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Codename NX shows detachable screen and controller for mobile use and big third party support
Read More »Nintendo reveals the Switch
After months of waiting and rumours Nintendo has finally revealed the NX, which is now known as the Nintendo Switch. The three minute video showed off the new console, revealing that it is indeed a cross between a home console and a hand held device. A tablet like device can …
Read More »‘Nintendo NX will be a major event’ says GAME
GAME boss Martyn Gibbs says Nintendo’s comeback next year will be a ‘major event’. Nintendo plans to debut its NX console in March 2017 and the UK retail boss is optimistic following the reception to Pokmon Go on iOS and Android. In terms of looking forward, we are positive because …
Read More »Nintendo will reveal the NX today
Over a year and a half after it was first announced, Nintendo will today finally give us the first look at the NX. A preview trailer for the console will go live at 3pm UK time today (October 20th). Rumours suggest that the short will only be three minutes long, …
Read More »Amazon: ‘It’s hugely important to expand PS4 and Xbox One user bases’
Amazon’sUK games boss Russell Jones has said that the industry needs to work hard to upgrade PS3 and Xbox 360 gamers to Sony and Microsoft’s new machines. And the new slim PlayStation 4 and Xbox One S – with their lower price points – could help resolve that issue. It’s …
Read More »Pokémon boss confirms Nintendo NX hybrid design
Meanwhile, Ubisoft CEO enthuses about potential of new handheld/console device
Read More »Ubisoft on NX: Nintendo has learned from the Wii U
The boss of Ubisoft has dropped further hints about Nintendo’s NX strategy. What we see is that Nintendo has learned from the Wii U,” CEO Yves Guillemot told IGN when asked if the NX was a move away from the Wii U and back toward the mass market appeal of …
Read More »Pokemon Co confirms NX hybrid design; Ubisoft enthusiastic about console
The chief executive of the Pokemon Company has become the first senior industry figure to openly discuss the hybrid design of Nintendo NX. The NX is trying to change the concept of what it means to be a home console device or a hand-held device,” Tsunekazu Ishihara told The Wall …
Read More »Nintendo buys distribution network JESNET ahead of NX launch
Platform holder Nintendo announced yesterday that it has purchased a 70 per cent share in Japan Entertainment Software Sales Network for $46.5m (35.2m). JESNET is a production and distribution network, which has already been working with Nintendo for the past few years. As part of this acquisition move, Nintendo will …
Read More »Nintendo NX may have detachable, customisable buttons
New information about upcoming portable/console hybrid gleaned from updated patent
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