I've been defending the Wii U and Nintendo since its release, and I still like the console itself.. but the way Nintendo is threating things right now is ridiculous. They were gonig in the right direction, but they totally blew 2015.

Is the title a joke?

SMW, closely followed by ALTTP.

 

I'm equally hyped and skeptical about this concept.

A unified console would mean that you can play all new Nintendo games without having to buy two platforms (Wii U and 3DS right now). It would allow for the same titles to be played on the go and on your TV. It would be backwards compatible with Wii U and 3DS because the handheld could be used as a Gamepad/second screen. Gamepad-like ideas (second screen maps etc.) could still be applied. The console would be powerful enough to gain respect and 3rd party support.

This sounds like a dream, but could it work?

"industry leading chips" would be very expensive. The PS4 is $350 right now. It's a console with a normal controller. The NX would have to be more powerful and deliver a second screen at the same time. The handheld part of NX would need its own CPU, GPU, RAM, you name it... This together would cost at least $500. The current customers who would buy a 3DS are those that probably don't want to spend a lot of money on a platform. NX would be more expensive as a PS4 or Xbox One. This is problematic.

From the information given, it sounds like NX will be both a console and a handheld bundled together. A console to plug into your tv, and a handheld for on the road. I assume the handheld would be the controller? Processing power on the handheld would be a lot weaker than on the console version. Now if the NX wouldn't be trying to compete with PS4 power specs, we could have something more realistic..

A handheld device that you can connect to your tv. Imagine a handheld with the power of a PS3 for example. You could take that on the road, but you could also stream it to your TV (think of something like ChromeCast). This would be more likely to sell than an actual hybrid console, meaning two seperate devices.

unannounced titles

 

Two Metroids. Like in 2002. PLEASE

Are the championships at 00:00, Dutch time? I suck with timezone converting, sorry.

That kinda sucks.

Metroid Warriors confirmed

FAWFULL FOR KART 2016

It won't be just a portable that inexplicably gets a "boost" if it just so happens to connect to a competitors console. That would cause developers to have to develop two games for one system - or one very high end game that utilizes low LOD when it is mobile only. Not worth the investment for those who will only use the mobile unit.

 

NX is a codename used to describe a NINTENDO family of hardware units that share data with each other with each utilizing a similar architecture for ease of cross hardware game and app development. The mobile system can share the "same" game data with the "beefy" home based unit allowing for high fidelity gaming at home and the "same" game (using shared saved data), but at a lower fidelity while on the road. Actually surprised no one has done this before.

 

Other Nintendo hardware units as well as some existing and future competing hardware units (phones, tablets, etc.) will join the home console and mobile unit to run Nintendo software to be called cohesively, the NX platform. Still just a codename. Pretty ambitious stuff.

Interesting concept.

Am I the only one who envisioned the NX as a handheld device that can be connected to a TV using streaming technology? The NX would cost more than an average handheld because of its ability to stream HD gaming with performances similar to last gen consoles to a TV. Its selling point would be that you can play the games wherever you like, also on your TV. I'm struggling to explain this idea, but I hope it's understandable.

Interesting that Bill says E3 will focus on 2015 releases as well as early 2016. We might see Zelda after all

It's not entirely out of the question indeed, but I'm not betting on it.

I iked this Direct because it means their precious E3 time won't be wasted on games like Pokemon Mystery Dungeon or Mario & Sonic.

I can tell there's not enough resources... the game looks horrible, graphically.

This better be Luigi's Mansion 3.

Treyarch games tend to be the most unique COD games. I loved the stories in BO1 and 2, but that was because of the connection between the two. It's hard to imagine a connection with the third one because it's even 40 years further into the future. Also, the futuristic setting has already been done in the previous COD game which is kind of a let down. But still, this is Treyarch, and even if MP and Campaign will suck, there's zombies.

Did you mean slopes? Cause this game is really lacking slopes.

Looks good, but mostly because I didn't buy AW so I'm fine with another futuristic game. Still wondering how this would even tie in to previous BO titles. There has to be some connection. 

No Wii U release planned so far, but we know how it goes. 

Someone please post believable rumors.

He's only there for a year apparantly and "they'll see what happens then".

METROID PRIME 4 CONFIRMED

GET HYPE

BUT IT'S FOR NX: http://www.eurogamer...ly-now-be-on-nx

less hype now

 

Nintendo of America ‏@NintendoAmerica  6h6 hours ago

Masahiro Sakurai will host a video presentation about #SmashBros on 6/14 at 7:40 a.m. PT. You don’t want to miss it! http://Ninten.do/6016B66PC 

LIVE STREAM NEW CONTENT APPROACHING!

7:40 a.m. PT

06/14/2015

 

Thank you. Good to see Nintendo doing a lot right before E3, saving the best stuff for then.

Source please.

RIP.

This is one of the only games I'm legit hyped for.

He just says, if they were to start, that it would take so long that it would be on the next console. 3 years at least of dev time... which they have not even started apparently. So, it is safe to say we won't have a home console Metroid Prime on Wii U, or the next console at launch... even if that comes out in one or 2 years!

 

 

Of course... all still a grain of salt.

At least we know 2D Metroid is in development as well.. this is gonna be 1994-2002 all over again. 

(transformation) masks are faces of characters that have passed away. That's pretty tragic.