What mobile strategy? As of three months ago Nintendo making smartphone games was apparently "impossible, never will happen". 

I'd say all bets are off now. Obviously Nintendo is willing to embrace mobile far more than anyone (even myself) could've imagined just a few months ago. 

Some people need to understand the meaning of the term NUANCE too ... geez, everything is black or white to some people here. Nintendo utilizing some form of Android and a tablet form factor doesn't make their handheld "erhmagawd! It's a junk Android tablet like everyone of them at Best Buy! Tablet gaming suxxors". 

Sweet merciful crap. There are ways of doing that and keeping it distinctly Nintendo and serving all the needs a normal gaming handheld would, but also having added functionality that modern consumers expect from a mobile device. 

I was wondering why some people on forums think a tablet means Ipad 2.0, it can have buttons, it can be button free, you can attach buttons, you can do a lot of innovative things to replace traditional buttons, ect.. Not everything is black and white, and nintendo never thinks like that anyway. I think a tablet would be awesome and one screen these days is cheaper than 2(im not sure how it works but i heard thats why the 2ds is A LOT cheaper to produce)

Exactly what I stated in my post. We might not know much at this point but what they have said is that they want it to function as a way to draw people to their dedicated gaming systems. Naturally that might be wrong. They might be lying about what they're trying to do. But just assuming that doesn't get us anywhere near a meaningful discussion.

Not sure if this is aimed at me since i didn't say anything even remotely close to that in my post, but since you quoted me I'm going to respond to it. Actually I just said that I can't imagine them going up against household names in an established market without having something distinct about their handheld. And that in my humble opinion I can't see them doing away with buttons.

Never did I even so much as imply that I don't like android, let alone outright say that it's shit. I just can't see nintendo using it. They love to control their systems, messages and image tight so I cant see them using a famously hackable OS as a root for their systems.

Also I said that I could very well see them using a tablet inspired form factor.

So If bolded was aimed at me I'd say that you failed to see the nuance in my post, not vice versa. And frankly I don't see what I have written to warrant such a rude response from you.

Sorry I was targetting just the general stream of replies. 

It's fairly common especially in Nintendo threads sadly. 

If you suggest Nintendo doing even something modestly differently, some people act like you're suggesting they alter a religious text or something. 

As if some how Nintendo will make every console, every handheld, exactly in the same formula from now until the end of infinity. 

Ya I really like the argument, "But it's never happened before!!!!", as if that's proof something can't happen.

Link? I haven't heard anything about Nintendo announcing a tablet.

The Wii U gamepad is a tablet.

It's all good, no offense taken. :)

I get the frustration at the general apathy towards, or even fear of change in some fans.

I like nintendo because they try new things. Granted, sometimes it falls flat on it's face (looking at you virtual boy...) but they do stuff their own way and usually it pays off.

That would be terrible

so NX is a GamePadPro+ slimmer and better version which acts like its own with stored games on a micrSD slot in the gamepad. which ca be used for the Wii U and 3Ds games? :D