New Nintendo Platform: Codename NX

Alvin Flummux wrote:I've just been made aware that the system will most likely not be a physical handheld/console hybrid, but rather an iOS-style ecosystem - something Iwata himself hinted toward. Metaphorical hybridization, then.

As a friend of mine put it...

"Sonic stadium" eh?

You do realise that there aren't any other forums outside of GRcade?

LewisD wrote:
Alvin Flummux wrote:I've just been made aware that the system will most likely not be a physical handheld/console hybrid, but rather an iOS-style ecosystem - something Iwata himself hinted toward. Metaphorical hybridization, then.

As a friend of mine put it...

"Sonic stadium" eh?

You do realise that there aren't any other forums outside of GRcade?

No.

His friend Neole Gafen

Ad7 wrote:His friend Neole Gafen

Worse:

https://board.sonicstadium.org/topic/20 ... nt=1027584

Forum invasion!?!

It's been yeeeaaars!

gamerforever wrote:I reckon nintendo will released a couple of remasters like mario sunshine and possibly another - likely non mario/ zelda.

I just feel the console would have done a lot better if they ditched that big screen controller and just released enhanced versions of the wii mote and nunchuck.

The biggest issue has been perception - it was a stupid move to allow wii peripherals to be compatible with the wii u as it confused matters more. Everything about the wii promoting local multiplayer was thrown out of the window with that monstrosity. Also, didn't shigsy say that the wii u would allow multiple wii u controllers?

Despite my negative rant yesterday i will pick the nx up on launch just for zelda.

Hell, if the wii u dropped in price i would probably just rebuy it for the quality titles it has.

I concur... Nintendo should have done a "Microsoft". Uncoupled the Gamepad from the main console, dropped the price to better reflect the tech, and make the games cheaper. It's crazy how Nintendo think they can still charge a premium for their stuff when their competitors do it "better" and are "cheaper". Trackmania Turbo was less than £20 two months after release, and Mario 3D World is still £40 after two years. How's that for a comparison?

And no, I won't be buying an NX (unless there is some really good promotional deal a few months after launch). I'll get Zelda for my Wii U and be done with them. Nintendo have lost far too much good will for me to consider giving them another chance, and everything I have seen or heard about the NX suggests that it'll be just like Wii U - great if you adore their gimmicks and are into their games, but don't expect anything else in terms of third party support apart from maybe a few indies who want to chase the dream of being on a Nintendo console.

For me, Nintendo are "has beens". They might have revived the industry and done a few great things along the way, but just like Atari (who created the industry), they've continually strawberry floated things up to the extent that not a lot of people even give a damn.

I'm really excited about the prospect of a new Nintendo console. This year, by far my gaming has been on Nintendo or PC. Having gone back to the Wii U relatively late in its cycle (the PS4 and Xbox One took my attention when released), it's becoming one of the favourite consoles I've owned. It has a great catalogue of games and it's charming and breezy and just what I need when I've got a busy working schedule.

It seems to me, however, that the Wii U has only recently becoming great value for money. Nintendo need to launch with some of their heavy hitters right from the get go. There's a whole generation of gamers who aren't influenced by nostalgia and the Nintendo brand who need to see what it's all about. The buzz can only happen if these games are ready at launch. Just think, how different the Wii U's fortunes could have been if Mario Kart, 3D World and maybe Wind Waker HD had been out from the get go?

They should announce a Wii U price drop at E3, get the console out for £99 and then concentrate on NX from 2017 onwards. The new Ninty president has said they are holding NX back in order to make sure they have a good selection of games.....hopefully this also means a steady stream of releases

We should all probably remind ourselves that we haven't actually seen or heard anything....

About as close as we get to understanding anything at all is that Nintendo mentioned that they liked the "Apple" philosophy a few years back. So they're likely to have a unified software architecture for their device(s). That doesn't necessarily mean a totally shared architecture between portable and home console. For example Apple has iOS and tvOS both are separate platforms but internally cross share most of their libraries. It makes porting between the two an absolute breeze. I imagine that is the approach Nintendo has for its coming and future products.

Nothing else can be gleaned; hardware specs, architecture, or hardware direction.

I'd put my money on an online box that is going to be easy to develop for and be a bit more "open" though!

magicmilner wrote:They should announce a Wii U price drop at E3, get the console out for £99 and then concentrate on NX from 2017 onwards. The new Ninty president has said they are holding NX back in order to make sure they have a good selection of games.....hopefully this also means a steady stream of releases

They not going to do that though as dropping it to £99 will mean further losses. They dropped the price of GameCube and that didn't really help.

PES Fan wrote:
magicmilner wrote:They should announce a Wii U price drop at E3, get the console out for £99 and then concentrate on NX from 2017 onwards. The new Ninty president has said they are holding NX back in order to make sure they have a good selection of games.....hopefully this also means a steady stream of releases

They not going to do that though as dropping it to £99 will mean further losses. They dropped the price of GameCube and that didn't really help.

Yep, it won't go down in price - if anything it will go up to maintain that brand perception.

They need to shift units though, no one is going to buy a Wii U this year as it stands as Wii U has no big releases ahead. You get it out for a can't miss price and some good bundles and at least you'll have some income coming in

There already are some pretty good bundles so I think they will just continue doing that.

magicmilner wrote:They need to shift units though, no one is going to buy a Wii U this year as it stands as Wii U has no big releases ahead. You get it out for a can't miss price and some good bundles and at least you'll have some income coming in

I am sure they will pull out a few remasters and bundles to get people interested. I will likely wait and hope the nx had the best wii u remasters available on launch, which i think it will.

NO MORE FLOATING REMASTERS FFS

Ad7 wrote:NO MORE FLOATING REMASTERS FFS

I used to agree with this but then I realised the value and impact of remasters. Some companies exist purely to do remasters, like Bluepoint Games so it's not like developers are being taken from new projects to churn out remasters. I'm very thankful that the Metal Gear Solid games were remastered because it meant that I could play them at 60FPS. Of course, it would be better if they had come to PC in the first place but that is almost certainly never going to happen for games like Uncharted, which was much more enjoyable at 60FPS.

In terms of money, there's only so much funding that you can put into a project before it is more efficient to just take some extra time. It's also possible for remasters to generate profits that can then be used for new games.

Remasters also make games more accessible to new gamers as they are no longer tied to dead systems or prohibitively priced due to scarcity. You could argue that it would be easier and cheaper to just rerelease the original on the Virtual Console but I'd rather have games that take advantage of modern technology.

I'd much rather have the new Zelda game sooner, instead of remasters, but it's hard to definitively say that remasters are causing games to be delayed. Like anything in gaming, for example DLC, companies can take advantage of remasters to exploit consumers but this doesn't make remasters an inherently bad thing.

I personally love remasters, you saying you wouldn't want some classic GC or Wii titles in HD with improved features

magicmilner wrote:I personally love remasters, you saying you wouldn't want some classic GC or Wii titles in HD with improved features

I do now too, I love having all my favourite games on one platform.

Me too.

PC gaming :wub:

I think I said this in the other thread, as to how the NX will be a Nintendo only console and won't get a lot of third party support... Well, it seems that Michael Patcher has also chimed in:

“[With] the NX, I think you are going to see very low third-party support outside of Japan unless the thing is a hit. And so, I mean my criticism of them is just that they have squandered a big lead that they had in hardware and gone from first-to-worst, quickly, on the console side.”

https://mynintendonews.com/2016/05/03/p ... n-support/

EDIT: I actually said it earlier in this thread.

New Nintendo Platform: Codename NX

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