Spyder_Monkey
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Because NX is the successor to both.
But he literally said it isn't.
Because NX is the successor to both.
There's no way they continue to make games for Wii U after NX comes out. I think what he's trying to say is that this is not the evolution of the Wii/Wii U business but a revolution to their hardware business and strategy.
He's just articulating it poorly.
Hardly anyone here wants to even consider something new. The Iwata quote about it not being condensed into one form but allowing for more than the current two forms keeps getting dragged out, but the same people who repeatedly trot that out just brush off the idea the idea of debuting with a third form, or the idea of a third form in general.
Pretty much, Wii U is dead the second NX lands on shelves. 3DS could live on for a while, especially considering its having an "I can't hold all these games!" year.There's no way they continue to make games for Wii U after NX comes out. I think what he's trying to say is that this is not the evolution of the Wii/Wii U business but a revolution to their hardware business and strategy.
He's just articulating it poorly.
See I agree with you but I think the situation is kind of different.No, he's articulating it exactly how they did with the DS.
It was bullshit then, and it's bullshit now.
Whoa
Nintendo struggled to support two "pillars" this gen. And now you want to add a third?
Who believes this? lol
Not that I disagree with you - at all, really! - but... what would it even be? I just can't think of anything that would make it different enough. If it's something that can support a port of Zelda Wii U, then it's going to be similar enough to the Wii U in terms of how games are played. Which means it's going to support console-style games.
It's hard to actually be different from something you're so heavily imitating.
At best, I think we can safely expect some sort of weird hybrid thing with the supplemental computing device patent supporting its "transformation" from a handheld into a console. Which is great, I'm in full support of that idea. But that's not "third form" material... Unless "third form" means "first form plus second form equals third form".
So, what is your idea for what it could be?
I think he means that the NX Platform won't be a simple follow-up to either system. Though the fact that he mentioned both does add fuel to the shared platform fire. But at the same time, Nintendo's Facebook post about the NX seemed pretty singular.
Also, wasn't this said during the financial briefing?
There's no way they continue to make games for Wii U after NX comes out. I think what he's trying to say is that this is not the evolution of the Wii/Wii U business but a revolution to their hardware business and strategy.
He's just articulating it poorly.
No, he's articulating it exactly how they did with the DS.
It was bullshit then, and it's bullshit now.
Does this quote convey any meaningful message, or am I just being dense?
I keep jumping around to different ideas, but I think they could be interested in offering a system that works on smart devices instead of just tvs. Take the bottom half of a shield portable and have it stream anywhere local, sell a snap on screen which on its own doubles as a cheap tablet in cooperation with Amazon if not regular android. Home hub is another idea although I'm not keen on the idea of having to plug in your portable and then switch to another controller.
Haha, I sure hope you're wrong, 'cause that sounds so incredibly unappealing to me it might result in me not even getting it.
An important observation, though, is that none of the patents back up what you're proposing here. While patents obviously aren't everything, at this point if it were something as radical as that, they'd probably have filed at least one patent that would back it up.
It's going to be based around a gimmick like their last three consoles and it's not going to change.
I won't give two shits until you reveal the damn thing.
What if NX is a phone app?
"[It] will enable fun and movement not seen before. I expect it to become a third pillar, next to GameCube and Game Boy."
-Satoru Iwata, Gamasutra (January 07, 2004) on the Nintendo DS
What if it's a phone?
This must be the fourth or fifth time either Kimishima or Iwata have said this lol.