3DS is a ~50 million platform with software that tops the charts in different regions. In the era of mobile devices no less. I'm not surprised that Nintendo wants to keep that thing going.
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Nintendo's new platform codename: "Project NX"
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Iwata said they're doing this specifically to sure up their console/handheld divisions. All the kids are growing up on angry birds and whatnot. Gotta get back in their hands while they're young, then push them to the Wii U and 3ds. He even set aside extra time to reiterate it.
Guys' please don't make too big a deal. Iwata specifically said the games will be using standard mobile controls, but they will be connected to the new account system by whatever the NX platform is.
SlipperyFishes
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I came to post this. Nintendo think a theme song will save them?Starship?
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Interesting, looks like they went silent for the last weeks/months to work this all out.
Not sure if I can be excited about the mobile angle in all of this, wait and see.
Not sure if I can be excited about the mobile angle in all of this, wait and see.
Because the Vita model is doing well?
They shouldn't drop the second screen on handheld at all. Also, the OS on N3DS is super fast.
Shuggananas
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There is a 100% chance their next handheld will be dual screen.
30yearsofhurt
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Xenoblades Chronicles NX as a launch title????
I sure hope so.
Yesterday we we're just hoping for an innocent Nintendo Direct to know more details about Splatoon and stuff. Today, Nintendo revealed the codename of it's new hardware and teams up with a mobile developer to create games on smarthphones.... Nintendo sure knows how to surprise us everytime!
We still need a Splatoon release date tho real talk
It's supposed to come out in like two months
GlamFM
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I would LOVE that!
Impossible at this point for Nintendo.
Especially as they said that it's to have a "brand new concept"
Milestoned
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Super fast? Coming from Vita and smartphones this thing feels like a blast from the past.
I'm expecting a gimmick, but a low-risk one that they can easily drop if it fails.
If it's a handheld, it's time to accept two screens are not a gimmick.
Alex_Mexico
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This is something I figured out years ago when I saw a 5 year old nephew of mine being a pro at Angry Birds with his dad's iPhone and not knowing who Mario was.
If you ask me, Nintendo took too damn long to make this change.
Lupin the Third
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I can't speak for the "crappy" but 'Utilizing a "brand-new concept."' sounds like there's something afoot.
davepoobond
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Yeah some sort of all of the above approach that works on Nintendo platforms and mobile and PC I can see happening.... But probably mostly for legacy titles at least to start
Sure why not? As long as it's powerful enough to emulate N64 and possibly run Gamecube games natively like the Wii U.
In term of quality and technological advancement?
Is this a joke?
The vita model is better at everything. (And model doesn't mean business model)
I don't know about 'super fast', it takes forever going into the setting menu.
I rarely use the store app, but I believe you can't play game while that addon is downloading since hitting home will pop up a warning about blah blah only one app blah blah.
I might be wrong since I haven't touch my 3DS in over a year.
block tower
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leave it to Nintendo to announce something with such vagueness that no one knows what is. why am i getting déjà vu..
timetokill
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The "X" will be a symbol for the connection between console, handheld, and other Nintendo applications, including lifestyle and health.
So if I get this right at the moment:
- New handheld hardware mentioned - NX is either it's (code)name / the name of the platform
- DeNa & Nintendo making games that are cross compatibel with android/NX/WiiU/PC
- New games, no ports
- One unified account across all these devices
- Plan is to release multiple games per year for NX platform (this cross compatible platform)
- Nintendo will still release "normal" first party titles that are exlusive to it's own platform
- New handheld hardware mentioned - NX is either it's (code)name / the name of the platform
- DeNa & Nintendo making games that are cross compatibel with android/NX/WiiU/PC
- New games, no ports
- One unified account across all these devices
- Plan is to release multiple games per year for NX platform (this cross compatible platform)
- Nintendo will still release "normal" first party titles that are exlusive to it's own platform
Spieler Eins
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Not surprising. Next step, Twilight Princess that Zelda U
and probably more.
Lupin the Third
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Did they say this? Iwata made it pretty clear they wouldn't directly port anything from Wii U ir 3DS to iOS/Android. What exactly did they say about this?
EDIT: Also, as jonno394 pointed out, yeah they never said it was handheld hardware. I think everyone automatically assumes that because 3DS is getting older, but that was definitely not stated.
Being revealed next year, presumably for launch the following year. That puts it 5 years after Wii U and 6 years after 3DS. Standard Nintendo lifespan for a console
Never stated it was handheld
They could pull a PS4/X1 and release it the same year it's announced.
New IP - no ports. All within this NX platform. They see it as "not just nintendo games on mobile" but "a new platform / business direction they will create together"
True. System.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Videogames arent a cheap hobby. Never was.
FrozenCell
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please don't be underpowered again
Compared to plenty of other hobbies, videogames are pretty cheap.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Release a console comparable to or better than PS4 at a lower price next year and you'll have my attention.
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