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Yeah these discounts kinda suck

It would be kind of cool if your mobile can be the second screen when you're playing on the handheld

@rjejr It's a kind of a modular system, with a constellation of options (all connected by the cloud) - so I was thinking as a name: SuperStar

@BionicDodo I'm pretty confident the media will be DS style carts with pretty boxes, but with an emphasis on downloads first - much like Wii U has been this gen

The real question we all want answered is.. can you play Pokemon Go on it?

I would be totally amazed if there's no backwards compatibility. I really hope that part isn't true.

Don't forget the cluster computing patent from a few months back - I'll bet the TV box element upscales to PS4 worthy power when playing on a tv

@JH64 Yes I sincerely hope so! There's game gear games on the 3DS, so we're not far off

That's cool about the TurboGrafx-16 content - it must mean Nintendo are extending the eshop titles onto NX - otherwise I don't see why it would be worthwhile porting over an entire new system

That's weird timing but better late than never I suppose

The fact they're still adding stuff to the VC kind of makes me think these titles will be playable on NX in some form

Nothing for me this week, holding out for NX

It's about time. The last website was woeful.

The things kids can do today!

The Sheika stone is interesting. It's pretty much confirmation that the NX will be a home console with a gamepad type controller!

Fingers crossed for a 3DS version now

It's strange, I'm sure I've seen the headline "23rd June... Europe.. something something" somewhere before

Stupid sexy Samus...

Cool

It's the right call. Play to your strengths, Nintendo.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Slán!
If they launch NX without a killer software lineup, then they'll repeat the mistake of Wii U again. Remember only having nintendoland and ZombiU for 6 months before pikmin 3 came out? It was terrible...!

Ok fine, but as long as they don't try that "if you want the best.. wait for it..." Christmas campaign again.

Sooner than I thought to be honest. Still waiting to see a 3DS upgrade, aka the 'portable' element of NX - we might see that at E3

@RoomB31
I read somewhere (can't remember where) it will have backward compatibility through emulation. And I think the ports will be HD remasters (zelda style) that take advantage of the NX gimmicks whatever they are.

By far the best strength of the gamepad is it was a 2-handed motion controller that sits on your lap, emphasising the x-axis. Why there wasn't a motion control pilotwings game at launch I will never know.

The rumours of NX being a hybrid machine with a portable gamepad, plus industry trends at the moment (the PS4.5, Xbox 1.5 etc etc) all confirm to me that NX is just a mid generation reboot of the Wii U, by another name.

Have been secretly hoping all these months that this week we would see SNES Starfox/Starwing on the VC. I guess if it hasn't happened this week then it never will :/

The real question is: are there language options? Can I play in Japanese??

Is it just me or is it every time I read "Nintendo Land" I read it to myself in Marge Simpson's voice?

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I don't see the point in voice acting, there's so much text in Zelda games it takes longer to listen than it does to read, so it would actually take away from my enjoyment of the game - it would also be unecessarily unweidly and expensive to record, and if this is the reason it was delayed a year then I wouldn't be happy!

It was already delayed a year (nearly 2 years for Europeans), they couldn't have waited any longer, and by the time it rolled out worldwide it was already beginning to look dated.

I like the grey logo, it reminds me of the good old days of the Wii & DS. But times change. Looking forward to what's next.

When are we getting SNES Starfox/Starwing on the VC?!?!?!!

@NewAdvent Call it instinct! I was looking at the grainy-ness in the dark patches of the photo - that suggests it was taken with a camera with auto iso, like a camera phone. With a high iso, I would expect the screen to look more blown out and overexposed. There's no light spill around where the control sticks are and the lines are far too neat. Try taking a photo of your Wii U gamepad in a dimmy lit room and you'll see what I mean

On the other hand, I could be completely wrong!

Also - other posters are suggesting it's real but it's a mock up made of plasticene. It also seems "unfinished" to me, nintendo hardware designs are usually so much better, even at prototype.

Oh that's so fake. Apart from the fact it doesn't have the prongs/handles you see in the patent, the lighting is all wrong. I wouldn't expect the screen to have such clarity and brightness while the rest of the image is soft, dark and grainy - even with an HDR photo.

How do I know? I'm a cameraman for a living. I know.

What a terrible tragedy and such a trauma for his daughter to suffer too

If the rumours are true and NX supports Unreal Engine 4, then good times are ahead Nintendo fans!

I hope there's Japanese language options in the western release!

Excellent! I suspect there will be a separate Direct for miitomo later in the month

@3MonthBeef No I don't, I'm not that weird! I just assumed the report was talking about the home console element of NX, not a handheld :/

@banacheck It doesn't strictly say it will be a handheld, maybe he's talking about the home console element of NX?

Let' take these one at a time:

"- It has a wireless HDMI dongle"
It seems like an expensive and rather unnecessary alternative to just having an hdmi cable. I call FALSE.

"- Allegedly the analog controls for movement has small motors in them for full haptic feedback"
It's long overdue for console gaming. But I think for thumb-powered analogue sticks, a resistive stick would cause your thumb to slide off all the time. I don't see it passing the nintendo hardware quality test, unless its a radical redesign of an analogue stick, which would make it very incompatible for third parties. I call FALSE.

"- It can literally Bluetooth synch with everything"
In theory this is already possible with all existing consoles. I think the fact the deNA have collaborated on the Os with nintendo lends this an air of credibility. I don't know about syncing with phone calls but I'm sure mobile cellular data will play a part somehow for the portable. I call TRUE.

"- The closest in terms of "power" it gets to is the Xbox One"
Why not? This has been reported in various guises elsewhere. Fundamentally because it would be suicide to release a closed system midway through a console generation, I'm calling TRUE.

"- Look to Pokemon GO to get the idea of the type of social features that will be in NX that will take multiplayer"
This isn't guesswork, it's already happening. Safe bet, I call TRUE.

- As if "Samsung and the Nintendo 2DS" had a baby
It wouldn't fit Nintendo's design aesthetic up until now. Remember things like 2DS are designed to be dropped about a million times and still work. In terms of hardware, I expect chunky robust plastic that won't break on impact with the floor. In terms of software, I have an inkling that the source is looking at demo versions of the OS, which will be nintendo-fied closer to launch to be more family friendly. On both counts I'm calling FALSE

All in all though, I am about 100 times more excited about NX now! Roll on E3!!!

If they get the team behind the Lego movie, then yes

I don't like the expression "Loses battle with cancer".
Cancer patients are never losers.

My thoughts are with his family and friends

@NintyMan Kudos for being the only person to predict Kimishima would get it

Pity they couldn't have smoothed out some of those polygons. Will probably pick it up if I can find it discounted somewhere

Couldn't get into DK64, as hard as I tried. Maybe this would make me look again. HD graphics really can make a game more immersive.

My birthday! Sweet

Agree with most people here - looks like nintendo will update the 3DS this year, and update the Wii U next year, and they'll work together.

I suspect the new handheld will also work with Wii U, owing to Shibata's comment that NX is "something different". i.e., like gameboy and DS they don't officially expect them to compete (but hope they will)

Yaaay, Square Enix VC!!!
Roll on Secret of Mana and the SNES Final Fantasy titles!!

Sounds like what the Wii U was supposed to be