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Report: NX Handheld Dimensions, Layout Info, Lack of Region Lock

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Skittzo0413

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ggx2ac said:
I'd believe it if, it was something like a Mega 64 video Digital Event announcement but then the reveal would probably be a fortnight away which puts it at September 20th...

That was speculation, what will probably happen is nothing and then you get to watch the PS4 Neo reveal the following day while you wait for an NX reveal date.
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Based on the initial tweet, it just said NX Direct, rather than NX reveal or anything more specific. I completely agree that a Mega 64 type announcement video makes a lot of sense, and the actual reveal could be 2-3 weeks later.

If this outlet is trustworthy then it might be happening... I don't wanna get my hopes up guys, don't let me please!
 
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Speely

Banned
Azoo said:
Good luck getting PSO2 on anything at all. :v

Also I'm hoping they do something really soon about this. The 6th would be the perfect date for a teaser.
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Yeah, yeah I know :(

Roto Prime said:
Mii too, local co-op too, too, too. OMG just like the good old days of the GC with PSO 4 player offline mode <3
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Yeah if the NX is anything like what is rumored, it would be the perfect platform for a PSO game. Man I hope this somehow happens, even if it's down the road for PSO3 (assuming there is one.)
 
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James Scott

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EdReedFan20 said:
Seeing as the control interface can be removed, I wonder if it's easy enough to sell alternate control schemes. The default would be the sticks at the top, an alternate would be symmetrical sticks on the bottom (a la PlayStation), and another would be asymmetrical sticks (a la XBOX). If Nintendo wouldn't do it, I could see third-party companies doing so. The NX has the rare opportunity for something like this to work, as the face buttons and stick placement are not permanently fused to the controller like they are with almost any other controller.
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Someone made a mockup of that idea. Looks cool
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rekameohs said:
The 3DS resolution is 400x240 for the top screen and 320 x 240 for the bottom screen. A 720p display is 1280x720.
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Thanks for doing the math. Dealing with resolution is a bit confusing
 
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Clessidor

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Honestly I just checked 10do's forum. On their Nintendo Direct discussion thread he posted on last wednesday that there will be a NX direct soon, and he is on something.
Then on Friday evening he said it lookes like there would be a direct with all facts the coming week and it seems like they would announce it before. He also has no clue why.

I just posted there and asked him if he is sure that is a direct and not just a teaser what he thinks is coming for tuesday. Let's see.

Edit: but don't expect an answer soon. It's 1 AM in Germany right now.
 
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Hydrus

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KAL2006 said:
Here is how I see NX reveal timeline will happen

Nintendo tend to announce stuff in a Tuesday

September 6th Tuesday
- Teaser trailer annkuncement if NX reveal Nintendo Direct Date
- Takes some hype away from PS4 event on the following day, maybe even to ensure people hold off on preorders
- Getting a but leaky lately so it's best Nintendo announce this ASAP

September 13th Tuesday
- Nintendo Direct of the NX Reveal
- A full week to build hype since the teaser announcement
- Hands on with invited press after Direct
- This is the same date as the rekease of the original Super Mario Bros so perhaps a Mario game announcement to go along with NX

September 15th TGS
- More NX games revealed by Japanese 3rd party devs
- Public hands on demos kn show floor
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Please God, this needs to happen!
 
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NateDrake

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Clessidor said:
Honestly I just checked 10do's forum. On their Nintendo Direct discussion thread he posted on last wednesday that there will be a NX direct soon, and he is on something.
Then on Friday evening he said it lookes like there would be a direct with all facts the coming week and it seems like they would announce it before. He also has no clue why.

I just posted there and asked him if he is sure that is a direct and not just a teaser what he thinks is coming for tuesday. Let's see.

Edit: but don't expect an answer soon. It's 1 AM in Germany right now.
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A teaser on the 6th to announce a Direct is coming for the reveal is believable, but a Reveal Direct that suddenly gets announced on the 6th with the full reveal happening moments later makes absolutely no sense.
 
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ggx2ac

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NateDrake said:
A teaser on the 6th to announce a Direct is coming for the reveal is believable, but a Reveal Direct that suddenly gets announced on the 6th with the full reveal happening moments later makes absolutely no sense.
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It's the one time Nintendo will say, "We have a Nintendo direct coming up, tune in to watch! Oh, and we will be talking about the NX."
 
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Naked Prime

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The only reason I think something might happen this week is that GameStop managers meeting in on 9/12. While I in no way expect an announcement there, but if the NX is unveiled before then it would be a good opportunity to get the unit in the store managers' hands so they could talking it up to customers. Also, this would also mean the announcement would be before TGS and demo unit could also be available there.
 
