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[Dark Cloud]

On a serious note they've promoted NES Mini again and announced a Famicom version in Japan. The only other thing to get promotion is Pokémon and that's kind of its own entity. I don't see anything else to promote really. Funny I said Nintendo would end September with another announcement, but I wasn't expecting NES Mini.

What I'm trying to say is this should be all the announcements leaving NX for October. You got the investors meeting the last week and only Paper Mario releasing in October. I don't care if they're doing it on October 20th I'll take a two weeks notice if they announce the date next week!

 

[JPickford]

Interesting that the Famicom Mini has two detachable controllers mounted on either side of the console.

 

[SirShandy]

We thought the same for the Wii U.

Context matters. The situations are quite a bit different now:

- Nintendo is not entering into HD development for the first time, which they admitted they struggled with, and lead to some impactful delays in the first years of the Wii U.

- They are not throwing a ton of development resources at the 3DS like they were in 2012, after a rocky first launch year with that system.

- The development framework at Nintendo is dramatically different now than it was five years ago. It's much better organized and their core teams are all under one roof which is much better for communication and sharing technical details.

- The rumored NX and certain quotes from Nintendo also points to them getting away from an ecosystem where they struggle to support two very different kinds of hardware. This points to either a shared library across multiple hardware, or the majority of resources going to a central device. Their recent restructuring points toward this goal as well.

 

[10k]

Hoping for Morgan Freeman to narrate the NX reveal.

 

[ggx2ac]

Interesting that the Famicom Mini has two detachable controllers mounted on either side of the console.

They're not detachable. It's been mentioned that they are hardwired to the Famicom console.

Edit: I guess I see what you mean. They detach off the console but they aren't wireless, and you can't remove the wire.

 

[purseowner]

Interesting that the Famicom Mini has two detachable controllers mounted on either side of the console.

Surprised there haven't been more jokes and observations about this yet.

 

[Guevara]

Hoping for Morgan Freeman to narrate the NX reveal.

"Nintendo fans, who crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side."

 

[TLZ]

Interesting that the Famicom Mini has two detachable controllers mounted on either side of the console.

"and they will become like brothers in a family of systems".

Surprised there haven't been more jokes and observations about this yet.

A few jokes were made long ago when the detachable controllers were rumored.

 

[Taigerr]

Now that right there, LOLZ, is worth a late reveal..... ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL
thanks for that man made my day truly

 

[MuchoMalo]

Wait, aren't you and gg2xac saying the same thing? Third week of October for the reveal itself.

 

[KingBroly]

I love the fact that you made this a 2-parter, just like the show

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

The internet is a mistake, it's nothing but trash.

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

Keep these Simpsons memes coming. They're making this somewhat bearable.

 

[Skittzo0413]

At this point I'll be kinda sad when the NX is revealed and we don't get any more amazing Simpsons quotes about wanting to see it.

On another note arguing with people in the NX subreddit is a very surreal experience. It's not for everyone though.

 

[Übermatik]

There's going to be so many thirsty Twitter fanboys angry at Nintendo for under-delivering on something they never promised. Some of these people have fabricated a non-existent console in their heads and will be super upset when Nintendo reveals something that looks nothing like it. They'll be super upset. At Nintendo.

 

[pawelranger]

well the last day of september and nothing about NX

 

[Pinky]

Hoping for Morgan Freeman to narrate the NX reveal.

 

[Thraktor]

This cannot be one more generation where they suffer long launch windows and software draughty because they have trouble transitioning to shader based pipelines and HD graphics in general... I hope. Sure, HD games take more resources, but one would hope they have a handle on the complexity they are targeting now.

I don't think Nintendo's issues with Wii U software were the result of technical difficulties. Their early Wii U games were very technically competent (certainly more so than most early PS360 games), and it would seem that their biggest challenge was simply accommodating the manpower required to produce Wii U level assets. Keep in mind that they were simultaneously covering a big jump in handheld asset complexity in 3DS games, and between the two they're probably the largest games publisher in the world by a comfortable margin, certainly putting out far, far more games than Sony or MS.

It would seem like the entire NX project is a response to this. Having (almost*) their entire pool of development staff working on a single platform should allow them to substantially increase their software output over either Wii U or 3DS individually, even accounting for the jump in asset quality.

*There are, of course, staff now working on mobile games, but I would imagine that this represents a relatively small proportion of Nintendo's overall internal development staff.

 

[SirShandy]

There's going to be so many thirsty Twitter fanboys angry at Nintendo for under-delivering on something they never promised. Some of these people have fabricated a non-existent console in their heads and will be super upset when Nintendo reveals something that looks nothing like it. They'll be super upset. At Nintendo.

Isn't that what Twitter's for?

 

[Anth0ny]

"Nintendo fans, who crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side."

laughed out loud

 

[ggx2ac]

Another.

