Nintendo NX

[Demon_Skeith]

At a press conference announcing their big mobile gaming deal, Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has also spoken briefly (and surprisingly) about Nintendo's next piece of dedicated hardware.

Seeking to put off questions that Nintendo's future would be entirely mobile, Iwata says that Nintendo is still very much in the "dedicated video game system market", and that their next piece of gaming hardware is code-named the "NX".

"Nintendo has decided to deploy its video game business on smart devices, but it is not because we have lost our passion or vision for the business of dedicated video game systems", he said.
"On the contrary, because now we have decided on how we will make use of smart devices, we have come to hold an even stronger passion and vision for the dedicated video game system business than before."

"As proof that Nintendo maintains strong enthusiasm for the dedicated game system business", Iwata adds, "let me confirm that Nintendo is currently developing a dedicated game platform with a brand new concept under the development codename 'NX'."

And...that's it. Iwata says Nintendo will share more information about the new hardware "next year".

While it's easy to suspect that this new device will be a replacement for the ailing Wii U, the fact this is Nintendo using the words "brand new concept" mean it could be anything.

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a name of NX is a thousand times better than Wii U.

 

[lb]

Wow, good going! Hint at something in March and leave people hanging until next year... :no: Who does that? Seriously?

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Wow, good going! Hint at something in March and leave people hanging until next year... :no: Who does that? Seriously?

Nintendo, thats who does it.

 

[froggyboy604]

NX is a new name for a console.

But, I think Nexon who is the maker of Maple Story, and other free to play MMORPGs already owns the NX name. Nexon uses NX as the name of its in-game currency ( http://www.nexon.net/nx/guide/) for buying virtual items in Nexon games.

What is NX?

NX is virtual currency used in all games serviced by Nexon America, Inc.
NX can be spent to purchase in-game items, accessories, and services. 

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A lot of people also probably call Nexon as NX.

 

[VirusZero]

The NX is a decent code name. I sort of hope they keep it and abandon their current (and stupid) naming scheme for their home consoles. Though I kinda doubt they will keep it.

I wonder if this is that Fusion console that there were rumours of before.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I do wonder what Nintendo is coming up with, one thing about them is that they always seem to pull something new out or in a different way.