Nintendo Switch (Nintendo's next console)

CiDeRmAn

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

Let's just say, imagine if you will, they didn't reveal it till January, and we'd literally spent an entire year being hyped for nothing.

Take it back, TAKE IT BACK!!!!!!

And you better pray that Reggie isn't checking in on the Ninty forum as he is known to do and take your idea up Miles, oh no, you better pray.
Because, if that now happens, you are in for a world of pain, like Chase HQ on the C64 kinda pain, true misery....

MilesMorales1

It feels unusual. Whatever gimmick they have must be pretty amazing to keep it secret for so long.

MilesMorales1

Apparently Nintendo has an investor Q&A on October 27th. They'd look pretty silly if NX wasn't revealed by then, so there's like, 36 days there.

Andrew76

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

It feels unusual. Whatever gimmick they have must be pretty amazing to keep it secret for so long.

A gimmick can't be the reason they've said nothing so far - no way Sony or MS would have time to release their own version of it before March. If the 'gimmick' is the dual nature of the device then they're fine as regards getting copied.

The silence just worries me because I'm thinking they have not much to say in the way of launch titles or they're trying to implement new last minute features with the OS or the online infrastructure.

Pac1Man

Another 36 days?!

That's another month's worth of salt!

MilesMorales1

CiDeRmAn

Worried about Sony or MS copying them?
Sure neither company has had any success in copying Nintendo's success in the handheld gaming market, so no worries there.

That said, there's probably more people playing games on Sony's android handsets then there is on Vita handhelds.... and soon you'll be able to play Super Mario Run on Android, meaning Sony will have people playing Mario on their handheld...
Mind...
Blown...

kevin2me

Well thats a 2nd CEO saying good things openly about the NX.

In a recent interview with GameSpot, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot offered his opinion on Nintendo’s upcoming console.

“The new Nintendo [console] is a fantastic machine. It’s really a new approach, it’s really Nintendo, [which is] coming with something new again. We love it.”

Guillemot also advised that Ubisoft are “working on some [other] projects” for the NX, but did not elaborate further on what this would entail.

You can check out the full interview over on GameSpot’s website here.

sligeach

Here's the quotes in full from Yves Guillemot.

UBISOFT SAYS NX IS FANTASTIC, A 'REALLY NEW APPROACH', EXCITED TO WORK ON SOMETHING NEW

Coming from a GameSpot interview with Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot...

"The new Nintendo [console] is a fantastic machine. It's really a new approach, it's really Nintendo, [which is] coming with something new again. We love it.

We always take disruptions on the positive side. We think each time that it's an opportunity for our creators to take more risks. When a machine is installed, there are a certain number of brands that take up the time of players, so they're going to buy the next Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty. Even if they say, 'I'm interested in what you're doing,' at the end of the day they first buy what they know, then go somewhere else. When they change machines, they consider that it is better to try what has been done for that machine. This gives us an opportunity to totally change an IP that we have done before, or to create new experiences and new IPs.

What we see is, players are more open when new hardware is coming. So we have the chance to come with something we have never done before, because we know that if we are the first there, people will try our game and maybe we'll be able to get into that new genre. As our people wanted to do a game like ZombiU, they were happy they could just use the Wii U to do it. For us, a machine is a tool of expression, but when everything become stable it's less open to innovation. We always want innovation.

However, if you try something a little new and it's not perfect, you come back quickly to what you know and works. As a gamer, if you change to new hardware, you have no references, so you're looking at what people are saying are [the best games] and then trying them. But if you have an [established] machine and there's all the experiences you know on there already, you know you're going to miss some of those to try something new, so you're less inclined. For us, we know opportunities to try something new are a lot more rewarding when it's a new machine."

Ubisoft's CEO also once again confirmed that they are "working on some [other] projects" for NX, but wouldn't give specifics.

http://gonintendo.com/stories/265492-ubisoft-says-nx-is-fantastic-a-really-new-approach-excited-to?page=2#comment-92165

CiDeRmAn

I suppose, the anticipation for the NX, or whatever it is to be called, has been skillfully built by Nintendo to the point that even people, who would normally take no notice of a Nintendo launch, are sitting up to see what Nintendo have up their sleeves.
Of course, that carries with it a risk, a risk that the product, upon reveal, has little to recommend it to the non-Nintendo fan and we then are treated to the countless threads and posts "I told you Nintendo sucked donkey parts" and so on.

MilesMorales1

You say that, but the 'average' punter, so to speak, will likely only become aware of the NX about 2 weeks - month before launch when it shows up on some stupid chat show or BBC breakfast news or something. In that sense, a super delayed reveal kinda makes sense.

The_B_Man

haha ye right lads.
As if they're doing any of that on purpose! :P

MilesMorales1

Well I still think they were planning to show it earlier, at least at E3, and then something happened to bring it to this weird limbo we're in right now.

OwaynOTT

Reckon that was what the development team came up with.

CastorTroy

A straw?

sligeach

Some more chat from Ubisoft on NX.

