My guess on where NX fits to Nintendo

- Fusion platform (most of the games will be shared). There will be a NX home console, and a NX portable (maybe with several variants over time). It will be straight forward to make games work on both systems. DeNA will provide a unified network that lets you seamlessly continue playing the same game at home as you were on your ride home. 

- The handheld will be more powerful than people think, it won't be a rinky dink behind-the-tech curve device like the Game Boy up to the 3DS have been. Reason why is now that Nintendo is making smartphone games, they *really* have to provide a strong reason why someone should choose to pay $40 to play Nintendo games. Just saying "well this one has buttons" isn't good enough.

HD display, HD graphics, console like experience on the go. Book it.

- The home version of NX will have some new kind of quirky gimmick, maybe even several of them like the 3D glasses patent that blows wind and creates smells for the gamer (lol). I am now expecting a non-conventional main controller too.

- NX will be aimed at a slightly older audience at first. Now that Nintendo has smartphone apps, they don't have to worry so much about getting kids right away, iOS/Android can introduce them to Mario and company for free/99 cents, amiibo can cement their Nintendo addiction, and NX can be the final phase of it.

Correct

Do you have a source for that claim I've bolded?

It doesn't seem very likely, given that AMD are apparently moving down to 16nm in 2016. At 20nm Nvidia claims their Tegra X1 can produce 400GFlops of compute performance at 10 watts, even though 16nm is about 25% more efficient than the 20nm process Nvidia uses for their SOC and current parts, it's not going to allow for a drop that steep.

Tegra X1 scaled up to 5X could produce around the same performance as PS4's SOC at 50watts, Nvidia tends to be more efficient in their architecture than AMD, so comparing as like for like as possible maybe AMD can get their Zen APUs down to about 40 watts and that's assuming they have a really good efficient chip design for their next gen SOCs.

A 15 Watt SOC, with the same performance as PS4 is a few years away after 2016.

"Smart device and game"

I don't think a half of members commented on this thread did read anything about Nintendo Fusion

http://kotaku.com/tracking-down-the-odd-rumors-about-nintendos-next-cons-1506566012

As other people have said already, I imagine the NX name is probably for both the next handheld and console and not just one of them.

If both Nintendo's handheld and console will work together the way the rumors are saying they are then I imagine that they will probably reveal the new handheld first and then the console later on. Or they'll announced them both at the same time like before.

I just hope Nintendo uses this as a fresh start and not make the same mistakes they did with the Wii U. Have a completely new name away from the Wii brand, call it Fusion if they want it to, and just make sure it's at least powerful enough to where it's easy to port games from the PS5 and next Xbox console to the Nintendo Fusion. They also need to make sure that they can regain good third party support.

I wouldn't be surprised if the new handheld launches in 2016 and the new console launches in 2017.

The concept itself sounds really great, but as long as they can pull it off well.

I more or less said that they need stronger consoles and start listening to 3rd parties. Stronger consoles coupled with their own mature games would serve to sell the NX to gamers OUTSIDE of Nintendo fans, which means that 3rd parties would follow suit and start making games for the NX. But Nintendo needs to take that firsty step

Withered tech have served them well when they launched theor console AFTER the competition and therefore could make a more powerful console at a good prize. SNES > Genesis, N64 > PS, GC > PS2. They will be launching FIRST yet again this time around. They need to bring their A game. They need none-Nintendo fans to thrive, and that calls for powerful specs and 3rd parties. And good design and great online services.

I don't think NX will be super powerful.

They specifically called NX as a "new gaming concept" ... which is exactly how they referred to the Wii and Wii U prior to their unveilings ... meaning it's probably another platform that will be centered around a wacky controller.

They did submit a patent for a wearable 3D glasses that can do things like blow wind the players face and even emit aromas/smells (lol). I suspect that could be one of the things they're bringing to the table with NX. 

Nintendo can kinda do what they want now. Smartphone revenue, revenue from things like movies and TV series', and QoL are all coming, the traditional game division going forward will only be one part of Nintendo's business, not all of it.

SNES/N64/GC were not withered tech, (with the exception of cartridges on N64) they were powerful, graphically competitive systems at the time of release.