Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Nintendo NX is not a direct successor of Wii U & 3DS

The Nintendo NX is a new type of console and not a direct successor to Wii U and 3DS. That said Nintendo President Kimishima in an interview.
With the Nintendo NX
With the Nintendo NX the manufacturer wants to offer a new gaming experience. (© Nintendo)

When asked about his thoughts on the next-generation console Nintendo NX (translated by NeoGAF user GSR in English) Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima told the Japanese magazine Asahi Shimbun: "It is something completely new, the hardware, the software. lineup, all of it I want to play for the first time itself. " The release of the console is in March 2017th "It's not just about whether the hardware is ready, but our software offering must be presentable," said Kimishima.

A new way to play
"The NX is not the successor to the Wii U still the 3DS. It is a new way to play games that will have a greater impact than U Wii, but I do not consider the NX for easy replacement of the Wii U." The Nintendo President's Interview on the assumption that the NX will slow sales of the Wii U. Negative consequences for the 3DS but he does not recognize.

Also the price of the console are Kimishima first indications. So Nintendo could not make a loss with its consoles. In addition, there is a certain expectation of customer over the price of Nintendo consoles. Just because it is a new platform, one could not make more expensive, so the Nintendo president.

The change gaming life
Already last year had Kimishimas predecessor Satoru Iwata pointed against the Japanese business magazine Nikkei on the company's current strategy: "easy to develop already existing hardware is boring in any way we always think about how we want to surprise the players and how we Gaming. can change -life of each. "
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