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Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
NateDrake said:
A teaser on the 6th to announce a Direct is coming for the reveal is believable, but a Reveal Direct that suddenly gets announced on the 6th with the full reveal happening moments later makes absolutely no sense.
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And this is why the September 6th Direct will be announced tomorrow, considering how there's an Holiday on 5th! Get ready the train, ladies and gentlemen, the ride is starting soon!

Seriously, still not believing the date. I certainly hope so, but it's hard for me to believe it, even if the outlet, while small, doesn't seem to fish for hits. At least, it looks like it hasn't up to now
 
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Dark Cloud

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All I want them to do is a Mega 64 video to announce the announcement. Those guys are too funny to pass it up.

Why is the 6th bad? There's nothing wrong with that day. Who cares in this day and age man? It's just the announcement video. Everybody everybody will know that day about NX reveal if it's like a week or two later. God I just want it to be right...but Pokemon news is supposed to be the 6th and that's what I worry about.
 
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Vena

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Ehh a 6th of September announcement-of-an-announcement type Direct would be funny to see, since it'd just be a total middle finger to Sony's event as they put it there simply to get ahead of them by a day.

I'd get a good laugh.
 
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ozfunghi

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Ok, the more i think about it, the more i think they should reveal closer to thanks giving.
No need to go toe to toe with other announcements like Sony or Apple. Do it before and you'll be forgotten, do it after and you'll look like you want to steal some attention. After all, they are more dominant companies at the moment.

So what if you do it a week or two before thanks giving and hype it all the way through xmas. As i said before, with a launch only three months later, i could see them get a lot of preorders, and steal a lot of sales from Sony/MS. If the report about them being ahead of time is true, they should be able to hit an early march date.

They can build hype during the most interesting period of the year.
 
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Clessidor

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NateDrake said:
A teaser on the 6th to announce a Direct is coming for the reveal is believable, but a Reveal Direct that suddenly gets announced on the 6th with the full reveal happening moments later makes absolutely no sense.
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yes that's true. And that is why I'm asking him. I just wanted to make it clear, that he seems to actually believe it and it is not a Döhla situation this time.
 
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Malus

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NateDrake said:
A teaser on the 6th to announce a Direct is coming for the reveal is believable, but a Reveal Direct that suddenly gets announced on the 6th with the full reveal happening moments later makes absolutely no sense.
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ozfunghi said:
Ok, the more i think about it, the more i think they should reveal closer to thanks giving.
No need to go toe to toe with other announcements like Sony or Apple. Do it before and you'll be forgotten, do it after and you'll look like you want to steal some attention. After all, they are more dominant companies at the moment.
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I don't really see why that'd be a problem.
 
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Dark Cloud

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Lmao have you seen this?

https://youtu.be/AxAgdnElR1k

How desperate can you be to use a user comment as evidence. Holy crap I should leave a comment saying it's all true, NX leaks tricked everyone and the 16th is real. He'd probably make another video. This is just sad to use a random comment on the interner.
 
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Astorgh

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Dark Cloud said:
Lmao have you seen this?

https://youtu.be/AxAgdnElR1k

How desperate can you be to use a user comment as evidence. Holy crap I should leave a comment saying it's all true, NX leaks tricked everyone and the 16th is real. He'd probably make another video. This is just sad to use a random comment on the interner.
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The comment on Emily Roger's post is almost using the “My dad works at Nintendo” argument. Which is not even an argument.

The things Nintendo is doing to all of us.
 
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Kissenkopf

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Are the rumors of 10do any good? I mean the user Mario seems like someone who really knows some people but I wouldn't put my hopes up that this one is true.
Maybe we will get an ND with a teaser for the NX but in no way a full blown reveal without any announcement for the presentation.
 
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Smellycat

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Dark Cloud said:
Lmao have you seen this?

https://youtu.be/AxAgdnElR1k

How desperate can you be to use a user comment as evidence. Holy crap I should leave a comment saying it's all true, NX leaks tricked everyone and the 16th is real. He'd probably make another video. This is just sad to use a random comment on the interner.
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While it is ridiculous that he is citing a random comment as evidence, I do have to echo the same sentiment, and this is something I have mentioned before. All of these leaks basically make the NX seem like a portable Wii U gamepad with detachable controls. Basically, it is a natural evolution of the Wii U, which is something that Nintendo has strongly denied in the past. They want to distance themselves from the Wii U. They have specifically stated that the NX is a brand new concept and not an evolution of the Wii U. However, all these leaks and rumors contradict Nintendo's statement which is rather bizarre. So, it is either that these leaks are pure BS, or Nintendo drastically changed their concept of the NX sometime in the last year hence the delay.
 
