Topic: I think the NX is _______

Hardware Spec: A competitively powered (notice not "high" powered, but certainly comparable and even a bit future-proof) home console with PlaystationNow-like functionality
Controller: Beefed-up Wii U Pro controller. (A bit weightier, more responsive triggers, feedback, etc.)
Unique Feature #1: Gyroscope/microphone/NFC still built into controller (NFC may have to be part of console itself, perhaps...I'm not an NFC technician, I don't know how small those can be lol)
Unique Feature #2: PlayStationNow-type capability: Basically, Virtual Console but more flexible and available to rent/stream. The renting can also carry onto your 3DS or smartphone through a unified Nintendo account.
Unique Feature #3:Nintendo finally implements "achievements" in the form of "coins" (duh, lol) that also integrates into its new Club Nintendo. So, unlike trophies or achievements on the other consoles, coins that you earn go into your profile for others to see, of course, but ALSO make you eligible for certain rewards. Perhaps even free, timed rentals of games from Unique Feature #2. That would be a great way to hook people back into old Nintendo games.

....the first horseman of the apocalypse?

Whatever it is, I better be able to play Arkham Knight Armored Edition on it. I hope there is a gamepad that acts more like a 3ds--which apparently a lot of people think it will be a hybrid like that, which is the reason why I haven't bought the new 3ds yet.

Hardware: Mobile game console with base station for remote play.
Custom ARM 64bit processor and GPU capable of running 4k at 60fps, 4gb ddr4, 128gb on-board storage, micro SDxc

Controler: Modified WiiU pro design for mobile with 5-5.6" touch screen 1080p, camera, mic and motion sensors.

Feature 1. Play anywhere. Play at home on your big screen, on the go, or at another base station.
Feature 2. Play multiplayer games on 4 devices with only 1 game using base station.
Feature 3. Ability to use TV as a spectator screen for multiplayer tournaments
Feature 5. online play via wifi or sim card for any carrier.

This would be a way to compete without going for direct power like PS4 and Xbox. Unfortunately if you wanted backwards compatibility with the WiiU and Wii physical disks the base station would need a disk drive and a bit of processing power itself making the unit bundle expensive. That would mean Wii and WiiU games would need to be downloads, unless Nintendo figures out how to stream realtime disk drive data for remote processing. Backwards compatibility with DS and 3DS would also be tricky. Without the 2nd screen. I guess if the touch screen is in Ultra Wide screen format, they could just split the screen and display the 2 DS/3DS side by side. Later on they could add vertual reality headset that the mobile device could connect to instead of the base station.

www.williaint.com/nx.swf

An attachment to the Wii U

You are expecting to have a portable system near the power of Xbox One and PS4 for only $250-$300?

Getting to the power of the PS4/XBOne at that price for a home console? For sure. For a portable? Not a chance. Even ignoring the cost of such a device it's hard to imagine how you'd keep it cool. It's not even technically do-able let alone at a price point that'd make it competitive.

Are you trying to decrease the price or increase it?

You aren't going to get a $300 portable system as powerful as a PS4 or Xbox One, especially with a HD screen.

Well I'll put it this way. NVidia's Shield Console is the most powerful "mobile" device on the market these days. The thing is actively cooled and comes in two SKUs. $200US for the 16GB flash model, $300US for the 500GB HDD model. It basically matches the spec of the Wii U. Could they turn that into a portable? Yes, you'd have to put up with average battery life and it'd cost a bit more than that because of the cost of screens etc... but yeah, sure, why not.

But you're not talking about Wii U spec. You're talking about matching the PS4. That is not at all even remotely possible let alone at ~$300US RRP. And not only that but you're talking about using HD screens on the thing. Which will only push the price up and chew the through the battery even more. It's not going to happen.

Yeah gotta agree with skywake. You're not getting an HD portable that matches ps4 unless you're willing to pay a very pretty penny

I want a new motion controller.

Looking at how far cell phone come you can get alot of power from such little devices. The SD820 should be a beast in both cpu and GP if it avoids the overheating 810 issue (I think it will. 180 was stock from ARM, 820 is custom cores). Nvidia's chips are powerhouses but drain too much juice. Hell, even Intel's x86 cores are approaching acceptable battery drain... for tablets at least.Given that the device will have to be larger then a phone for extra battery space, smaller screen then a tablet and be dedicated hardware, games should look amazing! I can see a 400$ phablit-controler hybrid "approching" the graphical capabilities of the XBone. Unfortunately I don't think this will win back the x86er 3rd party, even though new engiens scale from pc to phone. I can see this attracting the hoards of mobile devs like GAME LOFT flocking to the system which may inturn draw more support as the x86er devs rush to not get left behind

Yeah I'd be up for a Wii remote 2.0. I want Nintendo to try to innovate more through software rather than hardware. You don't need some wonky controller to innovate

Nintendo said this is going to be a "brand-new concept". So I don't think it's very likely we'll be able to guess what Ninty will cook up next. They march to the beat of their own drum. Did anyone predict the Wii or the DS or the Wii U or 3DS?

Well people expected the Wii to be what the Wii U turned out to actually be. Before the Wii Controller was shown, people were expecting it to be a touch screen. Not sure if that counts.

@WebHead: Software innovation does not happen without hardware innovation. The Wii and the DS challenged developers to think in different ways about their games, and have them make best use of the available hardware, and so led to innovative games. Nintendo may very well have gotten stuck in a creative rut had they not done something different with their consoles.

@Bowser908: bullcrap it doesn't. Have you seen some ps3 and 360 games that were innovative yet used standard control. Plus GameCube had some innovative/unique games with standard controls as well.

@WebHead: What I'm saying is, there's only so much you can do until without new ideas in hardware to spice things up, games will eventually become boring and uninspired. Look at the Playstation and Xbox lineup now. The Wii and DS allowed developers to make different games that could not work on other platforms with a "standard" control scheme. And games haven't been "innovative" on standard systems since 2000 or so. Name one PS3 or 360 game that actually innovated.

@gussie: E3 was disappointing this year because of the big announcement of the NX to come next year. This is also why the Virtual Console releases are slow. NX and the NX launch games are being developed now, to be revealed at E3 2016. Nintendo has to expend a lot of development effort on it, so no one has time to worry about new Wii U games or Virtual Console.