IGN - UBISOFT SAYS NX INTERFACE IS ATTRACTIVE & EASY TO USE, NINTENDO HAS LEARNED FROM WII U

Coming from an IGN interview with Ubisoft's Yves Guillemot...

"I think, once again, the interface is very attractive. It's a machine that will be easy to use for all gamers. They have built in something that will give us chance to really have a different experience from what exists today. That's what I like - that they come with something new that is adapted to what we actually want now."

Guillemot was asked if the NX is a step back towards the Wii's more inclusive approach, to which he answered...

"It's difficult to answer that [before NX is revealed]. What we see is that Nintendo has learned from the Wii U. All publishers learn from what they do, and then come with something new and more attractive, which I think is the case here.

We always take disruptions on the positive side. We think each time that it's an opportunity for our creators to take more risk. When a machine is installed, there are a certain number of brands that are taking up the time of players, so they are going to buy the next Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty. Even if they say, 'I'm interested in what you're doing,' at the end of the day they first buy what they know, and then they go somewhere else.

When they change machines, they consider that it's better to try actually what has been done for that machine, so it gives us an opportunity to either totally change an IP that we have done before, or to create new experiences and new IPs."

http://gonintendo.com/stories/265563-ign-ubisoft-says-nx-interface-is-attractive-easy-to-use-nint

sligeach

Foxconn, Pegatron start production of Sony PS4 Pro, Foxconn trialling production of Nintendo NX

Foxconn Electronics and Pegatron have begun production of the PlayStation (PS) 4 Pro, a new Sony game console to be launched on November 10, and Foxconn has undertaken trial production of the NX, a new Nintendo games console, according to industry sources.

Foxconn and Pegatron used to equally share OEM production of PS consoles, but in 2016 Pegatron is responsible for nearly 70% of production, the sources said. Pegatron and Foxconn will increase shipments of PS 4 Pro consoles in October and November to meet peak demand prior to the year-end season, the sources indicated.

In addition to PS 4 Pro, Foxconn is the largest OEM for Nintendo NX, followed by Japan-based Misumi Electronics and Hosiden, the sources noted. Annual production of Nintendo NX is estimated at 9.5-10 million units, the sources said.

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20160922PD207.html

MilesMorales1

If that's true, we should see the thing pretty soon. Foxconn has more leaks than the titanic.

Chain Smoker

Can anyone remember if publishers were saying anything positive about Wii U before it's reveal? I feel like from day one it was a bit of a damp squib, then after that one E3 where they just went on and on about Nintendoland they nearly should've just cancelled it altogether.

MilesMorales1

Well yeah, they did. They're unlikely to come out and say 'NX is rubbish, no interest in developing for it' before the thing is even released.

CiDeRmAn

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

Well yeah, they did. They're unlikely to come out and say 'NX is rubbish, no interest in developing for it' before the thing is even released.

Well, EA might... w@nkers!

MilesMorales1

Nintendo is now taking final orders on Wii U consoles. Those that haven't ordered by the end of next week (Friday September 30) will not be able to order the Wii U again from Nintendo. Is this Nintendo's last roll of the dice with the Wii U so they can plan to give retailers details about the new hardware next month? Is something exciting due to be announced in October?

http://www.gameseek.co.uk/video-gaming-news/2541/nintendo-nx-to-be-released-christmas-2016%3F

MilesMorales1

Speak of the devil






The drawings look a bit crap but this same guy leaked the PS4 slim and PS4 pro models ahead of time with drawings and ****.

Chain Smoker

so a power adaptor, some kind of base block and a controller.


Not exactly the most enlightening leak if it is legit.

Corholio

I don't think it's the same guy who leaked the PS4 stuff, it seems that it's a different guy altogether.

Edit: It seems it was just created and put on a chinese site in a sort of 'how the NX could look' type of thread

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/4794261421

MilesMorales1

Oh boo. Discard as nonsense then.

van_beano

Hi all, just reading through the last couple of pages there. Young fella is looking to get a Wii U for Nov, coming from a PlayStation background myself now I've not owned a Nintendo system since the SNES (Nintendo fan back in the day, anti-Megadrive ).

Just reading about this NX now, I'd hate to pay full price for the Wii U now only for it to be made "last-gen" within a few months and price plummets. Can anyone give any advice on the future prospects of the Wii U? Should I wait for this NX, it sounds like an upgraded Wii U as is.

MilesMorales1

You'd have a lot of fun with a Wii U now, but the NX will 99.9% be out in March. And the Wii U will surely come down in price soon, even just to clear stock for NX.

OwaynOTT

Don't know how it sounds like an updated wiiu to be honest.

Get a second hand wiiu from cex. Two year warranty, so it's safe. And you'd have a whole heap of great titles to play with while you wait on the NX to garner some software titles.

Can't see it dropping much in price between now and March. Doubt stores have much in stock. Gamestop had very little before their rebrand. Argos never really seemed to carry much.

sligeach

I don't think the Wii U will drop in price. Nintendo will only produce enough to meet demand. In 4 years the Wii U only had 1 price cut of €50 and that was years ago. There are still retailers charging €340 for it which is nuts especially when compared to the competition.