What are your expectations for the Nintendo NX?

It better be the most amazing fricking thing since Abella Anderson or I'm gonna go cry in a corner for a year.

I just want to know what the heck it is!

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What do you think it is? Is it just an extra peripheral and not really a new console?

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Console with some peripheral no one wants.

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Do you think you will buy it?

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Not unless they make about 3 Zelda games for it -OR- get some more titles that cater to older gamers.

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Will it fail or succeed?

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Personally, I think the writing has been on the wall for a while at Nintendo. Mario can't carry a system to success anymore. Stranger things have happened...maybe Nintendo hits on another surprise success. But, I'm not betting on it.

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Is this Nintendo's last console if it fails?

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No. Nintendo is pretty stubborn, which can be a good thing or a bad thing for them.

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Does Nintendo morph into a hand held/mobile company if it fails?

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I already think of Nintendo as a hand held company. Then again, the last two or three hand helds I owned were Nintendo (Gameboy Advance, DS, and 3DS).

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What do you think it is? Is it just an extra peripheral and not really a new console?

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I wouldn't put it past Nintendo to be either.....or both.....or neither.

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Do you think you will buy it?

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If it's a more powerful console, yes, easily. If it's a mobile device only, no.

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Will it fail or succeed?

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Depends. If it can get third parties, and that means being on par technically with other consoles, then I think it can be better than the Wii U for sure. So it CAN succeed. If it's too far out there, it won't. If it's mobile only, I think it fails, we're at that point where cell phones rule all. 3DS sales are slowing, and I don't think a mobile only console can be successful anymore.

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Is this Nintendo's last console if it fails?

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No, if it fails, I still think they have one more in them. And I think if this wasn't on par technically and does fail, that they'll give in and make that kind of console.

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Does Nintendo morph into a hand held/mobile company if it fails?

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Never. They want the console market back and they'll wither on the vine unless they do. I don't want to see them go hand held/mobile or third party. I'd be ok with them going away. Or at least, I'd never be a fan again, as I think they'd lose their entire identity. Their consoles are still the most unique, and have the most interesting games. And that's all because they control the vertical.

ETA: I love Nintendo. It's far and away my favorite gaming system, and yes I went on a rant below.

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Do you think you will buy it?

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Absolutely

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Will it fail or succeed?

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Like the wiiu, it'll probably be awesome and tons of fun with great Nintendo Platforms and a few cool new editions, but slammed by the critics and other morons because it can't play call of duty or whatever dipshit reason people have for attacking it.

frick third party games. Nintendo makes fantastic games themselves with damn near infinite replayability, and I have no problem shelling out money for a console dedicated to letting me play the latest installments of Mario, Kart, Zelda, Donkey Kong, etc...

The handheld controller/Gameboy hybrid was awesome. I could play games on it while I watched TV, or more importantly, while my wife watched TV.

And all of the morons who kept saying "but but the handheld controller is dumb and kept developers away and blah blah whatever", Nintendo sold a "procontroller" that was a normal controller and worked with almost all of their games.

The biggest problem the wiiu faced was marketing and 30something hardcore gamers that couldnt get past the "Nintendoness" of a Nintendo console. They didn't separate it enough from the Wii in the beginning, so average people didn't even realize it was a new console, then they didn't market or provide the procontroller to the masses.

But make no mistake, it's a great console and lots of people like it.

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Is this Nintendo's last console if it fails?

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I sure as frick hope not. Mario, Zelda, Kart, Splatoon, Donkey Kong, etc... Are all great fun games. They looked great on a big screen run through a console.

They're great for kids and they're relaxing fun things to play as adult as well. Most of my younger cousins and my friends younger cousins and siblings loved the WiiU, but a bunch of 30 something tech blogging gamer freaks shite on the console since day one because it didn't appeal and market directly to their need for ultra graphic achievements in high paced competitive third party gaming.

I come home from a brutal day at work and the last thing I want to do is play call of duty or battlefield where I have to try my hardest and get furious and it's just adding stress to my life.

I'd much rather come home and race as an Italian plumber driving in a hover motorcycle through a colorful keyboard race course with matching music shooting bananas and shells at dinosaurs and mushrooms.

I really hope they bring back Rush 2049, I'd give up weeks of my life immediately.

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Does Nintendo morph into a hand held/mobile company if it fails?

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If they could seamlessly blend a 3ds with a console and allow you to switch back and forth at will, i.e. an upgraded concept from the game pad, that would be great. But I hope they go with a more powerful console and beefed up dedicated games.

The images from the new Zelda look awesome.