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Reddit [verified] User shares NX info: x86 Architecture, Second screen support etc.

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Nanashrew

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I don't believe the rumor has anything to do with hardware though. Mostly about specific content within the game. Still though, what has been said was largely vague and nothing specific over Twitter. She's currently digging for more solid proof so there's not much point in discussing it with barely anything for us to even go on.
 

Malus

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Hope it isn't too spoilery whatever it is.

I don't believe the rumor has anything to do with hardware though. Mostly about specific content within the game. Still though, what has been said was largely vague and nothing specific over Twitter. She's currently digging for more solid proof so there's not much point in discussing it with barely anything for us to even go on.

There are like 10 pages worth of posts about "NXUE4DEV16" or whoever he is on Reddit. Emily's vague messages are about 100x more worthy of discussion lol.
 
Most likely Link is a girl or you can choose female or male Link.

Learn about the setting
The subtitle
Why it was really delayed
Maybe it'll have a firm launch date, thus possibly giving away NX release date

There's lots to know.

The company that fired Alison Rapp is not going to turn Link into a woman. The company that said Peach's skirt is too hard to program for NSMBWii is not going to turn Link into a woman.
 
Most likely Link is a girl or you can choose female or male Link.

Learn about the setting
The subtitle
Why it was really delayed
Maybe it'll have a firm launch date, thus possibly giving away NX release date

There's lots to know.

The scope and cost of the project was without a doubt diminished in someway when the reality of the Wii u set in and the games potential sales couldn't justify it. I would bet a thousand bucks the decision to bring it to the NX however many years ago allowed the game to get back some of that original scope.

Sadly, that is not something we will ever likely know.
 

Chindogg

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The company that fired Alison Rapp is not going to turn Link into a woman. The company that said Peach's skirt is too hard to program for NSMBWii is not going to turn Link into a woman.

I understand there's a general feeling that Nintendo's sexist thanks to certain situations, but they are one of the most progressive gaming companies in Japan. They hire the most women in the Japanese gaming industry, some studios being 50/50 in members.
 

Nanashrew

Banned
Hope it isn't too spoilery whatever it is.



There are like 10 pages worth of posts about "NXUE4DEV16" on Reddit or whatever it is. Emily's vague messages are about 100x more worthy of discussion lol.

Well if that's the case then, with the vague statements it sounds like it may just piss off GamerGaters.
 

Malus

Member
Emily : "I wish I could dish out Nintendo news with an anonymous name but nobody would trust an anonymous person"

Yeah about that :p
 

Luigiv

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Yeah whatever happened to the 3.2Ghz CPUs like in the 360. I'd rather have less cores and higher clocks than tons of weak cores. But wtf do I know? Cooling and costs shouldn't be an issue since fabrications have gotten tinier and cooler.

Frequency is way overrated. I doesn't mean anything when comparing different microarchitectures. the PPE core was pretty much the Petium 4 of IBM's PPC line up. Impressive frequency but dogshit performance per clock. The processors in the current crop of consoles are far more efficient than the Xenon. Even at half the frequency, the Jaguar cores still have an advantage over the PPE cores and that's before taking account that there's more of them.

Even the Wii U's Espresso is not as far removed from the Xenon's performance as some fanboys would have you think. Even Arkam, who originally spilled the beans on Espresso back in the WUST mentioned that the processor was about equivalent to the Xenon, despite the frequency gap (and this was before Espresso got a 25% up clock).

Now I'm not saying frequency is meaningless, but as a tool of comparison, it only makes sense when comparing the same microarchitecture.
 

AzaK

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But what's the market for a cheap machine? In the electronics world, seriously, what is your market for a "cheap machine"? It's always been about value. What does your machine offer. Nintendo doesn't have to have the most high spec machine, but it has to offer something innovative in the technology field.

Of course, that's what I was trying to say. That is, it's likely more possible for them to invent something interesting that their core audience + mainstream consumers would like (ala Wii) than it is to show value to the enthusiast audience who like their machines to be "powerful" and "adult"
 
Well if that's the case then, with the vague statements it sounds like it may just piss off GamerGaters.
Yeah, it probably will if it's what I think it is (though Emily said it's more than just one thing)
The company that fired Alison Rapp is not going to turn Link into a woman. The company that said Peach's skirt is too hard to program for NSMBWii is not going to turn Link into a woman.
Come on now, don't be silly.
Peach and Rosalina are playable in 3D World and they had a ton of games this generation with a female playable Character like DKCTF, Pikmin 3, W101, Smash, MK, Bayonetta2, 3D World, Xenoblade X, Splatoon, etc.
though I guess this is a bit off topic
 
The company that fired Alison Rapp is not going to turn Link into a woman. The company that said Peach's skirt is too hard to program for NSMBWii is not going to turn Link into a woman.

