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Nintendo's NX console might be portable, too (CNET Update)

2016-07-26
nintendo's NX console might be portable too eurogamer.net is reporting details about Nintendo's next major game console the Nintendo NX the site says the NX will actually be a portable handheld console with its own display the handheld portion would dock into another device to connect it to your television the report says the NX will have two detachable controller sections those controller parts would be on the left and right side of the screen the NX will be powered by an nvidia tegra processor which in layman's terms is pretty dang powerful the report says nintendo will not opt use Google's Android operating system as rumors have said instead Nintendo will create its own operating system to run the thing Eurogamer says the NX will have a simple marketing message you can take your games on the go this would remedy a big problem Nintendo had with its last console the Wii U some people did not understand that the wii u was a different console from the original we also the NX would use game cartridges and not discs if you're expecting backwards compatibility as in running your wii u games on the NX the report has some bad news for you there are no plans for backwards compatibility cue the sad trombone is any of this true I can't vouch for the track record of eurogamer.net however this old man remembers Nintendo creating something similar in the past anybody else remember the micro vs system it was a clamshell portable gaming device with two wired controllers and it was pretty awesome anyway Nintendo officially said that the NX is coming in March 2017 we should know everything by then amaya's akhtar and you can keep up with the hottest tech news at cnet com / update
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