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Frogger on 27 April 2016
Soundwave said:

Nintendo keeps saying this several times though and Kimishima has specifically said the NX is not a continuation of the Wii/Wii U at all. They also invested $100 million dollars into some kind of tech aquistion a while ago, I wonder if that wasn't for the NX's "gimmick" whatever it is. Nintendo is notoriously cheap, $100 mill is a lot of money for them whatever they bought for that money must have had some incredible value in their eyes. They paid no where close to this for even the Wiimote tech IIRC. 

Who knows. Maybe it is a new concept and Nintendo isn't bullshitting. At this stage for their sake, it might be for the best, because I don't really see them faring well against Sony/MS doing the same old, same old. Too late for that now, they probably need to take some huge risks if they want any kind of future as a hardware maker (specifically a console maker). 

No, they've only said it twice now. Kimishima's comment was on branding, not this. The $100m wasn't on tech - that was the DeNA equity switch.

It is a new concept, but it's totally replacing the Wii U and 3DS. The 'simply' is just a reference to the unified platform. NX isn't 'simply' replacing those systems - it's replacing both in one as a firmware-driven platform. It's not a simple replacement - it's a complex one. (Not really that complex)



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Shadow8 on 27 April 2016

Lol time to get my crow avy I suppose xD



 

binary solo on 27 April 2016

One more holiday for them to try to clear out Wii U stock without having a new gen device to hurt its sales.. Makes sense.



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Nautilus on 27 April 2016
BillyBlaze said:

Maybe launching in march is not as stupid as many think. Around holiday everyone will be talking about PS4.5 and PS VR. Then, at launch there probably will be only Zelda, maybe one or two other Nintendo exclusives and a bunch of third-party ports, so only Nintendo fans will get NX anyway. However, if the rumours about a unified library for home console and handheld are true, Nintendo will have a badass lineup ready by holiday 2017 and that's when they really might catch momentum.

Of course I'm disappointed about E3, too. They better give us one or two more WiiU games to look forward to.

Yes, you are right.And if PS4.5 somehow dissapoints people, for whatever reason, it will be even better for NX.And by Holiday 2017, unless Nintendo makes stupid decisions again, they will have a great line-up ready for the holidays, with (hopefully) third party on board and its titles from early 2017 and from the holidays.

What people are really getting upset in my opinion is the decision to "skip" E3.I mean, no NX really?It would be less than 1 year for release!Thats not a long time!Also, their E3 will be almost empty.They will have pokemon and zelda to show, and thats will most likely be it!And only Zelda will be playable.

Its beyong baffling.Its simply stupid!I still cant get over it.



My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

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Soundwave on 27 April 2016
spemanig said:
Soundwave said:

Nintendo keeps saying this several times though and Kimishima has specifically said the NX is not a continuation of the Wii/Wii U at all. They also invested $100 million dollars into some kind of tech aquistion a while ago, I wonder if that wasn't for the NX's "gimmick" whatever it is. Nintendo is notoriously cheap, $100 mill is a lot of money for them whatever they bought for that money must have had some incredible value in their eyes. They paid no where close to this for even the Wiimote tech IIRC. 

Who knows. Maybe it is a new concept and Nintendo isn't bullshitting. At this stage for their sake, it might be for the best, because I don't really see them faring well against Sony/MS doing the same old, same old. Too late for that now, they probably need to take some huge risks if they want any kind of future as a hardware maker (specifically a console maker). 

No, they've only said it twice now. Kimishima's comment was on branding, not this. The $100m wasn't on tech - that was the DeNA equity switch.

It is a new concept, but it's totally replacing the Wii U and 3DS. The 'simply' is just a reference to the unified platform. NX isn't 'simply' replacing those systems - it's replacing both in one as a firmware-driven platform. It's not a simple replacement - it's a complex one. (Not really that complex)

I dunno to me this sounds pretty different:

http://time.com/4129171/nintendo-tatsumi-kimishima/

 “I can assure you we’re not building the next version of Wii or Wii U,” he says. “[NX] is something unique and different. It’s something where we have to move away from those platforms in order to make it something that will appeal.”

Maybe Kimishima is full of shit, but maybe he's not. 

Iwata also said they could not show the NX because it was a completely new concept and they were afraid it would be stolen by competitors. This may also be why they are not showing at E3 this year. It's not like Zelda U is coming out this year, so why does that get to be at E3 but not NX?

