's rumour time again 
Given that the only whispers we've heard have been about resolution for a handheld device screen, my bet is that NX is a handheld device of some sort, and that it's going to launch ahead of any Wii U successor (most likely the first platform to be part of what I expect to be Nintendo's shared architecture/ecosystem).
What it won't be is Wii U Mk 2 released as a home console.
Given that the only whispers we've heard have been about resolution for a handheld device screen, my bet is that NX is a handheld device of some sort, and that it's going to launch ahead of any Wii U successor (most likely the first platform to be part of what I expect to be Nintendo's shared architecture/ecosystem).
What it won't be is Wii U Mk 2 released as a home console.
The original source
https://kevincallahangames.wordpress.com/2015/06/29/exciting-times-coming-next-year/
https://kevincallahangames.wordpress.com/2015/06/29/exciting-times-coming-next-year/
Using Iwata's bananas as proof, oh God
A $149 price-point and hardware to match is fine, but Nintendo isn't going to drum up much third party support unless games can easily be ported to NX from PS4/XBO. So it would need to be somewhat equivalent in hardware architecture.
That is unless NX will be so different (like Wii and Wii U) that Nintendo will hope that third parties will invest in developing games exclusively for their system. But this is an incredibly risky prospect as proven with Wii U.
But then I don't think Nintendo considers third parties too much whilst designing their systems.
That is unless NX will be so different (like Wii and Wii U) that Nintendo will hope that third parties will invest in developing games exclusively for their system. But this is an incredibly risky prospect as proven with Wii U.
But then I don't think Nintendo considers third parties too much whilst designing their systems.
Finale Fireworker
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I see it's rumour time again
Given that the only whispers we've heard have been about resolution for a handheld device screen, my bet is that NX is a handheld device of some sort, and that it's going to launch ahead of any Wii U successor (most likely the first platform to be part of what I expect to be Nintendo's shared architecture/ecosystem).
What it won't be is Wii U Mk 2 released as a home console.
What whispers about resolution?
Megatron
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Which is probably the strongest indication that it could be real.
DaSorcerer7
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"More than what most think, less than what few think", or something like that.
My (personal) interpretation: 540p.
DeadlyBunny
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I agree with those who suspect the nx is a hand held. I have no problem with that, even if they stop development on the wiiu and 3ds... Just give me the ability to hook it up to a TV.
Architecture is irrelevant if it has engine support. Unless it has some bizarro micro-architecture like Cell/Xenon, it won't matter in this day and age as the ISA is nothing more than a superficial layer. x86 doesn't mean porting is easy.
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