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Report: NX Handheld Dimensions, Layout Info, Lack of Region Lock
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If we did that, we can almost close all the topics
Calm Mind
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That would shut down NeoGAF.
JStein0222
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What difference does it make what you call it? It's a console that you can take on the go, it's a handheld that you can dock at home.
I personally think you could totally call it a hybrid exactly because its capabilities extend equally across home and handheld spaces. A 'base station for additional power' makes it seem like a console with a downgraded on-the-go experience, when I think the point will probably be that it's the same experience made to adhere to different circumstances and situations.
You could do that, but the games you play will still be design for a handheld (or, more specifically in your situation, a phone). So you can't really play on your phone the same way you play on your PS4. The NX is supposed to fill that gap. That's it.
It seems like a very small advantage but I bet there's more to it than that. We'll see in
Well then, 4chan it is!
It doesn't matter. But when looking at 3ds in years. It's the first one that would be replaced.
Because of wiiu, they could use the nx for a time to fill this gap.
But i just still thinknwith ps5, they would come with a nrw console too. They have too if they want 3rd party support
I'm not buying it. Would be pleasantly surprised if the reveal date is announced on the 6th though.
A fellow gaffer said they were reliable and I have great faith in the people of this message board.
So no, I'm not buying into it. But I'm excited anyways.
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Rösti
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In my opinion, if the announcement is to happen before Tokyo Game Show 2016, September 6 is really the last day for Nintendo if they do not want NX news to be potentially buried in the flood of PlayStation 4 Neo news that likely will emerge between September 7-13.
But I don't know about a surprise Nintendo Direct.
So what you're saying is that they will announce it... now! *panics*
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Rösti
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Is the PlayStation Meeting 2016 no longer on September 7?
Rösti;215823142 said:
IF Nintendo were to do Sept. 6, they would need to announce plans on/by Sept. 5 (a holiday in the US), to notify people that the Direct will take place. A surprise Direct makes no sense. Limits the amount of people who will watch, and it's not a good marketing strategy.
Sounds good to me!
What would be a good time for the NX reveal?
After PlayStation meeting - The NX will naturally be compared to whatever Sony's doing
Near PlayStation meeting - The NX will be drowned out by PlayStation buzz
Before PlayStation meeting - Nintendo will have to invent time travel
After PlayStation meeting - The NX will naturally be compared to whatever Sony's doing
Near PlayStation meeting - The NX will be drowned out by PlayStation buzz
Before PlayStation meeting - Nintendo will have to invent time travel
It's not gonna happen lol.
To the surprise of no one, sadly.
Rösti;215823142 said:
The other option is they might split the content between a surprise Nintendo direct and a press event 2-3 weeks later.
They have a ton of stuff to cover, probably more than Nintendo would like to show in one event since it'd have to be a Sony-length 2 hour press conference if they did it that way.
I believe 9/11 is the best day.
September 13 [Super Mario Birthday]
James Scott
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Tried seeing how 3DS games could work on NX if they want to show it full all of it. Here is a pic of the OG 3DS size on the Wii U gamepad (it's a bit smaller than the NX's rumored size)
Someone on gaf made this resolution comparison pic:
It can more than fit on the NX's resolution, but it would be very tiny at native res, maybe a VC release could be the 2-3x resolution?
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
The anniversary of Super Mario Maker's release day? I agree.
Before TGS seems like the best strategy if there are devs showing off NX games at the show. There is no way they'd announce it in two or three days from now.
Then again it's Nintendo.
TyMiles2012
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Realistically, 9/11 is on a Sunday. All of Nintendo will likely be closed.
OmegaSmash
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Seeing the OPs mock up, I have a hard time seeing any third party using the local controller option.
Awful Falafel
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Let's see if it even has BC before we worry about it. All signs point to no though.
This is a thing?? Why would anyone believe something anyone could conjure up....wait
James Scott
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I'm talking about VC assuming it has no BC. It'll still need to do this if they manage to get 3DS games to work natively somehow.
Maybe the dock is for connecting the supplemental processing device, and the NX has to be docked as well to combine power!
EdReedFan20
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Seeing as the control interface can be removed, I wonder if it's easy enough to sell alternate control schemes. The default would be the sticks at the top, an alternate would be symmetrical sticks on the bottom (a la PlayStation), and another would be asymmetrical sticks (a la XBOX). If Nintendo wouldn't do it, I could see third-party companies doing so. The NX has the rare opportunity for something like this to work, as the face buttons and stick placement are not permanently fused to the controller like they are with almost any other controller.
The 3DS resolution is 400x240 for the top screen and 320 x 240 for the bottom screen. A 720p display is 1280x720.
So, the top screen could easily play in native resolution scaled 3x, with each pixel as nine pixels - 1200x720. Or both screens could be shown next to each other as on Wii U's DS VC. 2x scaled top screen is 800+320=1120 pixels horizontally, or 2x scaled bottom screen is 400+640=1040 pixels horizontally.
A theoretical 3DS Virtual Console would be fine
Rösti;215823142 said:
September 6 would be absolutely awful with Nintendo receiving attention for only a single day before everyone is already paying attention to the next thing.
