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Perfectly as in "polish" or perfectly as in "problems"

I wonder if they dropped the touchscreen entirely since it would be useless in "home-mode" (which it was kinda was on Wii U anyway).

BOUT TIME YA DUMMIES. Oh well... at least I'm not apathetic about it.

Not a bad job. The screen is full on tablet sized, so that's nice. I guess (hope) they'll now do a proper Direct or show where they can talk extensively about the games. I saw that new Splatoon (hairstyles)

@MrRandomHero Ever heard of Valve?

Wayforward? No? T_T

For a sequel I'd like to see more of this world the tower is a focal point in.

I've been all over the place with the NX emotionally; Giddy excitement, curiosity, frustration, anger, and now just boredom. I'm bored of the supposition, I'm bored of the rumors, I'm bored by the silence.

Thanks to Nintendo's insistence to ignore the interest until they're good and ready, my energy around the NX has been steadyily petering out. At this point, I can't imagine an injection of actual news bringing it back.

As much as I never want a Nintendo product to fail, if too many people are in the same place I am, this whole... journey is shaping up to be the "what went wrong" when we look back on the impending train wreck of the NX actual reveal and marketing.

I just want the games to look good. That said, I was plenty satisfied with the PS3 era when they weren't making everything look filthy to pull off realism.

If nothing else, my single ideal fix would be this:
Replace discounts for specific titles (old games I already have) with straight discounts for my next purchase, limited it by console of course (I'm not a monster). Hell, you can even require it not be too recent.

I can't wait until they delay it because fairness.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=azENoxRHT1M

I wouldn't mind the radio silence if more was going on with Nintendo's existing systems.

It does look like something that would do well on a Nintendo platform. I love they feature a teslamancer. A nice shared universe thing.

I don't argue his official age. Always was a raring to go sort. I still like that one timeline theory that proposed the original DK (aka Cranky Kong) was in conflict Mario's father.

HOWEVER:

"When we make a game we take care not to add incongruence to that game's world."

What. The. Hell. See previous statement about one DK being two generations removed from another. I refuse to believe Nintendo ever had a thought in their head about timeline logistics prior to the internet age, when it came out that video game geeks gave quite a few craps about it (more than strictly necessary). Instead of standing their ground and just saying, "No there is no grand connected universe deal, we just felt like putting them in games," they buckled under pressure and said things that only made the situation more confusing.

For me, my intrigue had been widdled down to irritated. I don't think they're being silent to be coy anymore, I think they don't like being told when they have a bad idea. Since we don't know anything, we can't directly comment on anything. And Nintendo wants to keep the period we can nice and short.

I'm glad they're holding on to it, at least for the moment. An issue that I haven't heard much at all since the "hybrid system" chatter started is the fact that households typically share one console, but individuals have their own portables.

You knew with all the auto-runners in Mario Maker this was going to happen.

I could see a big conference or a Direct. Personally I'd like a conference reveal with letting people touch the thing, but I also feel Nintendo would prefer the total control of a slickly produced Direct. The only things, both would be predicated with an alert it was coming and Nintendo has been more or less silent.

At least they're better at this than Sony. Here, stuff is still oozing out, but nothing's truly rock solid. That being said, I wish they'd just come out and say something. You made your piece! 3DS will end 2016 (and it's run?) on a high note and what's a WiiU? It's cool to talk about what's happening next.

Is Nintendo really going to make us wait until post christmas to talk about the NX?

Treasurenauts? Wow, I forgot that was a thing. Well both houses will have feathers from Renegade Kid's cap. Moon and Mutant Mudds come to mind.

Considering how much we know they have in the bank, I wonder if this sale was a cute way to shore up their profits on the books before NX performs it's alleged turnaround.

Wasn't there talk of them doing something to this effect with the Wii Remote's port?

Since the NX may have detachable controller pods, it makes some sense to create alternate controller options. Some...

Oh for God's sake Nintendo, just SAY SOMETHING. You do realize you're only shooting yourself in the foot? Gearing literally everyone up for a massive THAT'S IT?

Hmm, Layton's brother...

I would like a new 3D mario. It's been long enough.

Mario and Pokemon would be the smart choice for the early era. NX needs a strong base or third parties will gloss it over. Apparently leaning towards pumping power that would have been a console into a portable is still an interesting idea.

Pile of ports mostly.
At least one big title people are craving, but that'll be shot in the foot by the higher ups deciding they would much rather screw over Nintendo and their fans than make money.

Good Enough. At first it Nvidia thing scared me, but proof positive the current chips handily surpass last gen's big boys and probably can beat Wii U now is encouraging. The potential for getting the next gen chips is even better.

I still have questions of course, but right now it's more about company practices than the console itself. Like, where does Nintendo stand in regard to my download catalog?

