New Nintendo Platform Teased at Conference, "NX"

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superchunk said:

Soundwave said:

It's going to be a fun E3 for Iwata and Reggie. 

Now here is the demo for Zelda U? Questions?

Reporter: Can you tell more about the NX? 

Now we will show you Amiibo functionality for Splatoon ...

Reporter: What about the NX? Is it a console or a handheld? 

Please enjoy this demonstration of Mario Maker.

Reporter: Could Mario Maker be on NX? When will you release NX? 

 

Talk about having a giant elephant in the room. 

1) rest of year games for 3DS and ZeldaU... zeldaU alone wins E3.
2) QoL discussions as that has been going on a lot longer than NX and is definitely ready to be shown off.
3) Other 3rd party / indie games plus new features / apps for both current consoles.
4) New loyalty program that replaces Club Nintendo

That right there is a lot of stuff for a quality E3.

NX won't be shown in 2015.

Nintendo "won" E3 last year too. And then proceeded to come in a distant third in fall sales. 

So "winning" E3 is something that gets a niche sliver of certain fanbases excited, it's not really that big of a deal. 

I was just speaking more about the press coverage, now that they've name dropped NX, they're going to be hounded by the press for details on that constantly. 

It's like telling a kid he can eat anything he wants ... anything ... so long as it isn't pizza. The first thing he/she is going to ask for is pizza, even if they were perfectly content with hamburgers or hot dogs just 10 minutes prior, lol.