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Nintendo announced a few months ago that it’s working on a new platform called “NX”. The company hasn’t elaborated any further, and never confirmed if we can expect it to be a home console or new portable system.

That’s why recent comments made by Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime are quite interesting. Here’s what he had to say about NX in an interview with The Wall Street Journal (see a Q&A breakdown here):

We’ve also said publicly that we are already hard at work on our next home console and that’s another element we’ll be talking about much later.

Remember: Metroid Prime series producer Kensuke Tanabe, speaking with Eurogamer this week, also referred to NX as a console.

So what can we make of this? This definitely seem to be a strong hint – if not a confirmation – that NX will be a console rather than a handheld.

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Super Mario Maker – Yoshi on a Super Mario Bros. Airship (off-screen)

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 1 Comment

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New Bizerta: Silent Evil screenshots show the mansion

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Reggie on the Skylanders partnership, amiibo shortages, Wii U sales, more

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The quotes below comes from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime…

On how the partnership with Activision for Skylanders SuperChargers came about…

Reggie Fils-Aime: Activision came to Nintendo at the outset of Skylanders development four years ago. So there was always this thought of, wouldn’t it be great if Nintendo [intellectual property] could somehow be integrated into the game?

Jump forward to last year’s E3, when we introduced amiibo, (Nintendo figurines that work with its games) and we articulated our strategy of having figures that could work across games. At the same time, Activision shared with us their vision for their next installment of Skylanders that would include vehicles. And that’s when the conversation became serious.

On why Donkey Kong and Bowser were chosen…

Fils-Aime: Skylanders is all about creatures. So as we looked at our roster, those two fit the game. They’re much more creature-like in their gameplay mechanics and their movements, so those were the two that we agreed would make sense.

On the business strategy behind the collaboration…

Fils-Aime: It was a great opportunity for Activision to create something special that would play only on the Nintendo platforms. It was an opportunity to create these figures that would work on both the Skylanders games, as well as all the compatible games that either Donkey Kong or Bowser plays in. And so it really was an opportunity to do something unique but fit what each company was trying to do.

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Lifespeed details (exclusive to New 3DS)

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, New Nintendo 3DS, News | 1 Comment

– Exclusive to New 3DS
– This is because of the hardware and performance capabilities
– Sleek comic book style panels explains the backstory
– Tasked with saving your home planet
– Race against 8 other competitors
– Use the circle pad to steer
– Fire weapons you have obtained with A
– Barrel roll with R that helps the drivers attain a good boost
– Online leaderboards
– Miiverse integration
– Out in September

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Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice details (aimed to play more like classic Sonic)

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 3 Comments

This information comes from the Sanzaru Games interview we posted earlier today…

– The team is listening to fan criticism
– They studied the map layouts of past 2D Sonic titles, especially Sonic Rush and the Genesis games
– Controls have been revamped to feel like classic Sonic
– Not necessary to gain collectibles to move forward through the game
– 5 playable characters (Amy now playable)

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