I'm worried about they turning all the art style to super deformed because it's more easy on the small screen.
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WSJ: NX will be "compatible with" Nintendo's Mobile games, is handheld/console hybrid
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Silent_Ocarina
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Yeah, a hybrid was never going to exceed what is capable of a device that is specifically designed to be one or the other. That's one of the drawbacks of a hybrid. I'm pretty intrigued on how Nintendo will handle this.
Necron
Member
NX: The Schrödinger's cat of consoles...
NintenGo
"Get up NGO"
ShockingAlberto
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WiiRevolution1
Member
I was really worried I'd miss out on Nintendo games since I don't have a mobile device, so this will please me greatly if true. And I do believe WSJ is trustworthy.
Truly, all Nintendo games in one system. Thankyou Nintendo!
Truly, all Nintendo games in one system. Thankyou Nintendo!
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
It actually makes complete sense for Nintendo to host their mobile games on their own mobile platform to avoid the rather costly 30% fee they have to pay on every transaction on Android and iPhone
zeioIIDX
Member
Oh God. Just give us a system where you pop in a game, it boots, and you play it. I really could go for that as opposed to all this overly connected stuff these days with accounts and apps and updates and patches and this and that. Of course in this age, it's a given that the system will need to be connected to the internet for game downloads and updates but I kinda dislike having to take 15 minutes to setup a console the first time I turn it on and having to sit through software updates every few days/weeks when I try to launch a game. Yes, it's a useful-ass feature but still. I thought Nintendo were gonna go simple this time (that was just my feeling) after the Wii and Wii U but apparently not. They've got some radical design again. I mean...I will say this though: I've owned every single Nintendo console apart from the Virtual Boy (which I rented from Blockbuster) but I think it's always been the games that reel me in except in the case of the Wii and DS. Those I had to have initially because of the motion controls and touch screen interfaces.
Mr. Pointy
Member
I'm curious and open to seeing the final thing and letting Nintendo sell the console to me during their reveal... but all these rumors are killing my hype.
... I'm not sure I get this comment, but ignoring the Android/iPhone market would destroy that mobile platform before it started.
... I'm not sure I get this comment, but ignoring the Android/iPhone market would destroy that mobile platform before it started.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
They're more or less said it's a supplement to the core series, so yeah, it's definitely not going to be "Newer Leaf" or whatever.
I'm not gonna say there's no way, but... There's no way.
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
Huh? What's not to understand? They wouldn't be ignoring it, the games would still be available on both of those platforms.
Right now, if someone buys 100 PokéCoins for a $1 in Pokémon Go, then 30 cents of that instantly goes to Apple/Google. But if people buy those coins on Nintendo's platform instead, they keep the entire amount
LukasTaves
Member
I think I'm missing something, because I thought this was known since last year? That Nx would be a development platform and network spamming Nintendo hardware, pc and mobile.
Or is the news here the fact that Nx will have the mobile sensors/connectivity to make every single mobile game possible on their handhenld?
Or is the news here the fact that Nx will have the mobile sensors/connectivity to make every single mobile game possible on their handhenld?
Chezzymann
Member
Vita already had this right? Wouldn't be too big of a stretch
chillybright
Banned
Does this mean it will have data plan?
MR ARCADE FOREVER
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SinCityAssassin
Member
It's less news and more a reiteration that NX can work with Nintendo's mobile games. but in a more direct manner than some would think (ala solely through the Nintendo Account and MyNintendo).
I think you mean ALONG with.
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
I thought that was obvious given we're talking "mobile" games. If they were only on the NX, they'd just be games...
anothertech
Member
So at this point, NX is literally a gaming iPhone with removable controllers on the sides, that can stream content to the tv. Interesting.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I specifically said there's a good probability it won't.
But after Pokemon Go, the heat is on Nintendo mobile gaming (whether deserved or not), so it's good that it's being integrated into their dedicated hardware too.
It means mobile isn't an alternative to their dedicated gaming, but an extension of it.
Ouya was an overclocked mid gen smartphone trying to pass as a home console. This is nothing like that.
SinCityAssassin
Member
To avoid the fee is to not be on those platforms at all, is what your post inferred.
