No no, Miis. The avatar system that got big on the Wii and now just kinda sits around in the background on the Wii U and 3DS.
The Miis have transcended the Wii branding, plus they were playable in Smash. The Miis will be fine, same for Miiverse.
It's highly likely Miis will stay.
EDGE said:
But the Miis were used on the 3DS, that alone proved that the Miis have moved beyond the Wii branding.
The only benefit of having above X1 power would be multiplats. But unless the system is more powerful than the Ps4 and they push devs to make sure performance is better, I don't see those games selling better there. If they can undercut on price and deliver a nice exclusive library that could likely sustain them. Make an expensive system that fails to take off and they are kind of boned not being able to lower the price.
It's been said before in this thread, but GAF insiders have acknowledged that both exist, that the screen of the portable is between 480 & 720p and the console being more powerful than WiiU.
No that means edge think they'll release another Wii/Wii U. Rest assured that in their minds PS4/X1 are super-high tech, just like in their minds PS360 were "next gen" and high tech until like 2010-11. Gaming journalists rarely are tech savvy, even compared to the average forum user.
The hybrid that you have in the picture is specifically what Iwata ruled out. However, when we talk about a console & a handheld, we're talking about two separate systems under one platform.
The latter. Basically it'd be all of Nintendo's consoles & handhelds sharing an architecture, an OS, & most of the same games that scale based on what is being used to play the game in question. As stated before, Iwata explicitly ruled out the possibility of a hybrid where everything is done on one machine (in the way that you described it).
I wouldn't, Nintendo specifically listed a new console & a new handheld at one of their investors' briefings. I doubt that one console failure will make Nintendo leave the home console game. At worst, the NX Console will piggy-back off of the NX Handheld as far as Nintendo's first party efforts go.
I do see NX as a possible graceful exit from home consoles if Nintendo fails to gain any traction there. But it also gives them a lot of flexibility in selecting future devices, they might end up not pursuing traditional consoles but that doesn't necessarily mean they end up being handheld only either. They may get out of both and push other new devices too even.
Well now they'll just be two form factors under a larger Nintendo platform. Put it this way, Nintendo can't support two separate platforms without software droughts, & they have a third platform on the way. On top of that, handhelds excel in Japan while the decreasing handheld sales (which are worldwide) is even worse in the West. Rather than having to sacrifice one or the other, Nintendo is (in theory) combining both into a single platform with multiple form factors. I've given this speech about a million times, so my apologies if you've read this in the past.
sörine;180160392 said:
Yes, this is sort of more what I'm expecting in the near term. Basically a console version of the portable hardware but scaled to play the same games at 1080p rather than 540p or whatever the handheld screen ends up being. I also expect we'll see more frequent hardware iteration rather than the usual 5 year console model, which was also something I feel Iwata leaned into with his comments on generational retention.
That makes sense, at least it means if one's not doing well they can just remove one form factor from the market but be sure no games are going down the drain?
Why would they though when they could encourage you to buy two devices instead? Once you're in the ecosystem you're more likely to buy another piece of hardware for a different purpose if it plays all your games/apps.
I want to say Spring 2016, but my gut says E3.
In all honesty, a hybrid would do more harm to Nintendo than good. I say this because Nintendo would be cutting off a good chunk of their potential profits with such a hybrid. Plus it's just not feasible right now in terms of battery life & power. I don't blame Iwata for avoiding the idea altogether.
Right after Christmas is probably too soon in my opinion. One would think that they'd want to follow up the reveal of the platform with a tsunami of games at E3.
I believe the next one is October 28th.
The Second Quarter Financial Results Briefing for FY 2015 is tentatively scheduled for October 29, together with a Corporate Management Policy Briefing.
