Jane Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 (edited) http://www.polygon.com/2016/4/27/11516494/nintendo-nx-launch-date-march-2017 Launching March 2017. Confirmed launch title is the new Legend of Zelda, which is also cross-gen (meaning a dual Wii U/NX release). Edited April 27, 2016 by Teamwork 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrColeslaw Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Kinda ironic how we had to sell our Wii U recently... The NX better have backwards compatibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Hudgegratskid said: Kinda ironic how we had to sell our Wii U recently... The NX better have backwards compatibility. I'm assuming so. Why did you have to sell it anyways? Edited April 27, 2016 by Teamwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Saturn Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 I knew they were gonna put that Zelda Wii U game on here, but it's cool how it's also on Wii U (kinda like Twilight Princess) I also really hope there's backwards compatibility too. Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbl Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Can't wait. Apparently their saying it will be powerful than the next Playstation and the next Xbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crushingmayhem Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 I rather see it having good hardware and some support this time. The lack of both of those is what caused the Wii U to falter and suffer low sales. As for backward compatibility, i'm not so sure if it should have it this time considering the Wii U used the Power PC architecture, the NX will likely go for another architecture to make it easier to develop for. Sure, there will still be an eShop but Nintendo seems to want to take a different route for the NX; its possible they'll abandon the Wii brand as part of their plans for the console. Think of it this way, Nintendo takes a different route each two consoles they release, since this will be their seventh console its possible that they'll open a new cycle of development just as they did before. But going back to the topic, i'm hoping it will have actual new games at launch or at least near it, same with some third party games. Its the only way I see them going away with this. Nintendo's known for their innovation, so hopefully they'll fulfill their promise and give us a good console this time. I might wait to see what they have in store before buying it, but who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Snake Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Yay, they've not changed the name thus far. And March 2017? Only a year's wait, that's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 2 hours ago, Metal Snake said: Yay, they've not changed the name thus far. And March 2017? Only a year's wait, that's great. This is a pretty strange idea tbh. For one, this was first mentioned around a year ago: (just Nintendo saying they had hardware under the name of 'NX' under development), so when this gets released we'll have waited two years between the unofficial announcement and release date. I get the feeling they meant to announce it here and they only mentioned the NX was in development to not make investors worried. Second, I feel like they'd capture more of the gaming press/attention if they have a big E3 reveal. You'd get everyone talking about it. They're kind of killing the hype for it in a way. And it's also a bit unorthodox to release a console in March but I guess they want to have a bigger launch line up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Snake Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 4 hours ago, Teamwork said: This is a pretty strange idea tbh. For one, this was first mentioned around a year ago: (just Nintendo saying they had hardware under the name of 'NX' under development), so when this gets released we'll have waited two years between the unofficial announcement and release date. I get the feeling they meant to announce it here and they only mentioned the NX was in development to not make investors worried. Second, I feel like they'd capture more of the gaming press/attention if they have a big E3 reveal. You'd get everyone talking about it. They're kind of killing the hype for it in a way. And it's also a bit unorthodox to release a console in March but I guess they want to have a bigger launch line up. Yeah, I did find that bizarre how they didn't wait until E3 to reveal this...and that they're not revealing anything at E3 at all. Oh well though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Snake Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Uh...I'm sorry, what? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 12 hours ago, Metal Snake said: Uh...I'm sorry, what? That is pretty fucking stupid of him to say. If the Wii U weren't on it's way out, they wouldn't have pretty much stopped major development for it outside of Color Splash, they wouldn't be only production 800 thousand units this year (which is absurdly low for a console) and the NX wouldn't be able to play the new Zelda. Just admit the Wii U is done and this is a successor to it. They're only doing this to save the last hundred thousand Wii Us they sell, although I don't see how anyone with common sense would buy one right now unless they're a collector. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-07-26-nx-is-a-portable-console-with-detachable-controllers A number of apparently verifiable leaks have confirmed that the Nintendo NX is a handheld hybrid, like we've all speculated. The weird part is apparently the controller is detachable? Sounds odd and gimmicky. :/ And it will be revealed officially in September. Edited July 26, 2016 by Teamwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 On 4/27/2016 at 1:02 PM, Hudgegratskid said: Kinda ironic how we had to sell our Wii U recently... The NX better have backwards compatibility. It will apparently not according to rumors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cream Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 If there's no backwards compatibility, I'm no longer interested. Although I wasn't planning to ever get an NX to begin with, that's just stupid. Why'd there be no backwards compatibility? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Just now, Sandy said: If there's no backwards compatibility, I'm no longer interested. Although I wasn't planning to ever get an NX to begin with, that's just stupid. Why'd there be no backwards compatibility? The NX will allegedly use cartridges and use a different architecture. It's using some weird Nvidia mobile chip. The Wii U runs on a Power PC chip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cream Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 1 minute ago, Teamwork said: The NX will allegedly use cartridges and use a different architecture. It's using some weird Nvidia mobile chip. The Wii U runs on a Power PC chip. Oh well. Even if I ever get the money I'm still not getting it. I just got a Wii U back in 2014! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 36 minutes ago, Sandy said: Oh well. Even if I ever get the money I'm still not getting it. I just got a Wii U back in 2014! You don't have to get consoles right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cream Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 53 minutes ago, Teamwork said: You don't have to get consoles right away. I get that. But like I said, I'm not interested in the NX. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 2 hours ago, Sandy said: I get that. But like I said, I'm not interested in the NX. Reserve judgement until it's announced. For all we know, this could be fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeter Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 (edited) I think the rumor is false knowing how Reggie called it a console. The NX getting announced in September makes sense knowing how its coming out this March. We'll just have to wait and speculate. Edited July 31, 2016 by Skeeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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