You know; you'd think we would have seen more cg that explicitly looked like claymation. Especially in the early days.

I wonder if the two controller pieces will be able to attach together so you can literally have a simple console setup on the go.

I had suspected much of this. Selling the portable as "a console you take with you" may be the answer Vita was lacking. I think they could market a console gauge system with console game prices, but only if they retire the 3DS and put all their energy into this format. In fact, doing so might inject some new life into that Vita/PS4 relationship as competition.

I'm not surprised they'd drop backwards compatibility (though a disc player extension exclusively for BC wouldn't be out of the question). It was always a nice thing to have, but rarely used.

32gb is probably wonderful for a portable, but these are supposed to be next gen console grade games, and their current stuff EATS STORAGE. I know Nintendo didn't what the fuss was about when they made Wii U, but if they don't make capacity a feature this time it'll go over poorly.

My only big question is this: a house can have multiple portables.
Assuming the NX is indeed the 3DS' successor, will they equate that in some fashion? I'm expecting they'll also sell a "no frills" package (without the TV dock) and each person has their own.

As for the current talk in this corner of Nintendo's willingness to be different. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. DS and Wii pulled it off making what was unique about them strengths. Wii U and 3DS really didn't. My personal take is that their differences didn't enhance so much as challenge the experience. 3D only worked in the right spot (don't have a New 3DS and it's too late to care). Splatoon and Super Mario Maker are probably the closest Nintendo came to making killer apps everyone could agree sold the Wii U's core features. Otherwise the whole large scale, motion sensing, detached DS thing didn't pan out. There were good games, but how often was it because what the Wii U allowed it to deliver.

That being said, I'm feeling good about NX. Whatever other bells and whistles they bake into the NX, its (alleged) main feature makes perfect sense to enhance the player's experience.

It sure would be nice to at least see what the dang thing looks like.
I get that they have to weather a holiday season with a lame duck console (take that however you want) and only thing to close it on a high note is going to get a better version on the successor.

The Wii was lightning in a bottle. ANY assumption the market overall has been shifted so completely was pure pie-in-the-sky nonsense. Also, the Wii did start to slump off towards the end of the cycle. But energy was shifting to the Wii U by then, so that's harder to gauge.

As for the Wii U. I will say it has a place as a current gen system, not for any unique element it brings to the table. Like Wii, it hinged most of it's wow factor on an "innovative" input system, but unlike the Wii, it wasn't also an intuitive one.

It was fine in controlled arrangements (Nintendoland), but not even Nintendo could harness how to really work it into familiar games outside a subscreen. The best they did was StarFox, but that depends too heavily on you being in the zone (and it truly is amazing when you're locked in)

I hope they learned from the wii u and don't make the thing too heavy

PLEASE don't suck. Seriously! Just not terrible, that's all I ask!

Third Party company is saying positive-ish words prior to new console launch (again).

Very cool. I assume the gameplay was just a training room or demo space. If this tapping a full moba this may be exciting.

I'm hoping Zelda will be the only "Nintendo" game available and they're going to open their space for smaller devs to showcase or something. Let them carry the system until TGS or Spaceworld or whatever happens.

That or a LOT of 3DS.

If this helps Nintendo break from their one-size-fits-all mannerisms with games they know damn well are made to appeal to older or more skilled gamers (like Mario) please let it come to pass.

I don't hate it. Like Sonic Boom, I'm not going to whinge over everything that's not 100% "the way it should be". Also like Sonic Boom it will make dismissing it easier if the content is terrible.

Alright, I'll sit back expecting to see A LOT of content at launch. It doesn't matter if it appeals to me or not, just more than one to play for months on end. And let's avoid fleshing out the list with new versions of existing/old titles please.

Yeah, that's EA.

It would be interesting to see a return to cartridges in some form.

Alrighty, Not terribly surprised. My question is how much of 3DS' bad year contributes to Nintendo directing it's energy toward Wii U?

Awesome video. I don't know how much direct input they have, but the people they hand it to get it.

Very nice. I would love a series of this. But Nintendo has other things to do. Sigh, in a way, the desire to be animated from the 80s was before it's time, when nobody in animation gave two craps about games.

My main issue with the controller is how heavy it is. It works fine as well as a tablet you hold from behind, or a two handed controller, but the overall weight makes it uncomfortable to handle if want to make a quick swipe at things. Other than that, it's alright.

Ooo, more spattershots with subs I like. Nice.

I like the look and I'm down with the idea of going there.

Going to the future was one of the original ideas in the first game. I'm surprised they never explored in all the post NES games, which often featured visiting some form of other world.

A steam punk world between the two iterations would be cool too.

Wow. I love the music video at the end showing how hard pulling it off was for him.