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
That is not what it inferred at all, for the stated reason. If they "hosted their own mobile games" on the NX, they would no longer be mobile games. It'd be a pointless thing to argue, because "mobile" games would cease to exist in that scenario. I would instead have made the argument that Nintendo should stop making mobile games entirely, which would be equally dumb, but for a different reason.
What I was simply saying was that its to Nintendo's benefit if someone were to play a mobile game on the NX INSTEAD of on iPhone or Android, as the 30% fee would then be avoided
SporeCrawler
Member
also ouya did not have decent exclusive software.
more like .0001%
NeonZ
Member
They'll already have the engine and know-how for a large open world game like that though. It'd be weird to drop it all. Especially considering something like Zelda, where the classic style games sell less than the 3d-style ones. Pokemon has finally dropped the classic 2d based overhead view too, going with a more variable 3d camera and better proportioned models, and that's for a 3ds game. I can't see the NX being all about 2d and overhead view games.
Will still be better than Amiibo Festival
Zelda : Breath of the Wild SD version would be interesting.
spazimoose
Member
For Pokemon Go to work you need GPS and Data. The vita had GPS and 3G data. I dont think nintendo would fragment their market by having a wifi only variant. Would it be possible for all NX units to include 3/4G modem? Cost have gone down significantly since the vita released and if nintendo uses a modified Shield tablet board it may already have the modem.
gunstarhero
Member
This would be (in theory) a HUGE incentive for 3rd parties to develop for NX. They could develop a "mobile/nx compatible" game and reap the benefits from both avenues.
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
I doubt it; it wasn't successful at all with the PSP. There's almost no way Nintnedo's going to saddle the NX with a hardware component that adds extra cost and drains battery if only a small amount of people would use it.
The NX could just tether to your phone: same effect without the added cost to the system (and their data plans--at least for some people)
Just share internet from your cellphone to the handheld.
Will still be better than Amiibo Festival
Zelda : Breath of the Wild SD version would be interesting.
LegendofLex
Member
It's a handheld that can provide two standalone controllers for a single unit and will apparently be capable of running Breath of the Wild, a game that definitely didn't begin and won't finish its life as a mobile-first game.
I'd say all preconceptions are off the table.
spazimoose
Member
Id argue that hardware has come a long way since the psp and even the vita. Mobile tech has come a long way. I dont think a 3/4g modem would add that much cost. Smartphone production has driven down costs tremendously.
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
Even a component that's only a few bucks adds up when you're producing millions of units. I don't think Nintendo would deem it worthwhile to add when it's something a minority of the userbase would use (unless they somehow arranged a deal where it's free to use, which I would seriously doubt)
Edit: Actually...in thinking about this more, I could see it maybe being added if Nintendo used it to allow you free access to their eShop and/or in-game purchases. Because it occurred to me that if the NX actually does support mobile games, they'd probably want an easy way for this in-app purchases to work. So I'm changing my stance to "maybe"
wesleyshark
Banned
The more I hear about this console/handheld, the more interested I become.
HandsomeCharles
Member
That is correct. It is also for the same reason that they as a company are so reluctant to abandon Hardware, as well as pushing people towards eShop purchases. They cut out retailers/publishers/platform holders and stand to gain more money.
To be clear though, in the scenario the leak proposes, Mobile games would be available on Android, iOS and NX.
Woah woah woah, don't talk about Soul Fjord like that!
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
Mario Kart NX
100 Red Shells = $1.00
I can see it now...
100 Red Shells = $1.00
I can see it now...
chillybright
Banned
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I was wondering how it run mobile games without ubiquitous connection. A lot of tablets have models with mobile plan so I wonder if this is the case given the rumor is true.
Affeinvasion
Member
What are the odds that the NX has a closed off android store front akin to the Amazon app store?
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
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Agent Unknown
Member
Will there ever be another traditional dedicated home TV console from Nintendo again?
Super Famicom reveal, 1988.
This is seriously awesome, the historic scans and pictures you post are always so interesting. Wow, to think they were revealing it in '88 while over in the U.S. we had no idea and thought the NES was it.