It doesn't even matter if NX is "just a portable". Why do people think "just a portable" = easy to make games/dramatically lower development resources than a console?
It's not the Game Boy era anymore.
We saw with the 3DS that the 3DS effectively killed Wii development. That's the reason the Wii had crap software support for 2010, 2011, it's not some huge mystery.
Even if NX is "just a portable" which on the low-end is "only a little better than Vita" ... well ok lets then connect the dots, that effectively means the end of the Wii U.
Such a machine will require most/all of Nintendo's major team development upfront to get off to a good start (especially after the disasters that the 3DS and Wii U launches were). Nintendo HAS to support this thing majorly especially in its first 18 months. You're going to need a new 3D Mario. The next Mario Kart? Has to be for the portable. Nintendo's business department will want Splatoon there. Pikmin 4 would make more sense here. Animal Crossing Next has to be for this device.
With what dev resources is Nintendo seriously going to support the Wii U in 2016 and 2017 in this case?
Wii U is finished no matter what the NX is unless it's some bizarre toy or something that doesn't require many/any games. If it's any type of traditional game platform that requires game software of complexity beyond a 3DS ... it's going to require 90%+ of Nintendo internal support and it deserves that, because if the portable fails/falters out of the gate, literally that's probably the end for Nintendo in the hardware business.
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