It was a nice trip Nintendo, sincerely grateful. Bye bye

same! now if the different setup rumor is true, it would be spot-on

Tons of Japanese game? Only a handful will ever come West, Japan comes first for Nintendo.

Japan loves to play on the go, the 3DS has sold more than the PS3 and PS4 combined and then some, lets not forget that. 

If Nintendo now has a portable that can run fairly high end 3D graphics, the "FF fanbase" and a lot of other fanbases will come around IMO. 

NX will probably dominate Japan. 

As for the US, I think it'll do well enough here if Nintendo is smart and they use Android rather than making an enemey out of Android. Mobile is how today's generations of kids likes to play ... time to accept that and embrace it I think. That could give Nintendo a chance to break out in the West. 

As a parent I'd rather buy a $269.99 NX than a $400 iPad Mini especially if the NX can also double as a home console on top of all the tablet stuff. 

The Wii couldn't handle PS3 ports, that's why it had Crystal Chronicles instead of FFX ... from the sounds of it, NX while not as powerful as a PS4, can still handle direct ports, that's a pretty big difference too. 

If Western devs want to play ball or not is up to them. I'll be happy enough with all of Nintendo's games on one platform and some good Japanese games. That's more than enough to keep me busy. 

do people and when i say people im not talking about forum goers and serious gamers. But people. Will they care about this? Do they really care about bleeding edge graphics for a portable machine/tablet thing if they are just used to playing candy crush anyway?

I think the appeal will be you can play anything, anywhere, how you want, when you want. 

Want to play Candy Crush or Angry Birds? Have a mobile game you like but would prefer to play with physical controls? Go ahead.

Want to play Mario Kart 9? Go ahead. 

Going outside to the park, hey bring it with you, set it down on the park bench and suddenly you got yourself 3-4 people wanting to play Donkey Kong VS. or Call of Duty or NBA 2K or Mortal Kombat. 

Want to stream to your TV to play Zelda? Go ahead. 

Have a 9 hour flight and want to play Dragon Quest XI? Done. 

Who knows maybe it'll even be able to stream to nearby tablets and phones even. 

Power talk is interesting but that is not the biggest part of this article.

"Nintendo seems set on trying to upgrade smartphone gamers."

This statement pushes harder at the basic design of the NX. It indirectly supports the Eurogamer article on the formfactor and initial thoughts the average joe is going to have about the NX. To me, that is not good.

Nintendo can't let public opinion be that the NX is just a gamer phone. It needs to be seen as a console with benefits of taking gaming on the go or on your big screen. The content, controls and definitely launch advertising will make or break this console. Just as the failed advertising broke the WiiU.

i think its between now and 1 week..

if they know how powerful it is, why can they tell "well its weaker than the PS4, but much closer to it than to the ps3" or "its the same as a WiiU"

What happened to the rumors saying its around Xbox One power?

Those things are called tablets. And they've been around for a while. I dont think most people really care for buttons. I dont think this is bringing anything that new to the table IMHO