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HintHRO on 28 July 2015

The fact that DQXI is also coming to 3DS is still making it a mystery what type of console NX is.



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Mr.Playstation on 28 July 2015

In my opinion it further fuels the multi device fusion idea since if Nintendo are so close to releasing a successor to both their handheld and console lineup, the guys behind DQXI would have said that they are planning on releasing the game on two future Nintendo consoles.



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RingoGaSuki on 28 July 2015

So long Wii U, we hardly knew ye'.

This doesn't completely discount it being a handheld though. What happens if it launches on 3DS and it's successor? With GBA and DS we had many cross-gen titles.



97alexk on 28 July 2015
setsunatenshi said:
97alexk said:

That actually doesnt mean anything, the fusion idea is that it can be a handheld and a home console. Wich is like in ONE package, developing for the NX maybe makes you develop only one version wich can be utilised by the handheld and the home console, like same architecture


how can a single game be developed in such a way that will play on (for example) x86 architecture and using the same assets for a handheld?

that makes literally no sense, I can't understand this 'fusion' concept people feel so strong for.

I can imagine a vita game running on ps4 (more powerful hardware), but how could Metal Gear V play both on ps4 and then on a handheld as well? unless we're talking streaming but that's nothing new or even what people seem to be talking about this 'fusion'

Its like the same way you stream games to the gamepad, the handheld device maybe wont feature discs themself or cards like 3DS, but more sort of a streaming device or a saving device, you save the home console games on the unified architecture and when you want to take the buss somewhere you can take out the handheld device and continue to play it, its not streaming because then you need some conenction to the home base console but all games and save points are saved onto the handheld. Like i said a unified system



Dr.Vita on 28 July 2015

Nothing has been proven!
NX could still be a handheld... NX could still be a fusion device... NX could still be a home console...
Dragon Quest XI is cross-gen, we have seen this already with Dragon Quest Heroes on PS3/PS4.




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setsunatenshi on 28 July 2015
97alexk said:
setsunatenshi said:
97alexk said:

That actually doesnt mean anything, the fusion idea is that it can be a handheld and a home console. Wich is like in ONE package, developing for the NX maybe makes you develop only one version wich can be utilised by the handheld and the home console, like same architecture


how can a single game be developed in such a way that will play on (for example) x86 architecture and using the same assets for a handheld?

that makes literally no sense, I can't understand this 'fusion' concept people feel so strong for.

I can imagine a vita game running on ps4 (more powerful hardware), but how could Metal Gear V play both on ps4 and then on a handheld as well? unless we're talking streaming but that's nothing new or even what people seem to be talking about this 'fusion'

Its like the same way you stream games to the gamepad, the handheld device maybe wont feature discs themself or cards like 3DS, but more sort of a streaming device or a saving device, you save the home console games on the unified architecture and when you want to take the buss somewhere you can take out the handheld device and continue to play it, its not streaming because then you need some conenction to the home base console but all games and save points are saved onto the handheld. Like i said a unified system


I don't understand what you're saying exactly. You're saying it's streaming but it's not streaming? You can play the game that is installed on the home console in your handheld?

Can you give me an example of how you see it working in real world? I'm honestly asking, not being facetious.



Ruler on 28 July 2015

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97alexk on 28 July 2015
setsunatenshi said:
97alexk said:
setsunatenshi said:
97alexk said:

That actually doesnt mean anything, the fusion idea is that it can be a handheld and a home console. Wich is like in ONE package, developing for the NX maybe makes you develop only one version wich can be utilised by the handheld and the home console, like same architecture


how can a single game be developed in such a way that will play on (for example) x86 architecture and using the same assets for a handheld?

that makes literally no sense, I can't understand this 'fusion' concept people feel so strong for.

I can imagine a vita game running on ps4 (more powerful hardware), but how could Metal Gear V play both on ps4 and then on a handheld as well? unless we're talking streaming but that's nothing new or even what people seem to be talking about this 'fusion'

Its like the same way you stream games to the gamepad, the handheld device maybe wont feature discs themself or cards like 3DS, but more sort of a streaming device or a saving device, you save the home console games on the unified architecture and when you want to take the buss somewhere you can take out the handheld device and continue to play it, its not streaming because then you need some conenction to the home base console but all games and save points are saved onto the handheld. Like i said a unified system


I don't understand what you're saying exactly. You're saying it's streaming but it's not streaming? You can play the game that is installed on the home console in your handheld?

Can you give me an example of how you see it working in real world? I'm honestly asking, not being facetious.

ok this is all prediction, but its not streaming. WHat i mean is , that the handheld and the home console are unified, they are like one thing. Im not entirely sure how that would work , but it could work. When you pop in a game disc in your NX homeconsole it also gets installed on the handheld via digital. Its like cross-buy this gen, if you buy the Wii U version you get the 3DS version for free or vice versa, thats an example. For people who dont like to buy it digital they have to had buy the game disc  for the home console anyway so it still has the value of a physical copy,. So thats how i imagine it working



JEMC on 28 July 2015

The DQ XI reveal only tells us that NX won't have backwards compatibility with 3DS.

Beyond that, we still don't know if NX will be another handheld (but incompatible with 3DS software, which seems unlikely), a home console or an hybrid console.



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Cobretti2 on 28 July 2015

All we know it is potentially coming to nx.

A case of premature..