Emily Rogers apparently posted this two days ago:

Toshiba, Megachips, and Macronix are all involved with the Nintendo NX.

Megachips is the co-assignee of this patent (per Serenitynow on NeoGaf).

For the record I think Toshiba is providing the internal flash memory for NX, and Macronix would be supplying the cartridges.

So Megachips is the projector provider?

I dunno if this is a great idea to be honest, I can't see myself using it a lot. It's one of those things that sounds neat when you first hear it but when you think about it certain red flags start popping up. It would also probably be very poor resolution. This would also probably make the system $50 more expensive. 

For $50 extra you won't get much of a projector, unless you believe the blatant lies some of these pico projector sellers are using. Plus indeed the cheap ones have 320x240 resolution and are best suited to 10" - 20" screens. Which doesn't stop them from advertising this


Reality (from a user review)


They usually disappear and pop up again somewhere else, never any real model number or brand or anything. $50 pico projectors are a scam.


I have the AAXA LED ($114 now), fun toy, 960x540, useable to 30-40" or so in a darker room. Picture quality is bad but for the size and price it's still a neat toy. My wife uses it to project pictures onto canvas for painting, which is what most of these picor projectors are good for. I would never use it to game on.

Most are missing the point of the projector. It's not to display a beautiful HD image of the game, it's an interface. IE, imagine a keyboard projected on a table that you can type on. But something more Nintendo-y and fun.

Hmm, good point. That would explain the patent better. If so, they can get away with having a proper, but basic and cheap projection version. Maybe the price will not be too high afterall.

That's pretty neat, though I would be using the TV as a screen, rather than a projector

Perhaps an option to have the capability project the handheld portion without having to purchase a dock for the home console.

Although, typing this made me realize how that could go against them.

It would be interesting to see if it's interactive like this:

http://youtu.be/9J7GpVQCfms

If this was indeed on the handheld, it would have to be a separate attachment, as if you move your hands when pressing buttons, the whole screen would move

Could work, but will have to wait and see what the official reveal would be

Won't be built-in. See Moto Z and it's mods to see what NX could do.

Oh! That would make more sense. 

So, you turn on this projector. And aim the handheld onto the table. Or put it down, to type stuff out. Why not jsut use the the handheld you're already holding? If it's just to display your image. Good luck holding still, for other people.

Outside projecting wouldn't work right. Daylight would screw any good use out of this.