When that small number becomes larger, though, I wonder when it will begin to matter. The Wii did have a significant number of those ports, until eventually every new release also had its very own special Wii version (which took advantage of the controller gimmicks, for better or worse).
What does Pokemon Go hype have to do with anything? And I'm suggesting, if they can't get Gen 8 ready on time, try remaking/rebooting with only the first 150.
it's what I've always said. They should 100% assume they'll never ever get third party support. If they do then great. That's why a system they can develop games for quickly all in one library is key.
People use GO as the popular justification for making a Gen 1 remake.
FTFY. And even then, I feel like they'll wait until they hit the NX to do a Gen 4 remake (especially since they didn't do a Gen 3 remake during the Black/White days).
There isn't a weird control scheme this time around. I'd argue the Wii U wasn't weird either.
Going out on a limb here, Slugger.
On the move, NX will function as a high-powered handheld console with its own display. So far so normal - but here's the twist: we've heard the screen is bookended by two controller sections on either side, which can be attached or detached as required.
Kind of sure twist means weird
Thanks to the deal Capcom made with Sony to speed up development of Street Fighter V, don't expect that game to go anywhere besides the PS4 & PC (that includes any future compilation discs, such as a Season 1 Collection, that may come out) unless Nintendo somehow manages to strike a deal with Sony. Street Fighter V is one of the PS4's biggest eSports games (aired on ESPN 2, a shit-ton of views on Twitch, entrants that dwarf the other fighting games on most occasions, etc.), & I don't think Sony's gonna give it up that easily. You could argue that Nintendo could go for a port of Ultra Street Fighter IV instead, but that game is pretty much dead, now. Resident Evil on the other hand is a franchise that I could see Capcom putting on the NX at least once. Final Fantasy may be a bit of a tricky one to speculate on since if the docked NX doesn't reach Xbox One levels, it may fall short of what Square Enix may want out of their mainline FF games. Though in the case of the FFVII Remake, maybe it'll get ported after the PS4's timed exclusivity period since UE4 is pretty scaleable.
Street Fighter VI likely won't be a thing for another 7 or so years since Capcom's staying the course for long-term support of SFV (which will likely entail for 5 years of DLC counting Season 1 & 2 extra years of SFV Capcom Pro Tour support). By then, we'll probably be on the 2nd wave of NX hardware. It's a shame, since I would have loved to practice SFV during long car rides.
Didn't Eurogamer explicitly rule out the possibility of Android being used as the base of the NX's OS?
This. Pessimism helps prevent disappointment & maximizes hype whenever something you want ends up making the cut.
Good support might be a better #1 point. It's probably guaranteed to get what Wii U got, but not much more (for now)
Hard to do Wii U BC when the NX only does cartridges. If you mean the 3DS BC, there's the lack of dual screens to consider.
As stated earlier, the issue could be the fact that the 3DS uses a completely dated online infrastructure (even in comparison to the Wii U) thanks to its now-defunct Friend Code system. And thanks to Super Mario Maker's NX port being rumored to not happen due to issues with the NX version interacting with the Wii U version very well, this is where my fears stem from concerning NX-3DS local trading for Pokémon. And besides, it's not like Game Freak really cares about getting on new platforms early (as shown by Black/White). You could argue that Nintendo's more serious about making sure the NX succeeds, but Sun/Moon would be 4 months old by the time the NX comes out, & I doubt that Game Freak would give the NX versions exclusive features or built-in DLC from the start (since mainline Pokémon games don't really do paid DLC, though PokéBank is more of a service than anything else) to sweeten the deal.
I wouldn't get your hopes up for USB Type-C on the NX. As stated before, this is the same company who used Mini USB for the Wii U Pro Controller when Sony & Microsoft move on to Micro USB. Also, there's the fact that the NES Mini uses Micro USB instead of USB Type-C.
But wouldn't wireless connectivity have more to do with the Nintendo side of things than The Pokémon Company?
I'm not saying that Game Freak will never move over to the NX, they definitely will with Gen 8 (or at least I'd hope so). I'm just saying that Game Freak will likely just do it at their own pace like they always have with newer hardware. If that means Gen 8 coming out in 2018 to get things right, then so be it. I wouldn't be a huge fan of leaving the NX hanging for so long without a mainline Pokémon game (my preference would have been Pokémon Z this year for the 3DS followed by Sun/Moon next year for the NX, or Gen 8 for the NX on 2017 given the current situation), but that's the hand we've been dealt as of right now since Game Freak opted to do Gen 7 on the 3DS.
If that's the case, then Game Freak should be in the clear. But Nintendo would still need to do things on their end to make Game Freak's lives easier on the wireless communication side of things.
Wouldn't be too shocking if they release Pokemon Earth (or whatever) for NX in a year's time.
I'm not even sure if they'll do a sequel game this time around since they skipped X/Y's sequel game (& incorporated whatever they were likely gonna do with Z, like the Zygarde forms, into Sun/Moon). And even then, given how previous generations functioned, if Gen 7 got a sequel game, it'll likely stay on the 3DS. This is why I'm hoping for Game Freak to skip the Sun/Moon sequel game & jump straight to Gen 8 for the NX.