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ozfunghi

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Dark Cloud said:
Lmao have you seen this?

https://youtu.be/AxAgdnElR1k

How desperate can you be to use a user comment as evidence. Holy crap I should leave a comment saying it's all true, NX leaks tricked everyone and the 16th is real. He'd probably make another video. This is just sad to use a random comment on the interner.
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Ugh, why even link to this. Just link to the guy making the claim on Emily's blog or something. Posting these video's here only further empowers these guys, because every time you do, they get an extra 1000 views.

EDIT:

For those who need to know what some anonymous comment said in response to Emily's blogpost:

https://arcadegirl64.wordpress.com/...expect-from-the-final-nx-product/#comment-351
You&#8217;ve all been had on, Nintendo sent out fakes so that leakers would not know the final form of the console. They anticipated this drip feed of leaks leading up to reveal. So they shot it down , 2015 was when this was decided.

You know nothing about NX, trust me I know. I work for a solicitors that has been doing work for Nintendo for over 20 years. I&#8217;ve seen everything on the NX up to August this year.
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https://arcadegirl64.wordpress.com/...expect-from-the-final-nx-product/#comment-354
NX will be revealed 16th of this month, date was changed after Sony announced 7th. Neogaf, Eurogamer, and all other leakers are all wrong about NX. And now it&#8217;s to late to find out the truth until Nintendo reveal it.Everything went to plan.

It has been funny watching you all try to guess what NX is, all those drawings you made, so cute. But you are all wrong , not just a little, but on everything . Specs, design, how it works.What it is. Better luck next time as they say. Have fun on the 16th, Nintendo are about to relegate Neo and Scorpio to the history books of how games used to be played. NX is the next evolution of video games. It is a new concept never seen before.

Did you really think Nintendo have been hyping a weak tablet like handheld all this time?. All these years, after the failure that was Wii U?. Sad to see so many sites like EG and Gaf take the bait, it&#8217;s like you were born yesterday.
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ggx2ac

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I noticed SuperMetalDave/Trev is doubling down on what he believes, especially saying that developers are excited for NX and somehow links that to rumours saying the NX is more powerful than the PS4...

But all I can think of is when Matt said not to expect any changes to western third party support for NX which was in comparison to the Wii U's western third party support.
 
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orioto

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Smellycat said:
While it is ridiculous that he is citing a random comment as evidence, I do have to echo the same sentiment, and this is something I have mentioned before. All of these leaks basically make the NX seem like a portable Wii U gamepad with detachable controls. Basically, it is a natural evolution of the Wii U, which is something that Nintendo has strongly denied in the past. They want to distance themselves from the Wii U. They have specifically stated that the NX is a brand new concept and not an evolution of the Wii U. However, all these leaks and rumors contradict Nintendo's statement which is rather bizarre. So, it is either that these leaks are pure BS, or Nintendo drastically changed their concept of the NX sometime in the last year hence the delay.
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Or they want to sell you the evolution of the WiiU as something that has nothing to do with the WiiU^^
But yeah i've been thinking about that to some times ago, even if it's more a denial philosophy.. Nintendo has been super hyper secretive about the WiiU, but suddenly guys here and there knows so much things before they reveal it ? It seems alittle too easy. They could have seen prototypes that didn't make it for exemple.
 
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ozfunghi

Member
Smellycat said:
While it is ridiculous that he is citing a random comment as evidence, I do have to echo the same sentiment, and this is something I have mentioned before. All of these leaks basically make the NX seem like a portable Wii U gamepad with detachable controls. Basically, it is a natural evolution of the Wii U, which is something that Nintendo has strongly denied in the past. They want to distance themselves from the Wii U. They have specifically stated that the NX is a brand new concept and not an evolution of the Wii U. However, all these leaks and rumors contradict Nintendo's statement which is rather bizarre. So, it is either that these leaks are pure BS, or Nintendo drastically changed their concept of the NX sometime in the last year hence the delay.
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So far NX seems to be a lovechild of DS, Wii and WiiU. Taking the most positive elements of all these systems, and turning them into a device you can play on the road, or play in front of the tv and pick up where you left off, whether that was at home or on the go.

This is not the next WiiU. It takes the best part of the WiiU, the best part of the Wii and the best of the DS line. That's how i see it.
 
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Speely

Banned
In the vast desert of no announcements, the thirst can drive almost anyone to madness. Mirages abound, and fevered fantasies are the only friend one has.

The NintendOasis. Coming March 2017.
 
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Dark Cloud

Member
I think all Kimishima meant was NX won't be Wii 3 or successor in name to Wii U. It's completely new marketing and new name. The Wii U is just one Gamepad. There are no two controllers to take on the go. The Wii U isn't a powerful handheld.
 
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TheGreatMightyPoo

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Not that you couldn't with the other far fetched stuff but when that poster praised Nintendo in the face of Sony and Microsoft, that should have made it 100% clear that it's all bullshit.
 
