Soundwave said:
They said it was a dedicated game platform. Doesn't matter if its handheld or home console, games still take 18-24 months of development time, launch titles sometimes require even more than because the developers need a longer planning period to figure out how to properly utilize new hardware. 3DS development basically shut down Wii development after 2010, the only really big thing Nintendo released after that was Skyward Sword, all their dev teams shifted to 3DS development. Same thing with GameCube development, they had one Zelda game in development but after 2004, all of the other core EAD teams, Retro Studios, Intelligent Systems etc. stopped GameCube development to focus on the DS/Wii launches. EAD Tokyo as a new studio had DK Jungle Beat, but that was more like a experimental title I think designed to get the studio on its feet. |
Using this "common sense and knowing how Nintendo operates ", everything points to a handheld, since 3ds releases already slowed down but wii u's didn't. it makes perfect sense for the nx to be 3ds successor arriving in 2016.