 

[Doctre81]

Demo console before release lol.

Uhh they did that for wiiu.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Uhh they did that for wiiu.

They did it for the N64 too and maybe the GameCube.

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

I want to see someone do one for the We Do Stone cutters song.

Who keeps the NX under wraps...

 

[Herb Alpert]

Another.

One of my favorite episodes

 

[Schnozberry]

I don't think Nintendo's issues with Wii U software were the result of technical difficulties. Their early Wii U games were very technically competent (certainly more so than most early PS360 games), and it would seem that their biggest challenge was simply accommodating the manpower required to produce Wii U level assets. Keep in mind that they were simultaneously covering a big jump in handheld asset complexity in 3DS games, and between the two they're probably the largest games publisher in the world by a comfortable margin, certainly putting out far, far more games than Sony or MS.

It would seem like the entire NX project is a response to this. Having (almost*) their entire pool of development staff working on a single platform should allow them to substantially increase their software output over either Wii U or 3DS individually, even accounting for the jump in asset quality.

*There are, of course, staff now working on mobile games, but I would imagine that this represents a relatively small proportion of Nintendo's overall internal development staff.

I wonder how much this will fuel the issue of no one wanting to compete with Nintendo on their own platform.

 

[Doctre81]

They did it for the N64 too and maybe the GameCube.

Not sure about gamecube but def did it for N64. I remember waiting in line for like 20 mins to play mario 64 at Toys R us about a month or two before launch.

Does anyone have that memo that went out confirming wiiu before they showed it off at e3?

 

[VendettaRed07]

They did it for the N64 too and maybe the GameCube.

That many months before though?

If we get any demo systems I don't see them coming till like February

 

[Stairouais]

With their current track record (3ds stick, FC mini pad, NES mini cable length ), what nearly fatal hardware flaw should we prepare for?

And with that

Spoiler

Should we expect a NX lite announcement before the NX reveal?

 

[10k]

If Antonio Banderas was the unofficial mascot of PS4 for GAF than we shall make Morgan Freeman the NX mascot.

 

[georly]

Uhh they did that for wiiu.

Every Nintendo console since n64 that I know of has had in-store demo kiosks before launch. Usually 2-3 weeks but sometimes much longer (like N64).

As for handhelds, 3DS definitely did. Don't know about DS or GBA though.

 

[L Thammy]

For some reason, the more time I spend in these threads, the more I want Guilty Gear Xrd + Revelator on NX. I wonder why that is?

 

[AquaWateria]

If Antonio Banderas was the unofficial mascot of PS4 for GAF than we shall make Morgan Freeman the NX mascot.

We all know that Morgan Freeman is better than Antonio Banderas.

 

[AmyS]

 

[BY2K]

these simpsons comic are killing me

 

[ElMexiMerican]

Pretty good letter. Hope it's real.

 

[Easy_D]

"Dear retailers, you got a butt that won't quit"

 

[L Thammy]

Pretty good letter. Hope it's real.

We're shipping you the NX, but we're still not 100% sure that's going to be its code name.

 

[GamerJM]

This topic makes me want to buy a Blu-Ray that has old Simpsons episodes on it. I never watched a lot of the old series, only caught what was on TV in reruns since I didn't have any interest in watching the show until around 07.

 

[runnin_blue]

 

[ggx2ac]

For some reason, the more time I spend in these threads, the more I want Guilty Gear Xrd + Revelator on NX. I wonder why that is?

I have no clue.

 

[Mixolydian]

I like to imagine the thread is still open because of the pure joy the homemade Simpson riffs on NX bring to one's heart.

 

[L Thammy]

Let me try:

Wait fuck

 

[Afro Thunder]

Man, this thread is something else. Bravo guys *claps*

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

Let me try:



Wait fuck

I approve of Futurama memes too.

 

[marmoka]

Fucking brillant!!

 

[eifer]

Anyone else gambling on Nintendo stock right now?

 

[Mory Dunz]

hope this doesn't get locked.
i'm dying.


and dying from not laughing in class

 

[BY2K]

Caymans Island: 2:02PM

Reggie: *Chuckles* Oh I'm sorry, I cannot divulge information about that console's secret, hybrid controller.
*hangs up*
Reggie: Oh crap, I should have said, it was a controller. Oh crap, I shouldn't have said, it was an hybrid. OH CRAP, I shouldn't have said, it was a secret! *sigh* It's too hot today...

 

[Mpl90]

So...we have the Nintendo Financial Results Release for Q2 FY17 happening on October 26th. I believe it's a fair assumption to say that between October 26th (financial results) and October 27th (investors meeting, the first one for this Fiscal year) is the latest we can get anything on the NX. If we go with the pessimistic theory that no reveal happens this month, we can be sure something (like, indicative unveiling period, shipment forecast, etc.) will come up in those two days. My question is: should we start a countdown