LOL this is like textbook disillusion. I can't even begin to understand what you're trying to say, because it makes no sense. I could easily go

The company that phased out their insanely popular GameBOY brand for the more gender neutral Nintendo DS.
The company that had a female character as the star of a game in the 80s
 

Nanashrew

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Nintendo has stumbled plenty of times but at least learned from those mistakes. I remember there being some anger about Nintendo starting an initiative to target girls only recently. Yes, the stands, the online site were pink and those were criticized alongside gendered targeted advertisement.

However, gendered targeting advertisement, as much as many may not like, it's going to be around a very long time. But Nintendo did learn more from it. Nothing is all pink, there are many colors now, even colors that most even associate with boys.

All anyone can hope when there's a stumble is to learn from it.

Though, I think we're starting to veer off topic.
 

diaspora

Member
The company that fired Alison Rapp is not going to turn Link into a woman. The company that said Peach's skirt is too hard to program for NSMBWii is not going to turn Link into a woman.
This is the stupidest thing I've seen all week, that same company made the Animal Crossing team a 50/50 split between men and women demographically.
 
The company that fired Alison Rapp is not going to turn Link into a woman. The company that said Peach's skirt is too hard to program for NSMBWii is not going to turn Link into a woman.

Emma-Stones-Hysterical-Laugh-Gif.gif
 

Rubixcuba

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I was on the bus home from uni just now thinking about NX and the unveiling etc. It was probably because I was listening to the Zelda Symphony soundtrack, but it would be incredible if Nintendo opened their presentation with a 'Nintendo Melody'. Iconic songs from each console and handheld played before transitioning to, the um, NX Theme!
 
This is the stupidest thing I've seen all week, that same company made the Animal Crossing team a 50/50 split between men and women demographically.

And that's not even the core of this dumb comment. The people who were decided to let Alison Rapp go aren't at all the same people who decide what gender Link is.
 

Nanashrew

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Should also mention that Splatoon's getting an update on April 12th:

http://gonintendo.com/stories/255550-splatoon-ver-2-7-0-update-coming-april-12th

The content was covered in a Direct IIRC.

Wondering if this and the Zelda rumor possibly point to a Direct soon (hopefully mostly about NX).

Feels like Splatoon stuff happens around their airing time. The last update (on March 8th) was just after the last Direct last month (March 3rd).

Paper Mario rumors appeared about 2 months before a Direct if that helps to pinpoint anything.

Also I believe the new Splatoon stuff is a thank you gesture to the fans and Splatoon communities from the producer and the team. I do remember when he was tearing up on stage at the end of the Splatoon nationals that though they had stopped doing things for Splatoon "but maybe there's one more thing we can do."

The new weapons state they're part of Sheldon's Picks Vol. 1, and I am curious how many more there are.
 

10k

Banned
I'm not going to lie though, letting players choose the gender of Link would be fantastic imo.
Yes it would. It would be fun to play as a female on the second playthrough like I do with Bioware games or Pokemon. Kicking ass as a woman despite being a straight white male is....what's the word I'm looking for....invigorating?
 

MoonFrog

Member
The company that fired Alison Rapp is not going to turn Link into a woman. The company that said Peach's skirt is too hard to program for NSMBWii is not going to turn Link into a woman.
Tbh, Nintendo does have gender issues--just read Iwata asks when a female staff is present: so much "oh you can play games too despite them being difficult for girls?"--but they are also interested in reaching out to a female audience, cultivating their female staff, etc. So that's a mixed bag.

But, I'll be kind of shocked if this "gender swap" which is paraded on western forums with an air of inevitability seems at all that way in Japan. The triforce heroes guy didn't even understand the question when asked. Maybe Aonuma is really going hardcore " look to crpg" but other than that I can't really see the weight of "Link should be a girl" playing at Nintendo.

Of course I don't see it here. I can see wanting it and it doing some good but I can't see "it should happen."

^

Not sure if "despite" is the right word after straight white male...a lot of us like playing girls for that reason at least in part. Not knocking that but...also not looking forward to Link waifu days.
 

Flare

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There are Zelda rumours? The amount of thirst I have for anything on Zelda U... It's been almost 1.5 years since we've seen anything truly noteworthy.
 

diaspora

Member
Yes it would. It would be fun to play as a female on the second playthrough like I do with Bioware games or Pokemon. Kicking ass as a woman despite being a straight white male is....what's the word I'm looking for....invigorating?
I personally would stick to playing as a guy but it'd offer more options to more people. I play as a character that's a different race than me in 99.99% of games anyway.
 

