which Is the op saying is likely? The X-1 or X-2?

I think you missed his point. Hes not saying simply having 3DS games being playable on Wii U would help, hes saying if all 3DS software and all Wii U software were designed from the ground up for a single device than it would have very strong software support.

Also saying that handhelds outside of DS have declined is not looking at the full picture. Gameboy sold 118 million while GBA sold 81 million so yes while looking purely at the numbers its a decline but that ignores the fact that Gameboy was on the market for 12 years before getting replaced while GBA had 3.5 years.

I'm saying that when you get two out of three things wrong in your rumor (at least according to the newest rumors), it's really hard for me to believe the third.

So im a bit confused, at first you said an underpowered device like this will be like Wii U and get no 3rd party support and sell poorly then JRPGfan said that this is more of a handheld so its the 3DS successor as well, which gets far stronger support and has far better sales than Wii U despite being the most outdated hardware of all current devices.

Your reply was that it personally doesnt appeal to you, that doesnt really explain if you still believe its destined to fail or not. And if you do still think it will fail, why?

The other question I would have regarding this. Sure it doesn't appeal to you personally, but can you speak for the 60 million 3ds owners or the approximately 13 ish million Wii U owners? They are guaranteed to grab basically the entirety of their handheld market, and at least a portion of the home console market, including possibly more from other home consoles depending on their approach with this thing. I believe if anything it is destined to be a huge success, especially with all of the crazy hype around it.

I'll just say if the rumor is true, Japan is on lock. For the rest of the world though it's honestly going to come down to price. That said, if they can get even a 720p handheld, 1080p when docked hybrid to the market and have it come with LoZ: BOTW in the box for $350 or less I see it doing very well (The system with no game $300 or less). For Nintendo, selling systems greatly depends on price point, and I simply don't think they'll need the X2, nor would it be financially benificial for them to use it. I mean, everyone here is talking about the X2's power compared to Wii U, but if you compare the rumored specs of X2 to the X1, it doesn't really seem like all that big of an improvement. The benifits wouldn't outweigh the risks.

Nvidia and it's stupid CPU decisions. Good that they worked further on using Denver, but the Cortex-A57 will be soon be 2 generations old and they will be quite a bit less performant and a lot less power efficient than the upcoming A73 cores. They could at least have gone for the A72.

The X2

If Nintendo were using the X1 i then development kits should have launched early last year.

Unless there is some absolutely amazing controller, or the base increases the power of this thing, then this is downright suicidal.

Nintendo's handheld audience doesn't really seem to care that much about power. When you look at the biggest handheld and mobile successes, graphics have played little to no role in the success.

For the console market, this thing is going to get basically zero third party support. Coming off the failure of the Wii U, considering the relative install bases, and considering historical performance of third party games on the NX, it's hard to make a good case for third party development.

What we have is a Wii U, except the gamepad can come with you. And while that's kind of neat, it's nowhere near enough to overcome the Wii U's many flaws.

Which is why I don't really believe in these rumors. It just seems too stupid to be true. It's possible that the rumors are partly true, or are missing some details that would make it make sense. As it is though, the picture they paint is simply awful. It's somewhat disconcerting that anyone is defending them.