Nintendo still isn't confirming anything, but multiple sources point to the ultimate evolution of the Wii U.
The NX codename may refer to a dockable portable console, according to multiple sources via Eurogamer.
The main processing power of the unit will be contained in a standalone portable system. The unit will dock into a connector hooked up to the TV for home use, and local multiplayer is handled by detachable control units on the side. Games will run either digitally or in a cartridge that can store up to 32GB.
This form factor would run on Nvidia's Tegra X1 chip, a chip currently used in high end tablets such as Google's Pixel C convertible tablet. Due to such a major architecture change, there would be no backwards compatibility with Wii U or 3DS.
Nintendo has not commented on any of the above information.
It's a handheld, not a console.
What's the difference when you can (and presumably will) play it on your TV?
I wouldn't really know how to vote with my wallet on this.
@MysticGohan
But Emily Rogers was tweeting a day or two before the Eurogamer article that "major" gaming news sites would shortly be reporting something like this. That they had independently verified some rumours (verified not with her, with others) and that those reports would back up things she had been hearing and hinting at (like no x86 architecture). So, you're saying this was self serving, pre-tweeting?
I don't get it.
AMD have 2 SOC coming, Q3 16 (Neo likely)+1 more date is secret (NX likely) + other SOC'S they haven't announced. According to SMD64 who I'd trust over Emily and has been working in the business.
Youch. Emily Rogers has more fans on this site then I thought
According to SMD64 who I'd trust over Emily and has been working in the business.
At best, if this thing is legit, it's a 3rd pillar (remember Nintendo talking about releasing more hardware form factors).
This certainly makes those other weird rumors about some sort of hardware that plugs into other hardware and gets more powerful as a result more intriguing. So you take your portable NX that these current rumors point to, and then plug it into an at-home NX, and it all of a sudden becomes beefier and more home-console like? Then when you want you just undock it from the home-dock and carry the same games with you on the go, but at a different graphical output and form factor?
*boggle* That STILL sounds absolutely wild to me, can't get my head wrapped around those particular rumors.
I wouldn't really know how to vote with my wallet on this. As a new handheld, it sounds great! I would gladly support a 3DS successor with beefier hardware and the ability to plug into a TV. But as a Wii U successor and a new Nintendo console, well I don't think of it as a console at all. So how do I tell Nintendo "yes, I like your new handheld" and "no I do not consider a dockable handheld with [I assume] no improved specs over the Wii U as an acceptable replacement for a proper console"? Buying it can be seen as an endorsement of both and not buying it can be seen as a rejection of both.
This certainly makes those other weird rumors about some sort of hardware that plugs into other hardware and gets more powerful as a result more intriguing. So you take your portable NX that these current rumors point to, and then plug it into an at-home NX, and it all of a sudden becomes beefier and more home-console like? Then when you want you just undock it from the home-dock and carry the same games with you on the go, but at a different graphical output and form factor?
*boggle* That STILL sounds absolutely wild to me, can't get my head wrapped around those particular rumors.
According to SMD64 who I'd trust over Emily and has been working in the business.
"Ah those trusted Gaf insiders" -makes a certain hand gesture-At best, if this thing is legit, it's a 3rd pillar (remember Nintendo talking about releasing more hardware form factors).
Ugh, that's just begging for market confusion. The last thing Nintendo needs is several SKUs.
/News Editor mode off
I'm leaning toward this being bunk, or at least not the whole story. Look at the games that have been announced for NX release so far: Just Dance 2017, Zelda, Sonic 2017*. One would make absolutely 0 sense as a portable game - and its publisher said that the NX would capture the casual market, which I would love to happen with a portable but never will. The other two are or will likely be confirmed as high powered games, which would run through a battery faster than Sanic on triple espresso and run hotter than a flaming Magcargo.
At best, if this thing is legit, it's a 3rd pillar (remember Nintendo talking about releasing more hardware form factors).
/News Editor mode on
*I'm aware we list two Dragon Quest games, but despite Horii being the source, they're still not official.AMD have 2 SOC coming, Q3 16 (Neo likely)+1 more date is secret (NX likely) + other SOC'S they haven't announced. According to SMD64 who I'd trust over Emily and has been working in the business.
Didn't AMD confirm it as the Xbox One S? Like, last week?
paper mario color splash was accidentally leaked before she said nintendo was releasing it, and tp hd was found on the wii u eshop database and she piggybacked off of it.
she said nintendo was releasing a gta on the wii u and it never happened. she said a mother 3 was releasing in the west and it also…. never happened. she said we’d see pikmin 3 at e3 2010 and it also never happened.
Emily has been wrong many many times, so when I hear things and Emily in the same sentence, well this and others come to mind.
An thus I play the waiting game :p
Too many rumors at this point, but I doubt Nintendo would allow leaks at this point when we're close to them announcing the NX in all it's glory.
It's possible through USB-C. This is how they are miniaturizing laptops but still allowing them to have power at the desk. It's pretty damn cool.
