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Who said anything about a new console? It's a platform that is to be integrated into hardware during the future; similar to the Miiverse. It could be something along the lines of an activity monitor that crosses all Nintendo hardware and collates the results with various feedback and goals.



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Metrium said:
All I know is that as a die hard nintendo fan for almost 20years, that QOL platform may be the thing that finally makes me drop support of Nintendo. If it's all about gimmick, all about casual and not enough about games for gamers and if it has once again 1/5th of the specs of it's competition I'm done with Nintendo.

And sadly I believe this will be the case.


I don't get it.

 

You are going to stop supporting because they are creating another business plataform?

Would you stop supporting SONY because they created Xperia or Vaio?



It will be like a Pokegear / PokeNav / Poketech / C-gear from the pokemon series.

In other words, it is like a smartphone, but with a cool design, that plays pokemon and you have an App to save your badges.

 

 

 

 

 

Ok, i have no idea, but this is gold i tell you.



Nintendo commented that it would supercede the existing wearable tech craze and leapfrog into non-wearable technology. Meaning technology that is available to you without carrying it around. They're talking about a gaming-type tech that is geared toward health that you don't wear. The only thing I can really think of is hospital and school equipment.



He-Man said:

I hope to incorporate it in my life! I wonder if it comes with better excercises than Wii Fit. I need to tone my muscles a little bit.


there are many ways you can do that now, you know. 



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chris_wing said:
Ka-pi96 said:
chris_wing said:

With Nintendo looking to set up a new third pillar in the Nintendo ecosystem to exist beside the Wii U & 3DS, like the DS was originaly with the Gamecude & Gameboy, what should we expect from the Nintendo QL?

I don't think the DS was ever supposed to coexist with the Gameboy, it was intended as the next gen replacement.

Not exactualy, it was said to be intended to coexist because Nintendo didn't want to risk destroting the Gameboy brand with the unproven DS brand, but you're right that it was truely ment to replace it.

All that "third pillar" stuff was pre damage control in case the DS bombed they could just say it was an experiment and never meant to take the place of Gameboy. They did something similiar with the Wii saying it wasn't really supposed to be direct competition with the PS3/360 in case it didn't do well.



It´s not a videogames machine.



I think it's some form of tablet.



I wish the OP's avatar was real. :L



By the incredibly limited amount of information I've read, it sounds like a general platform to manage key aspects of your life in a less formal way than the majority of apps and programs do. Think about health/education apps on your phone, integrated with a home console.

Taking health as an example (the easy one considering Wii Fit), I would guess they'd integrate your current devices (e.g. smartphone) to measure your general day to day activity and movement. You'd get home and startup the Wii U which would have all that fitness data accessible. Then you could attach the much forgotten "vitality sensor" to measure your vitals whilst you play some fitness games. Collate all the data and introduce new levels based on what needs improving, but keeping it light hearted "fun".

Could probably do the same for education, taking brain training to a whole new level, lol.

Anyway, all just speculation, and the 'non-wearables' thing is rather confusing unless they mean to surgically implant chips that integrate your day to day life with Nintendo software and games. Imagine playing Mario and jumping on virtual koombas on your commute to work... actually...