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Claude Augario

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So after all these rumors has anyone identified what the super secret sauce was that Nintendo didn't want to see copied, the thing that makes NX a totally new concept? It can't just be detachable controllers, TV out or a dock.
 
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AquaWateria

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This may be off subject but looking back I find it funny how most people thought Nintendo were dumb to just showcase one game. That Sony and Microsoft would destroy them even though Nintendo has said many times they aren't competing with them.

Zelda ended up being the best thing at E3. I wonder if the ones suggesting that Sony would steal Nintendo's hype with Neo will be wrong again. I mean Neo is just increased power, nothing new.

Though for me I'm just patiently waiting for the NX reveal.
 
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Speely

Banned
Claude Augario said:
So after all these rumors has anyone identified what the super secret sauce was that Nintendo didn't want to see copied, the thing that makes NX a totally new concept? It can't just be detachable controllers, TV out or a dock.
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It's possible that very few know because it's super secret. I agree that nothing rumored thus far seems worthy of a higher level of secrecy than normal.

Or maybe it's just the detachable controllers. Wouldn't be the first time a company has talked up the importance of a feature.
 
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Father_Brain

Banned
I think we can all agree that if anything actually happens on Tuesday, it's more likely to be an announcement of the reveal date than a full-length Direct.

That said, there's an intermediate possibility: they drop a very short presentation revealing just the system name, design, and concept, with more details, game reveals, etc. coming later in the month. I'm thinking something along the lines of the trailer used to reveal Wii U at E3 2011, maybe slightly longer.

Not getting my hopes up for anything at all, mind you, until/unless Nintendo itself or a more established site confirms it.
 
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ckfy63a

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I think we've got Pokemon news coming 9/6 at 10 PM JST. Does that lend credence to or take away from the prospect of NX news announcement that day?
 
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AniHawk

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KAL2006 said:
Here is how I see NX reveal timeline will happen

Nintendo tend to announce stuff in a Tuesday

September 6th Tuesday
- Teaser trailer annkuncement if NX reveal Nintendo Direct Date
- Takes some hype away from PS4 event on the following day, maybe even to ensure people hold off on preorders
- Getting a but leaky lately so it's best Nintendo announce this ASAP

September 13th Tuesday
- Nintendo Direct of the NX Reveal
- A full week to build hype since the teaser announcement
- Hands on with invited press after Direct
- This is the same date as the rekease of the original Super Mario Bros so perhaps a Mario game announcement to go along with NX

September 15th TGS
- More NX games revealed by Japanese 3rd party devs
- Public hands on demos kn show floor
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cons: i would be on a plane during the announcement
pros: i would also be at tgs to play said demos
 
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AquaWateria

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Claude Augario said:
So after all these rumors has anyone identified what the super secret sauce was that Nintendo didn't want to see copied, the thing that makes NX a totally new concept? It can't just be detachable controllers, TV out or a dock.
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Maybe that secret sauce that they don't want copied is still being kept a secret and only Nintendo knows. Just maybe it isn't in the devkit and only in the final unit because they don't want it leaked.

Or it could come from the software.
 
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L Thammy

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ckfy63a said:
I think we've got Pokemon news coming 9/6 at 10 PM JST. Does that lend credence to or take away from the prospect of NX news announcement that day?
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Doesn't matter. Going by Pokemon Black & White, it seems like Game Freak is more concerned with what platform will sell the most Pokemon games right now. They don't seem to care about being part of Nintendo's overall strategy or supporting new systems.

AquaWateria said:
Hopefully they don't go Square Enix on us.
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You mean announcing hype-deflating ports of beloved games to new systems before announcing actual remakes?
 
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Plinko

Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
"Hey guys, we've got a new system releasing. Who should we notify?"

"Nobody. Secret surprise Nintendo Direct that nobody will get to watch live."

Yeah, that makes a ton of sense.
 
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ASIS

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Dark Cloud said:
Lmao have you seen this?

https://youtu.be/AxAgdnElR1k

How desperate can you be to use a user comment as evidence. Holy crap I should leave a comment saying it's all true, NX leaks tricked everyone and the 16th is real. He'd probably make another video. This is just sad to use a random comment on the interner.
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Holograms make a return to the Nintendo ON ...X.

EDIT: On second thought, weren't there rumors a while ago about Nintendo using donut screens or something like that for its next handheld. What happened to that?
 
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Malus

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L Thammy said:
Matt's just an ordinary Matt, whereas SuperMetalDave is super and metal. So I'm inclined to believe him.
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raw
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Plinko said:
"Hey guys, we've got a new system releasing. Who should we notify?"

"Nobody. Secret surprise Nintendo Direct that nobody will get to watch live."

Yeah, that makes a ton of sense.
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If a Nintendo Direct drops in the woods and nobody is around to see it...
 
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