For well over a decade, Nintendo has pursued a console strategy that put an emphasis on new and emerging gameplay as opposed to pushing graphics and CPU horsepower. This strategy has had decidedly mixed results, and with the Nintendo Switch, there was speculation that the company might have adopted a fundamentally different approach. Unlike the Wii and Wii U, Switch is supposed ...
Ever since Nintendo announced the Switch, there have been questions about the platform’s launch lineup, especially after we discovered all of the footage displayed in the launch trailer was inserted in post-production. A new set of rumors about the platform suggests it’ll launch with a new Super Mario Bros, possibly a new Splatoon (it’s not clear yet if this will be a brand-new game, ...
Console reveals are tricky to manage. On the one hand, major corporations want to build support for features and capabilities to excite customers and developers. On the other, tipping your hand too early can give your competitors a leg up on beating you. Nintendo is particularly vulnerable in this regard — while the company is trying to build support for fundamentally new approaches ...
Every now and then, the rumor mill gets a big one really, really wrong. For over a year, conventional wisdom has predicted that AMD would win the Nintendo NX contract and cement its hold on the console industry. Rumors that Nvidia had sniped the win began surfacing several months ago, and now Eurogamer has seemingly confirmed them with input from multiple sources. Nintendo’s NX will be powered ...
Optical discs have ruled console game distribution for decades, but recent trademark filings from Nintendo and a memory supplier report from earlier this year suggest that the company may be shaking things up with NX console. Nintendo is rumored to be adopting cartridges instead of discs for its upcoming platform, which is currently expected to launch at the end of Nintendo’s ...
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