"people familiar with the matter"
"People familiar with the development plans"

Who the hell are these people? Your uncle? My uncle? spurgeonryan's uncle?

I... don't like the wording used in this article. The way it's worded, it sounds like the only actual news is that dev kits are out. Everything else is worded in such a way that they seem to just be mimicking online speculation, rather than quoting sourced ideas.

The "industry-leading chips" and "mobile unit" points are especially worded strangely. "People familiar with the development plans?" Who? In what context? Do they mean people with dev kits? Do they mean people who have been following the news, and are thus familiar with what they plan to do? It's all very vague.

Actually, 1 year before launch for third party dev kits is quite far ahead of what is typical, it's usually under 6 months. PS4 dev kits were only reported going out just a few months ahead of launch, for comparison's sake.

Maybe I shouldn't visit the forum for the next few days...

So, it's handheld + console like most people expected.

I'm not sure if that would be enough time for a late 2016 release, the Wii U development kits were out much earlier.

This is the last thing this forum needs.

Back to what exactly?

Everytime an NX thread pops up, I sacrifice an NX-thread-hater's soul.

Back to another Half Gen?

Im sick about Nintendo releasing consoles in the middle of an on going generation.

They either future proof the NX, so when the Ps5 and Xbox 2(?) are announced, they wont dwarf it with their specs, or they embrace the "we dont compete directly with Sony and Microsoft" and release a console with whatever specs.

To future of course. :)

RIP VGchartz. May the flood of the NX wash the forums like the water in WindWaker.