maybe you asked the wrong guys? if its the handheld dev kit, they probably start with level-5 because they have the hottest handeld shit after nintendo themself atm. a monsterhunter port doesnt need such a headstart

Each person I asked both said their studios had not received and that they had not heard of any other studios receiving either.

Chances of none of them knowing anything but sdks being shipped out is close to 0

...So then why is the WSJ reporting that it is? And why is Tamaki under the impression that they are, too?

Because checking facts and running a story don't always go hand in hand.

What about Tamaki? He's pretty well known for fact checking and being reliable. 

If thats the case then they're kicking off their next generation of console with the firm and obvious mindset that 3rd party support is not important to them.

Which ultimately, means a thin number of games overall.

He is reliable regarding cancelled games and things of that nature! I don't remember when was the last time he was right regarding anything else.

Could be Japanese studios getting them first, specifically devs that Nintendo favors with a general roll out over the next couple of weeks to other devs. Note this story from the Wallstreet Journal is from their Japanese wing. 

As long as it's comparable technically to the PS4/XB1, ports won't be difficult, developers will be able to port titles in 6-8 months provided the system is technically capable without much fuss. 

4k isnt worth it.... Its too early, you go for that you end up loseing that gen.

Maybe Playstation 6? Xbox Three?

I am hoping for that new node as Nintendo can get much better power efficiency to suit their standard.  But staying at 28 nm, they won't get a gpu near PS4 level under 75w, and the whole console would end uparound 100 tdp = very un-nintendo like.

Something no one i;ve seen mention, but what if "industry leading" meant in regards to mobile parts?  Now we can bring up power vr again.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerVR

 their best chip is the gt7900 which is 800 gflops at single precision (PS4 and XB1 are rated by single precision/fp32) so throw out the half precision inflated number.  Now if Nintendo put two of those in their console, they'd be at 1.6 tflops with comparable amount of  shaders, etc. With a better cpu, the NX home  would be at or better than PS4.  

Go with the gt7600, 250 gflops in the HH, and @540p it would be easy to scale down from the 800gflop console version.  The dual gpu set up in the home version might be best b/c third parties could use the full power if nec., and if they can't scale down to the HH, it would remain a console exclusive.  But for Nintendo, it would be easy scaling down from 800 to 250 gflops, as they'd be using the single gpu mostly for their games.