Uh huh.

It's literally history repeating itself. Nintendo said the Wii U has a long life and NX wouldn't replace it.
It doesn't. The Wii U is dead to Nintendo and E3 confirmed that.

Nintendo have been saying exactly what they said before the Wii U.
Them keeping silent, isn't always a good thing.

They were very vocal pre-Wii.

They were NEVER vocal about Wii. It was a secret to everyone.

It took ages for them to reveal the name, the controller and even the price and release date. NX is following the same plan.

Wii U was revealed A LOT sooner.

Yeah, they were. They just didn't call it Wii. I remember hearing about a Nintendo Revolution back in 2004. They then showed off the console, before they had even finalised the controller.

Basically, they were announcing information as soon as they had it available. They announced the console before they had even figured out the concept of the console, in finalized format. They showed of software that looked nothing like the final product.

With NX, they are waiting until it's all ready. With Wii U, they pretty much did the same. When the Wii U was announced officially, we all knew what the console was.

With the Wii, no one really understood the Wii until later presentations, months later.

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All I'm saying is, with the Wii they were extremely confident. They didn't care about early reception because they knew they had caught lightning in a bottle. Why else would they debut a console that had the power of the original Xbox and nothing unique about it? They knew the controller announcement would tie it together and people would be perched.

With Wii U, they waited until they had everything they needed, and even denied a year before announcement that they were even preparing a follow up. They clearly were unsure that they could pitch the Wii U, and probably weren't even sure if they needed to go back to the drawing board or not.

Nintendo's stocks dropped post Wii U announcement. Obviously, people inside Nintendo were having the same reaction as Investors. How were they going to sell this? It was clunky, the opposite of what it was trying to be. It was underpowered, and it wasn't third party friendly (unlike the Wii which was BUILT for third party).

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Nintendo are staying quiet about NX for the same reason as Wii U. Everytime they talk about it they make it sound like something different. Because they probably aren't sure what it's going to be yet, and haven't figured it out.

The fact that what they've said about it already means nothing to anyone says it all. Streaming? Handheld? Console? Hybrid? PC?

I skipped the Wii U because it looked useless, but if NX has STRONG 3rd party support and isn't a gimmick I'll be buying it for sure.

Well then they better serve something extraordinary if nobody should copy it. I've been ready for years now. 😩

The industry will be shook. I'm fully confident the nx will be more powerful than a ps4 and power wise will be comparable to the ps4 neo. The xbox Scorpio will be the most powerful console when it releases if the leaked specs are to be believed

They're clearly delusional. It's not like Microsoft and Sony intentionally plagiarized the Wiimote or anything





Oh, wait.....

I wish they cared about making a system that competed with the competition and was easy for 3rd parties to make games for. The Wii aged like milk in the sun. I owned two. The first was stolen and I waited 3 years to replace it. Then once I had it, I rarely used it unless I had my nephews and nieces over.

I never even considered the U because it was a stupid idea. LOZ:WW has a feature where a GameBoy could be used as a support in the game. Since I didn't have a copilot, it was all me. Granted it was two separate things to hold but still. They have a good handheld in the 3DS and should have worked on making that a viable addition.

After the Wii's motion controls were revealed Sony ran and put six axis into their controller 6 months before the PS3 was released. They're being smart about this but there's still the possibility Microsoft will copy them.

whatever Nintendo, release it or don't idc at tis point, all i know is ya'll better have at least 5 MAIN. SERIES. TITLES. READY TO GO !!!!!!!! right at launch or i'm not buying

More gimmicks

What's there to imitate? Nintendo's plan is to release a new console with a gimmicky controller, inferior graphics, and then talk about their beloved characters.

It would be nice for Nintendo to stick to one controller for several systems, but I guess they make money from getting people to buy 5+ different kinds of controllers.

They need to focus on the one thing they can't copy, their legendary proprietary titles. Zelda, Pokemon, Mario etc all need to have amazing games. Pokemon for sure needs an RPG game like the ones the Game Cube got but in full.

Do that with the same 3rd party games everyone else gets and they'll have a winner on their hands. I personally won't she'll out money to them for anything less

Apparently they got scared by the Neo and Scorpio so they decided to up the specs. They said at their investors meeting that the NX has the power to handle VR if they choose to.

Good. And it would be wise of them to look into it. A car made in 2016 without air conditioning isn't going to sell. They need to compete hard

This is the R&D of a big company we're talking about, just because we customers haven't seen the console doesn't mean the industry hasn't.
Developer's kits alone are being sent months to years before the release, that alone is enough for the competition to get all the needed informations IF they care (and if it's another Wii I I doubt they will).

I love this post. Nintendo being smarter than everyone else again.