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[Neoxon]

Given the speculation based on the patents, that would seem to be the case. Also, extra controllers improve processing power of the console. And placement of haptic buttons wherever you want.

On topic, if it's a real leak (IF), it doesn't necessarily mean it's the final form factor.
Here's an actual early prototype of the Wii U Gamepad:

Nintendo also changed the 3DS style slide sticks to actual analog sticks before release. So anything can happen between now and reveal/release.

But they had a year to make that change. If Trev's source is to be believed, we're getting at least one of the NX devices this year.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

This shit has me so nervous.

 

[Brinbe]

Those buttons make no sense

 

[chrisPjelly]

 

[reelbigtink]

I'm so disheartened by the negative reaction to this. Like I said before, I enjoy the "newness" of this, fake or not. Nintendo don't have many other options here. A true hardcore traditional game machine would flop because those gamers already have Playstations and Xboxes. This (again, if real) is a blend of two worlds and looks very versatile.

Also I'm sure there will be a peripheral that'll give folks real buttons. The virtual buttons aren't an issue at all for me personally.

 

[ultrazilla]

What does it say above the little clock thing at the top? Is the clock thing supposed to be how much battery you have?

Popular opinion is frames per second. I'm going with that or a build number for the controller or tech demo.

 

[FZZ]

ok dis hard

 

[jblank83]

But they had a year to make that change. If Trev's source is to be believed, we're getting at least one of the NX devices this year.

This year ends in almost 10 months.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

So if this thing were real, what does that mean for the NX? It's going to ship with two controllers, this thing and a "classic" controller?

 

[random25]

Now it all makes sense from a business perspective.

 

[WhateverItTakes]

Looks so fake guys c'mon.

 

[Escalario]

Nintendo would get Vita's audience in a heartbeat.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

He's the dude who posted the image on Reddit's NX board. The media just picked it up. Seems to speak in broken english.

He's a Dev.

She's a Dev

I'm a dev.

We're all devs HEY.

 

[Oersted]

You see it now?

I actually think thats also ET in the left corner, next to the stick.

 

[RootCause]

Thread is gonna be funny to read back on when E3 comes around.

True! I might end up eating some crow too. I'm sure it'll taste good with ketchup. :3

 

[BDGAME]

You nail it! Hehehe

 

[Tempy]

NX 3rd party anime games confirmed!

 

[jax]

You see it now?

No

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

it's literally a carbon copy of the patent image and therefore it is fake. No way Nintendo would put the final destiny of the NX in a patent filing.

 

[BennyBlanco]

please be fake please be fake please be fake please be fake please be fake please be fake please be fake please be fake please be fake please be fake please be fake please be fake please be fake please be fake please be fake


ps3ud0 8)

 

[serenewarfare]

This year ends in almost 10 months.

Device manufacturing would start in four months or so at the latest. There's really not much time to change things that drastically.

 

[Neoxon]

So if this thing were real, what does that mean for the NX? It's going to ship with two controllers, this thing and a "classic" controller?

Or an attachment for the controller &/or handheld itself that adds more traditional buttons.

 

[KingJ2002]

Looks like a prototype... but a touch screen controller shouldn't be too farfetched. Haptic feedback could allivaite the lack of buttons... plus allow developers to change the control scheme to whatever they feel like.

 

[maxcriden]

Doubt it's fake. Why would someone spend the time and money to make a real looking controller just to troll peole?

With that being said, I hope it is fake. Looks awful, although it could be a dev kit unit and the retail version will look different.

Same reason we are any manufactured leak. People do it for the lulz.

 

[Skiesofwonder]

For a second let us assume this is real. So any guesses on what game is displayed? I see a guy in a hood, but it seems like a really odd camera angle, even for a first-person game.

 

[Maxey]

Christ, this thread is going so fast I can't keep up.

 

[ChaoticBlue]

Now it all makes sense from a business perspective.

with haptic feedback.

 

[FinalStageBoss]

Wtf Nintendo lol

 

[Servbot24]

If that were real I think I would officially be done with Nintendo. Thankfully it's not real.

 

[Malus]

If true: Nintendo please just give up already...Just copy the DS4, you can't get any better.

Nah give me the Wiimote and Nunchuk plus a hologram screen.

 

[Draper]

Those are balls.

 

[Kintaro]

Reactions to this (fake) are interesting. Seems a lot of people just want more of the same shit, just new. I shouldn't be surprised I guess.

As always with NX, I'll wait patiently for official unveiling.

 

[jax]

If that were real I think I would officially be done with Nintendo. Thankfully it's not real.

It's real and you'll love it.

 

[inner-G]

At first, I was like 'no way, that controller looks terrible', but now I can see this could be utilized innovatively in various genres of software.

 

[ZarKryn7]

Doesnt Iook real to me.

 

[HUELEN10]

If true: Nintendo please just give up already...Just copy the DS4, you can't get any better.

We've got a comedian in the house gals!

Also, I got a cleaner shot.

 

[MaximumSpider]

Man, if this thing turns out to be the actual controller...

 

[ManeKast]

I bet you can pet Nintendogs with it.

 

[maxcriden]

Any update since the OP as to the veracity of this?

 

[alr1ght]

Whatever new screen technology this is using will be usurped by the phone market months after this gets released. I guess they will at least be ahead for a month or two, unlike the gamepad screen which was years behind when it released.

 

[Last_colossi]

I don't know if anyone has already noticed but there seems to be 3 buttons besides the B button.

This still doesn't change the fact that I am TeamFake.

 

[TheLastCandle]

I have a hard time believing this is real just because they already did the whole screen in the middle of a controller thing.

Unless it's a handheld.

Either way, looks fake.

 

[Pancake Mix]

So, if this true, we went from Iwata announcing NX at the press conference with DeNA on 17/3/2015, and no leak until exactly one year after (or one year one day Japan time perhaps). That is astonishing.

 

[brandonh83]

If that were real I think I would officially be done with Nintendo. Thankfully it's not real.

If the controller were a fucking rubix cube I'd probably still buy it for Zelda. Though I'm not sure how you'd play Zelda with a rubix cube. Might be cool for puzzle solving though I guess

 

[diaspora]

If true: Nintendo please just give up already...Just copy the DS4, you can't get any better.

??? They already did better with the Pro Controller.

 

[Malus]

But they had a year to make that change. If Trev's source is to be believed, we're getting at least one of the NX devices this year.

Would it really take much time to change something like that? So long as they haven't begun mass producing it yet.

 

[30yearsofhurt]

It has to be fake.
I want it to be real for all the lulz but really...

 

[SinCityAssassin]

TO BE CLEAR. I'm in the state of mine where I can consider freeform screens possible on an NX controller. or in general on the NX.

But it won't look like that picture.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

I don't know if anyone has already noticed but there seems to be 3 buttons besides the B button.

This still doesn't change the fact that I am TeamFake.

Yes, those buttons can be placed anywhere. The button icon will also change depending on the game, so it could display weapon swap icon or jump icon.

 

[Azelover]

What a ridiculous"innovation".

I'll reserve judgement. Hopefully there's something else we're not seeing. Maybe a new sensor? More forms of interface?

I sure hope so, because just taking buttons away is pathetic.