MK_768

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LOL this is like textbook disillusion. I can't even begin to understand what you're trying to say, because it makes no sense. I could easily go

The company that phased out their insanely popular GameBOY brand for the more gender neutral Nintendo DS.
The company that had a female character as the star of a game in the 80s

I feel like all he says is nonsensical stuff. Best to ignore him
 
Paper Mario rumors appeared about 2 months before a Direct if that helps to pinpoint anything.

Also I believe the new Splatoon stuff is a thank you gesture to the fans and Splatoon communities from the producer and the team. I do remember when he was tearing up on stage at the end of the Splatoon nationals that though they had stopped doing things for Splatoon "but maybe there's one more thing we can do."

The new weapons state they're part of Sheldon's Picks Vol. 1, and I am curious how many more there are.
I'm still hoping for end of April/after Star Fox's launch.
Splatoon still getting free updates this far into its life is pretty cool. I imagine SplaTwoon is already in the works, I wonder when we'll see that. I'll probably not play the game again so the sequel would feel fresher.
 

10k

Banned
I personally would stick to playing as a guy but it'd offer more options to more people. I play as a character that's a different race than me in 99.99% of games anyway.
Yeah I usually play the character that's closest to me, race, gender, etc.

But those second playthroughs I do opposite things usually.

Plus it's awesome playing as Lara, Michonne, Bayonetta and Clementine



Oh just a heads up, the NXDev16 dude is saying the Starfox adventures tease was for a direct that will announce that as a GameCube game for VC. Yes, he's saying GameCube Virtual console is coming to Wii U this late.
 

MK_768

Member
It's a more personal account. She isn't really fully back as a leaker after some of the previous things had happened and how some treated her. She still loves talking about games though and ways Nintendo could/should fix stuff.

Yeah. Once she left I kinda had a feeling she would be back before E3. I dont think she can help herself, and I dont mean that as a bad thing. She legit loves talking about Nintendo games. Can't blame her.
 

MoonFrog

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It would be great to play as a black link too... but eh let me not go there..
Gender in games is a hotter topic than race in games, yes. White straight men have a vested interest in women. Mothers, daughters, wives, would-be lovers, etc. It makes closing those gaps more of an immediate interest than gaps with racial minorities, yes.

Idk. If it goes femlink half of me wants just one link that is female for the game and half of me would want a character creator with at least skin tone options as well as sex.
 

Nanashrew

Banned
Yeah I usually play the character that's closest to me, race, gender, etc.

But those second playthroughs I do opposite things usually.

Plus it's awesome playing as Lara, Michonne, Bayonetta and Clementine



Oh just a heads up, the NXDev16 dude is saying the Starfox adventures tease was for a direct that will announce that as a GameCube game for VC. Yes, he's saying GameCube Virtual console is coming to Wii U this late.

Where is that Twitter link again for Star Fox Adventures? And don't they know that Nintendo has been doing this whole Star Fox history stuff at all? And if it's NoE, do they even know that NoE just has fun on their Twitter year round regardless of news?

I highly doubt we're getting GC VC at this point in time. I can see getting it for NX, but the ship has sailed for Wii U.
 
That sounds literally insane. Porting M and N features to... L?

I think he means porting M and N to their chipset? Like porting it to some Qualcomm chipset, for example.

If the dude worked for Google as he claims to, he wouldn't be posting as such on Reddit (or anywhere). We have developers that work at Google on this forum, though most wouldn't know it for a reason.

Dumpster fire.

What's that reason?
 

10k

Banned
Lollipop makes no sense when Marshmallow would be a year old by the time holiday 2016 rolls around.
It started with lollipop but code for marshmallow and N is in there now apparently.

Where is that Twitter link again for Star Fox Adventures? And don't they know that Nintendo has been doing this whole Star Fox history stuff at all? And if it's NoE, do they even know that NoE just has fun on their Twitter year round regardless of news?

I highly doubt we're getting GC VC at this point in time. I can see getting it for NX, but the ship has sailed for Wii U.
Yeah I posted that. I call him out on every update and he doesn't answer lol.
 

BuggyMike

Member
It would be great to play as a black link too... but eh let me not go there..

Honestly Nintendo are hateful against any group they don't allow you to play as in Zelda. They should just make Link a creatable character to avoid offending any groups. My Link would be a disabled, Hispanic, transgendered vegan Women. The nerve of them forcing us to play as a boy, it's clearly a plot to be keep dem wimins down. Every single iconic character in any medium should have a female alternative with her own TV series, book and video game.

Android for NX, fam.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Nintendo_NX/comments/4dt87f/nintendos_will_be_based_on_android/

It's late and I'm bored. At least this guy doesn't sound like a fanboy lol.

No please no more! :'(
 
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