"Alleged" photo of NX controller "leaked": We might as well discuss this now

[Soundwave]

bigtakilla said:

Soundwave said:

To be honest this basically is just the Wii U Game Pad with a different shape.

I'm assuming Nintendo can't possibly dumb enough to not have some option for physical buttons though (I supposed with Nintendo you never know).

I'm not sure "dumb enough" is the right word, but I will say that when Nintendo wanted to do something different, they don't go halfway. If the new thing is to not have any buttons, there simply won't be any buttons (granted a pro controller or third party controlers may have them) at least in the box when you buy it.

If this is the system it also likely points to another underpowered console. That controller is not going to be cheap. 

If they're going button less I think it points more to a future of Nintendo being smartphone-centric and focusing on those types of games moreso. 

The Nikkei report of the NX using Android or being able to run Android apps would make more sense too, they could probably put a moderate cheap chip inside the controller that allows it to run smartphone apps independant of the "base" system.