I remember this rumor, it sure had a lot of people on this board scared when a picture of a supposed prototype leaked that later turned out to be 3D printed by some random guy. Clearly it was never something that Nintendo was looking at releasing and was just a hoax in a sea of other NX rumors. That said, it does show just how uncertain Nintendo's future was at this time. People really did not have confidence in Nintendo getting its act together after the Wii U. There was also wide belief that Nintendo had to find some gimmick to make their next console work whether it be hi-res force feedback, a shell concept that let Nintendo convert a smartphone into a handheld or some kind of shaped LCD screen like what is shown in this rumor. The fusion concept between handheld and home console has well foreseen by the community but most people didn't know what this would ultimately look like. Nobody thought that Nintendo could just release a sleek and super fast handheld with detachable joy-cons that can be docked and have it catch fire the way that it has. Presentation is king and Nintendo nailed the presentation with the Switch, something that people didn't think was possible after the Wii U and the marketing disaster that occurred with that console.
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