KingJ2002 found Topic 19, thefro found Topic 20 and 21, and finally Fourth Storm found Topic 22! Thank you all!
19. The Japan Times reported that Sharp is underway with free-form screens and Nintendo is its first customer, and it's set to be manufactured in 2016. One source says Nintendo is looking to make a hole in the center of a screen with it. (
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The Japan Times on Dec 16th said:
OSAKA – Sharp Corp. is close to providing video game maker Nintendo Co. with its advanced liquid crystal displays that can be shaped freely according to user demand, sources said Tuesday.
Unlike conventional LCDs, the Free-Form Display, which Sharp unveiled this year, has a bezel that can be bent, allowing for freedom of design.
Nintendo is expected to use the displays in its new portable game consoles to replace the Nintendo 3DS lines, or for a recently announced device to map sleep quality, which the company wants to market by March 2016, the sources said.
Nintendo will be Sharp’s first client to adopt the new LCDs.
Sharp will start mass production around early 2016 at its plant in Mie Prefecture, bringing forward its plan by about a year.
Nintendo is considering creating a hole at the center of the display, making it doughnut-shaped, one of the sources said.
20. Iwata mentions that at launch the 3DS and Wii U did not progress well and didn't acquire sufficient support from 3rd-party publishers, and also that they will offer NX through a "Nintendo-like solution". He also mentions that as the userbase grows more support will show. And he also mentions that at E3 2015 they recieved proposals for collaborations and that "various ongoing projects below the surface." (
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Iwata on June 26th said:
"I will not share details on NX today but with regard to the launch of Nintendo 3DS and Wii U not necessarily having progressed well and not acquiring sufficient support from software publishers, we intend to offer NX through a Nintendo-like solution. Thank you for understanding that we are making various considerations and preparations in order to avoid what happened with the previous generations.
On a different note, I believe the standard for software publishers in selecting what hardware to provide their games for is the installed base after all. The larger the installed base or the more it is believed that the installed base will largely expand, there is an aspect that more software publishers are likely to join in. On the other hand, Nintendo is collaborating with various software publishers. At E3, which was held in the U.S. and is the largest trade show in the video game industry, we received many proposals for joint initiatives. In addition, Japanese software publishers have close relationships with our licensing department on a regular basis. As for collaborations with software publishers or their games, please consider that there are various ongoing projects below the surface."
21. Iwata also mentioned that upon the NX's launch, they won't abandon the 3DS and Wii U. (
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Iwata on June 26th said:
"Regarding your concern about what will happen to Wii U or what will happen to Nintendo 3DS, NX is a new platform, so the installed base will have to be built up from zero. When NX is launched, there already will be a certain volume of Nintendo 3DS and Wii U hardware widely existing in the market, so from a software business perspective, it would be highly inefficient to stop releasing titles for Nintendo 3DS or Wii U right after the launch of NX. Therefore, while we are preparing NX for the future, we are discussing within our internal development teams as well as with the second-party developers we co-develop software with and also with third-party software publishers about how to continue creating software for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. So, I believe that your point of concern should not happen immediately. As for Wii U, we will continue to make efforts, as it is a priority within the company to think about how we can satisfy the consumers who purchased this system to the maximum extent possible."
22. Genyo Takeda mentions that regarding input and output technologies, Nintendo should "challenge itself with the creation of a unique user interface". (
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Genyo Takeda on Oct 29th said:
"I understand that, thanks to the evolution of computer technology, aiming to realize a virtualized software development environment that does not depend on specific hardware is becoming the technological norm today. Simultaneously, regarding input and output technologies, I believe that it is also in line with the current technological trend that Nintendo should challenge itself with the creation of a unique user interface."
23. Kensuke Tanabe mentioned to Eurogamer that if a new Metroid Prime would be made, it'd take three years and thus wouldn't be likely on Wii U, but instead on the NX "console". (
Source) (Quick note, there are spoilers for the series in the link)
Kensuke Tanabe on June 17th said:
"If we started (a new Metroid Prime) for Wii U now, it would likely take three years or so. So it would likely now be on Nintendo's NX console,"
24. Macronix has announced they will provide memory for the NX. (
Source (will be updated when a proper translation with all info is available))
Macronix on January 28th said:
Japanese video game maker Nintendo will launch this year a new machine NX, Macronix (2337), general manager CY LU said Macronix will provide products to NX, NX and considerable expectations.
Macronix online Investor Conference held in the afternoon, legal attention, Nintendo will launch a new machine this year NX, has many years of partnership with Nintendo is still in the column NX Macronix supply chains.
CY Lu said, Macronix will be provided to the memory slots NX, NX and considerable internal expectations.
Although CY Lu would not say whether the supply NX products for the read-only memory (ROM), but, he said, looking forward to this year's performance can be a meteoric rise ROM.
