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Soundwave on 27 April 2016
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spemanig said:
Soundwave said:

Nintendo keeps saying this several times though and Kimishima has specifically said the NX is not a continuation of the Wii/Wii U at all. They also invested $100 million dollars into some kind of tech aquistion a while ago, I wonder if that wasn't for the NX's "gimmick" whatever it is. Nintendo is notoriously cheap, $100 mill is a lot of money for them whatever they bought for that money must have had some incredible value in their eyes. They paid no where close to this for even the Wiimote tech IIRC. 

Who knows. Maybe it is a new concept and Nintendo isn't bullshitting. At this stage for their sake, it might be for the best, because I don't really see them faring well against Sony/MS doing the same old, same old. Too late for that now, they probably need to take some huge risks if they want any kind of future as a hardware maker (specifically a console maker). 

No, they've only said it twice now. Kimishima's comment was on branding, not this. The $100m wasn't on tech - that was the DeNA equity switch.

It is a new concept, but it's totally replacing the Wii U and 3DS. The 'simply' is just a reference to the unified platform. NX isn't 'simply' replacing those systems - it's replacing both in one as a firmware-driven platform. It's not a simple replacement - it's a complex one. (Not really that complex)

I dunno to me this sounds pretty different:

http://time.com/4129171/nintendo-tatsumi-kimishima/

 “I can assure you we’re not building the next version of Wii or Wii U,” he says. “[NX] is something unique and different. It’s something where we have to move away from those platforms in order to make it something that will appeal.”

Maybe Kimishima is full of shit, but maybe he's not. 

Iwata also said they could not show the NX because it was a completely new concept and they were afraid it would be stolen by competitors. This may also be why they are not showing at E3 this year. It's not like Zelda U is coming out this year, so why does that get to be at E3 but not NX?

The DeNA stock swap for more along the lines of $200 million USD. 

This is the "mystery aquistion" 

http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/nintendo-invests-100-million-in-mystery-acquisition-25707

Could be part of the DeNA deal, but maybe not.