The DeNA stock swap for more along the lines of $200 million USD. 

This is the "mystery aquistion" 

http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/nintendo-invests-100-million-in-mystery-acquisition-25707

Could be part of the DeNA deal, but maybe not. 



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AnthonyW86 on 27 April 2016
Aielyn said:

So, it seems I was right - NX to release in 2017.

AnthonyW86 said:
It's great that we finally got a date but...missing the holidays? Holiday 2016 is going to be terrible for them.                                     

Not if they handle it just right.

Wii U is selling about the same this year as it was last year. And last year didn't have a Zelda title to drive sales.

If they're waiting until March 2017 to release NX, that suggests they have titles on the way to the Wii U that they haven't announced. There's also good reason to think that NX will change something relative to Wii U that makes some games unsuitable for release on NX - such titles would serve as a significant driver for Wii U purchase (and would explain why Nintendo says they'll keep supporting the Wii U).

Basically, it all comes down to the details that we don't yet know. But it's fair to assume that Nintendo made a conscious decision to release it in 2017 and not 2016 - it's not like they couldn't have pushed to have everything ready 3 months earlier. Nintendo have been at this for a long time, they know the benefit of holiday releases. So we can be pretty damn sure there's something more they haven't yet announced. Whether it'll be enough is the question, but it's too early to dismiss it.

Wii-U won't have a Zelda title this year either unfortunately, and it's now officially coming to NX so no need to buy a Wii-U for that game anymore. NX might not get an reveal at E3 but it will surely be revealed before the holidays. And i'm not expecting anything big for Wii-U in the future.



Soundwave on 27 April 2016

It's entirely possible too that Kimishima taking over from Iwata wanted a few changes made to the NX concept/design, thus causing a delay of a few months. That wouldn't be unreasonable at all. If I was charged with running a company out of the blue like that, I certainly would want input into a product that would probably determine my job security going forward. If NX flops, Kimishima is probably the one who bites the bullet for it. It's possible/plausible that he saw things in the concept that he wanted to have changed, he certainly was not bullish on the Wii U. 



Lonely_Dolphin on 27 April 2016
binary solo said:
One more holiday for them to try to clear out Wii U stock without having a new gen device to hurt its sales.. Makes sense.

 

Not at all, as that would mean Nintendo is putting the Wii U at a higher priority than the NX.



Conina on 27 April 2016
Soundwave said:

So anyone on the "Wii U brigade" really crowing about this, this is like finding out OK your wife didn't go to dinner with another man, like you said, but she was fucking the dude and unfaithful to you for months, which is what your friend was trying to tell you.

YMMD!



Train wreck on 27 April 2016
Nautilus said:
BillyBlaze said:

Maybe launching in march is not as stupid as many think. Around holiday everyone will be talking about PS4.5 and PS VR. Then, at launch there probably will be only Zelda, maybe one or two other Nintendo exclusives and a bunch of third-party ports, so only Nintendo fans will get NX anyway. However, if the rumours about a unified library for home console and handheld are true, Nintendo will have a badass lineup ready by holiday 2017 and that's when they really might catch momentum.

Of course I'm disappointed about E3, too. They better give us one or two more WiiU games to look forward to.

Yes, you are right.And if PS4.5 somehow dissapoints people, for whatever reason, it will be even better for NX.And by Holiday 2017, unless Nintendo makes stupid decisions again, they will have a great line-up ready for the holidays, with (hopefully) third party on board and its titles from early 2017 and from the holidays.

What people are really getting upset in my opinion is the decision to "skip" E3.I mean, no NX really?It would be less than 1 year for release!Thats not a long time!Also, their E3 will be almost empty.They will have pokemon and zelda to show, and thats will most likely be it!And only Zelda will be playable.

Its beyong baffling.Its simply stupid!I still cant get over it.

Even if the PS4.5 dissapoints, the PS4 will be lower in price, allowing people to enter the current gen market without having to wait until March for the NX (or they can get a XBone, which will be lower in price as well), also there is the PSVR which will be a new experience, so exisiting and new people will enter that market as well...what  money will they have left to purchase the NX?  And where is the good will, otuside the core Nintendo consumer, especially after the dissapointing year(s) that Nintendo has had?