General Nintendo thread

Batteries not included.

What kind of flask needs batteries?!

The batteries don't actually do anything. That's the worst part.

The batteries are used to power other batteries, those batteries being made just long enough to not fit in anything.

,,I meant for the console, but whatever floats your boats.

edited 17th Sep '16 7:10:09 PM by Enderspy

Here's something interesting: Japanese law states that console launches must be on weekends.

So a March 4th launch for the NX at least in Japan is very plausible. If they are going for simultaneous release, then they would have to do it on a Saturday or at least on a Friday everywhere else.

Neither the 3DS nor the Wii U was a simultaneous launch worldwide. I'd expect America/Europe/Japan to each be separated by at least a week. The XB1 had a simultaneous NA/EU launch, but the PS4 didn't. I doubt NX will launch simultaneously everywhere.

Now a Saturday launch isn't out of question in the west. 3DS and Wii U launched on a Sunday in NA. EU launch for both was Friday. Plus NOE is the leakiest Nintendo. It goes against Nintendo's general MO however, and the coincidence with TP HD's release date is hard to overlook.

It's going to be March, that's not really a mystery. The mystery is when they're going to reveal it *now* which is what we need hints towards.

A date of March 4th or 28th is no matter if we know the date, but every week that passes without announcements or announcements of announcements is agonizing.

Retailers going to Nintendo of Europe headquarters for some undisclosed reason.

Bayonetta 2 director Yusuke Hashimoto said "look forward to 9/20" while retweeting a request to color a picture.

These could mean nothing and everything at least in terms of an NX announcement.

The only Nintendo-related thing I know is happening on September 20 is that Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse is getting released in the US, but I doubt that's what Hashimoto is talking about.

The Bayonetta thing is officially the amiibo, by the way.

The Nintendo of Europe thing is more likely to be fire.

More Pokémon news is also dropping tomorrow.

Is he a Pokémon fan?

The Bayonetta 2 thing was probably this amiibo tease here.

We'll probably get the full thing when the NX is actually revealed or a little bit after.

EDIT: Stephen Dinehart IV has signed an NDA with Nintendo.

edited 19th Sep '16 8:50:29 PM by tclittle

The Pokémon Company CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara said they will be working on games for the NX.

Shocking.

What's more interesting is he says " the NX is trying to change what it means to be a home console device or a hand-held device."

edited 20th Sep '16 5:12:15 AM by tclittle

I'll just take that as confirmation of what the NX is suppose to be.

You got another link to that article? WSJ doesn't let you read articles without an account/subscribing

That had better not be the only 9/20 Pokemon news. That's like Media Molecule coming out with the shocking revelation that they'll make games for the PS 4.

Edit: Ah, didn't see the other thread.

edited 20th Sep '16 6:15:27 AM by Ogodei

So then, right now, that's the closest we have to confirmation that home and handheld consoles are doing the fusion dance for Nintendo's next system?

I'll take it.

It doesn't mean anything. TPCi has done spin-off stuff independent from Game Freak and made games for consoles before.

Here's a summary of the WSJ article by Nintendo Life.

But the Pokeco CEO directly said

"The NX is trying to change the concept of what it means to be a home console device or a handheld device,"

That means a lot more than nothing

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said they are working on more than Just Dance 2017 for the NX.

Nintendo of Canada hiring Retail Ambassadors.

They said similar things about the Wii U, I think. Really, the Wii U could have been a modest success, not Xbone or PS 4 level, but it could have done much better with marketing and sales. Obviously not PS 4 or Xbone level success, but probably GCN level.

Summary of all NX articles.

Wii U suffered a serious case of poor launch line up for months, poor marketing, and a damn stupid name that only served to confuse the average consumer. There's the chance it would've done well had it had a solid start that set it on the market that attracted more third party companies to the console. Arguably the best first party line-up in the current generation doesn't mean much if so many popular games are outright missing on the machine.

I still think that the lack of GTA V on the Wii U is a massive shame.

edited 21st Sep '16 5:43:53 PM by Elbruno