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For a console which we aren't supposed to know much about...we're definitely hearing a lot about it. 

 

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata touched on the company’s new gaming system, NX, during an interview with Japanese publication Nikkei. He suggested that the company’s plan is to surprise gamers, as simply expanding upon existing hardware makes things “dull.”

Iwata’s full words:

Yeah I'm not sure what to think about this. It's definitely sounding less and less like a "proper console" but obviously a long way to go yet. Hope the surprise is a positive one!

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Don't tease me Iwata. Now I have no idea if I should buy a WiiU or just wait for the NeXt console.



You know it deserves the GOTY.

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Just like how the Wii U will get a lot of 3rd-party games, am I right?



SURPRISE! No backward compatibility!

...at least that's what all this "not expanding on a existing hardware" sounds like to me



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PxlStorm said:
Just like how the Wii U will get a lot of 3rd-party games, am I right?

Now why did you have to start off this thread with a post like that



 

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Nintendomination is upon us.



Ka-pi96 said:
Sounds bad.

Don't want any surprises, don't want any gimmicks. Just give us a standard console with all the features people expect from consoles these days, great 3rd party support and plenty of good 1st party games. That's all you need to do Nintendo, please don't screw it up.

Agreed. There's still the dream that they'll do that but the more I hear without seeing anything concrete...



 

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"In some shape for form"...He is obviously confirming the rumors that the new console will include Sharp's free form display/is donut shaped.



Don't surprise me too much. Just give me a portable Wii U that can dock with a television and a steady slate of excellent games via a unified OS. I'm peachy!



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I don't really want to be surprised, I want to be impressed. We just need a good line if games with powerful hardware and features that the other consoles have that make then so popular.