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When will this 'second coming of Christ' type event happen?

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ktay95 on 02 December 2014
vextrex said:
Maybe, but i think the gamepad is not that bad and its an asset for the wii u, and the wii u will probably focus by now on amiibo's compatible games, and we need the gamepad for that

Both Skylanders and Disney Infinity dont need the Gamepad for their NFC functionallity, nor do amiibo on 3DS. An adapter could easily have been made.

Its not that I hate the Gamepad, their is just no reason it needed to be bundled with WiiU. Nothing on WiiU really screams NEEDS GAMEPAD!!! It could have been an optional thing for remote play and better with Gamepad etc.



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fleischr on 02 December 2014

I predict March with the announcement taking place during a February direct.

It should be clear that Ninty isn't in the console warz horse race. They want to make a very healthy margin on each system sold whereas their competitors or OK with smaller margins or even taking losses in MS's case.



I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016

Soundwave on 02 December 2014
vextrex said:
Maybe, but i think the gamepad is not that bad and its an asset for the wii u, and the wii u will probably focus by now on amiibo's compatible games, and we need the gamepad for that


Not really. If they make a GamePad-less SKU, they could just make a new Pro Controller or Wiimote with an NFC chip built into it. I doubt that chip is all that expensive. 



Gammalad on 02 December 2014

Its currently at a decent price tbh, however I think if it did get a price cut it will be after E3 2015, probably closer to holiday 2015 for $249.99, either that or Nintendo will make the 32GB model $249.99 and offer a different SKU with more memory and different games for $299.99



"I think it will be the HDS"-Me in regards to Nintendo's next handheld.