Yes, could be something like that. Nintendo has been hiring developers with Android experience lately.

Its already been established by Nintendo that NX was announced to reaffirm their presence in the traditional console market, I'm pretty sure its safe to say NX is either a home console or a handheld.

Is there any reason for me to seriously consider this?

IMO the Mobile industry has been in a drought since its creation, not many games worth playing....

This is the problem right here. You are a bad parent for letting them play garbage shovelware games. 

You got to experience the Gold age of gaming yet you punish your own kids?

Also if everyone already has a tablet why would they but a more powerful one jsut to play Nintendo games when clearly this new gen of kids is brainwashed with simple minded shovelware games? Hell I seen on this forum people hating on SMM because some of the user created levels are too hard lol.

My child has access to a 3DS, wii u, ps4,ps3, xbox 360 and wii. Himself owning a xbox and a Wii.  He loves halo and zelda, splat on etc. But like I said all his mate, cousins etc have Tablets so when he asked for a kindle that's what he got. Also I hope your are not seriously judging my parental abilities based on a theory for a Nintendo console

You are the 1st person to think its possible lol and maybe agree with me

Somehow we need to deal with the rumor that it also doesn't support physical media... that has been a staple of consoles forever.  Do you think that Nintendo could be influenced by the strong move to mobile in its home country?

It could be, yes. I believe the Nikkei report because they know their shit when it comes to the Nintendo, they got the 3DS XL, Nintendo making smartphone games, and even the report about Nintendo financing a Seaman game for 3DS was true (the creator confirmed it recently, the project just stalled in development).

So when they say they have info that says the NX will run Android apps I believe it. What I think it will be though is a Nintendo OS that can emulate/run Android apps easily and then Nintendo will offer the ones they want through their eShop and take a small licensing fee cut of the sales. And you'll have all your traditional Nintendo games there too in one place. 

Though technically, a tablet is a "handheld" ... I mean what else do you hold a tablet with other than your hands? ;)

It would just be a slightly different form factor from today and maybe more similar to the Wii U tablet.

Or they might even do something crazy like make a frisbee shaped circular device. Who knows with Nintendo.

didnt nintendo already confirm it to be a console? >_>' these NX threads.