If they want to reveal prior to TGS, September 12-13 would be a much better choice. There'd be enough days between Sony's and Nintendo's announcements that Nintendo wouldn't have to fear to get absolutely drowned away. They might have still to compete with some Neo news, but all of the big announcements will already have happened.
I generally don't think that Nintendo is in a hurry to reveal NX before TGS starts, though.
Edit: I actually forgot about Sony's Pre TGS conference. When talking about the Japanese market, I'd think that Nintendo is in a better position than Sony, though, so I don't think that would be a huge deal. Less of a problem than competing with E3 conferences.
The width may be measured with all the controllers, so that may be the max.
My mistake, the max 6GB was referring to a 64-bit bus.
Parker uses a 128-bit bus and, if Nintendo wants that 50GB/s bandwidth, they have to stick to the 128-bit bus.
All of this speculation about the NX reveal date reminds me of how people were discussing Nintendo's position before e3. Remember how that went?
Nintendo is showing up with one game, they're dead in the water, all eyes will be on Sony and Microsoft and no one will remember what Nintendo brought to e3...
Everyone doesn't care about the Neo as much as people like to hope they do. Most of the people interested already own a PS4 and it's not like Sony will show off something amazing that has never been seen before.
Even the PSVR is right around the corner and it seems like Sony is just soft launching the device. Yes their event is coming up in a few days but it doesn't seem like a very hyped Sony product after seeing what they did for PS4. It feels more like how they treated the Vita!
Nintendo is showing up with one game, they're dead in the water, all eyes will be on Sony and Microsoft and no one will remember what Nintendo brought to e3...
Everyone doesn't care about the Neo as much as people like to hope they do. Most of the people interested already own a PS4 and it's not like Sony will show off something amazing that has never been seen before.
Even the PSVR is right around the corner and it seems like Sony is just soft launching the device. Yes their event is coming up in a few days but it doesn't seem like a very hyped Sony product after seeing what they did for PS4. It feels more like how they treated the Vita!
I really don't know what I should think about the whole 6th September thing. Of course a surprise direct just doesn't make any kind of logical sense.
On the other hand I know 10do.de for years and well they might be a small hobby nintendo side, they wouldn't joke about such a thing. Also they've get always invited for all kinds of Nintendo press events in Germany and should definitively know people at Nintendo Europe.
So I kinda believe that they have heard something. Just it doesn't makes sense. I can only imagine they misunderstood their source and they put out a direct announcement video for the 6th. That would be more believable. Anyway I'm just suspicious and don't trust anything at the moment.
On the other hand I know 10do.de for years and well they might be a small hobby nintendo side, they wouldn't joke about such a thing. Also they've get always invited for all kinds of Nintendo press events in Germany and should definitively know people at Nintendo Europe.
So I kinda believe that they have heard something. Just it doesn't makes sense. I can only imagine they misunderstood their source and they put out a direct announcement video for the 6th. That would be more believable. Anyway I'm just suspicious and don't trust anything at the moment.
Here is how I see NX reveal timeline will happen
Nintendo tend to announce stuff in a Tuesday
September 6th Tuesday
- Teaser trailer annkuncement if NX reveal Nintendo Direct Date
- Takes some hype away from PS4 event on the following day, maybe even to ensure people hold off on preorders
- Getting a but leaky lately so it's best Nintendo announce this ASAP
September 13th Tuesday
- Nintendo Direct of the NX Reveal
- A full week to build hype since the teaser announcement
- Hands on with invited press after Direct
- This is the same date as the rekease of the original Super Mario Bros so perhaps a Mario game announcement to go along with NX
September 15th TGS
- More NX games revealed by Japanese 3rd party devs
- Public hands on demos kn show floor
Nintendo tend to announce stuff in a Tuesday
September 6th Tuesday
- Teaser trailer annkuncement if NX reveal Nintendo Direct Date
- Takes some hype away from PS4 event on the following day, maybe even to ensure people hold off on preorders
- Getting a but leaky lately so it's best Nintendo announce this ASAP
September 13th Tuesday
- Nintendo Direct of the NX Reveal
- A full week to build hype since the teaser announcement
- Hands on with invited press after Direct
- This is the same date as the rekease of the original Super Mario Bros so perhaps a Mario game announcement to go along with NX
September 15th TGS
- More NX games revealed by Japanese 3rd party devs
- Public hands on demos kn show floor
Skittzo0413
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I could definitely see the 6th as a teaser date. Maybe they even announce the name, maybe in a video similar to the Mega64 pre-E3 video.
No idea about the veracity of that September 6th report though.
That makes two gaffers sticking up for the potential validity of the rumor. THIS CASE IS PICKING UP STEAM.
Wouldn't this be most logical if they want to release NX in March next year? I feel that if they wait to long then the rest of the year will be all about PSVR and PSNeo
The original width is wrong.
I'd believe it if, it was something like a Mega 64 video Digital Event announcement but then the reveal would probably be a fortnight away which puts it at September 20th...
That was speculation, what will probably happen is nothing and then you get to watch the PS4 Neo reveal the following day while you wait for an NX reveal date.
Good luck getting PSO2 on anything at all. :v
Also I'm hoping they do something really soon about this. The 6th would be the perfect date for a teaser.
Roto Prime
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Mii too, local co-op too, too, too. OMG just like the good old days of the GC with PSO 4 player offline mode <3
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