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mountaindewslave said:
wombat123 said:
Looks like they weren't kidding when they said they were paranoid about Sony and Microsoft stealing their idea.

their paranoia is actually kind of promising. They need to either do a straight forward simple high spec system OR an out of the box idea that is innovative, exciting and accessiblie to casuals.

its awful curious what it could possibly be though

unless he's just referring to extremely new way to power the device or how it runs or something. hmmm

Yeah, I am definitely thinking that Nintendo is going with the latter and is trying to innovate and come up with something similar to the Wii.  They are going to have some kind of hardware innovation that they are going to try to compliment with a killer app that perfectly explains the hardware (possibly the next Mario, but I think it's more likely to be some kind of local mutliplayer experience like Wii Sports).

I think if VR doesn't take off the way Sony and MS are hoping it will, Nintendo could definitely have an opening to really regain substantial marketshare if they market the NX as a great local multiplayer party machine that is affordable. Think about if Nintendo markets the NX to the public like this: In one corner you have these reclusive nerds who put helmets over their heads and shut themselves off from reality while in the other you could have the NX and its simple and fresh concept that is great for the whole family and brings gaming back to being about a social experience.  The conditions are definitely shaping up to allow for another Wii to enter the market:  the big players are getting too wrapped up again in technology at the expense of accesssibility and are losing sight of the social aspects of gaming.