| GhaudePhaede010 said:
A console who's primary/main design (technical, aesthetic, and functional) is to be played at home. Like Wii U, which nobody calls a hand held or hybrid, because the console's main function and design is to be played in the home. As it looks (based on these rumors), NX is designed (technically, aesthetically, and functionally) to be a hand held. The NX looks, by all accounts, to be the continuation of the 3DS line. I tried to explain it like this to the host of my show: Me: Imagine everything about NX is true. Everything except that it has a shell that connects it to a television. What would you call it? Him: Well, thats unfair because it does come with a shell that attaches it to a television. Me: Just answer. Him: A hand held. Me: You brought up a good point about it coming with a shell. It is unfair of me to remove a key piece entirely to prove my point so what about this: Nintendo releases the console as I stated and then a year later they release the shell that attaches the console to the television. Is the console now a hybrid? Him: No. It is a hand held; one that now has an attachment that connects to the television, but it is still a hand held. Me: Exactly. That is NX. |
So the same would be true for the definition of a handheld, a system who's primary design is to be played on the go. The NX can function exactly like a home console, so it isn't anymore a handheld either unless you really want to believe Nintendo went through such great lengths for a non-primary feature. The whole gimmick of this thing is that it can be played at home and on the go. It's more than just a console, and it's more than just a handheld, that's why hybrid is the only correct term to call it. Also, nobody calls the Wii U a handheld or hybrid because you can't play it on the go.
