2017! We don't even know what it is, and people are expecting it to release in less than 11 months.

But i dont mind if it does release in 2016. But 2018 is waaaaaaaayy too long.

I think they are aiming for November 2016. Whether they make it who knows because Nintendo is a company that would be late to their own funeral.

It's kind of a lose-lose proposition either way though.

Some people on this board spin this narrative that what's going to happen is NX even if it is for 2017 ... that this somehow means the Wii U as a result suddenly is going to get all these wonderful, cool new games in the interim like a Metroid game or a "real" Animal Crossing or a new 3D Mario.

Those games are for the next Nintendo portable, whatever it is (NX or not).

All you're going to get is another year or two or low budget spin-off titles made by outsourced teams, a good chunk of crap like Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis and HD no effort remakes like Zelda: TP HD.

We've seen this movie before with the Wii's final 18 months and the GameCube's pathetic last 12 months (hope you like Odama and Baten Kaitos cuz that's all you got before getting kicked in the balls if you were waiting for Zelda).

For me I'd just as well rather not suffer through that. 3DS has to be replaced this year IMO, it does not have another year left in the tank and whatever it's successor is has to be priority no.1 and no.2 for Nintendo. It's more important than the NX even, if it isn't the NX outright. 

I'll say late 2016 before the annual Christmas rush. Too many signs and rumors pointing in that direction to ignore.  Don't know if it's going to be in two phases or one but the 3DS needs to be replaced this year.

I just want to go on the record with the home console, and I'm saying 2017. That said, I could see the handheld releasing this year.

If they are seperate platforms the 3DS successor has to take priority over the NX (home console).

I really don't like the chances of a seperate Nintendo console going forward ... even if it launches in 2017 ... what is it supposed to be?

A PS4-XB1 level machine? In that case PS4-XB1 will so far ahead that it's nothing but a no.3 console until the next real cycle starts. Even XB1 by 2017 will be past 40 million install base and Sony will probably be double that.

If it's supposed to be a PS5 level console ... good luck making games for that Nintendo. They can't even handle HD development as is without huge delays, and the jump to PS4/XB1 level is significant enough that many games are being delayed even from studios that have a decade's worth of HD experience. Going another rung above that with PS5 ...

NX really needs to be a unified platform. Taking emotion and "I wish" out of the equation there's no logical way I can see that working, it's not even good for Nintendo or the consumer (unless you like spending $500+ on hardware just to play Nintendo games). 

I'm gona sat two phases tough I'd prefer everything to arrive in 2016

2016 both

2017

2016. one phase.

2016, two form factors