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The first 9 months of so of 2016, when there was a new NX rumor every day, many of them truly horrifying, and Nintendo kept us completely in the dark even through E3.

After the Wii U, it really felt as though they couldn't get anything right and that their next system was almost certainly going to be another disastrous dud that would finally push them out of the hardware business. The constant suspense and dread for months and months on end was akin to psychological torture.