They were distributing the kits long before the report went out. Definitely in Japan where Nintendo wants Square, Capcom, and Level 5 on-board asap. Nintendo won't be getting much from the west besides ports anyway, and a year is plenty of time for ports. Holiday 2016 is fine as long as Nintendo has enough content.
How much content would Nintendo themselves have though? The Wii U will be getting Zelda, Pokemon, and Star Fox. We also just had games like Xenoblade, Splatoon, Kirby, Yoshi, and Smash Brothers. I guess they could release it with Mario and Pikmin 4 but that's about it.
edited 14th Nov '15 7:50:46 AM by Kostya
If it's Holiday 2016, the NX is almost certainly getting a port of Zelda U.
On top of that, there's Animal Crossing, Donkey Kong Country, Kid Icarus, and Kirby, which they don't actually seem to require a huge amount of time between. The first game came out in '92, and then two more came out in '93. Then three in '95, two in '96, and two in '97. After that the series takes a break until 2000, after which there's a Kirby game every year up to 2006. Then 2008, 2010-2012 (with two in 2011), 2014, and 2015. So no reason not to include Kirby on the list.
If the system launches with Zelda and Mario, that's actually a pretty great first-party launch. Especially if they have support from the Japanese publishers. It's the months after it that matter most, and with the four I mentioned, plus Pikmin, plus the ones that no one ever likes to bring up like Wii Fit and Wii Sports, there's actually plenty they can do in their first year.
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If it's true, I think I quite like the name "Nintendo Cosmos".
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!Nah, it's clearly going to be the Nintendo Xtreme.
Winning at monopoly in Real Life is illegal.
Either that or because Nintendo's been spectacularly tight lipped about it and what bits and pieces of information we do get paint a very interesting picture.
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!Not really. Just ask anyone who frequently uses the mouse wheel when playing on a computer.
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!Still just speculation. Patent does not equal final product.
Visit my Tumblr! I may say things. The Bureau ProjectI've seen a lot of people actually talk about how interesting the idea is and why no one's done it before. Having access to a mouse wheel would make navigating a lot of things a hell of a lot easier.
edited 20th Nov '15 7:32:59 PM by Zelenal
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I'm also starting to think the NX is going to come out as a console/handheld bundle and the console seperate at launch next holiday withthe handheld by itself coming out later since they have much more support for the 3DS.
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