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it's been a little while since we've gotten any new information about Nintendo's upcoming new system the NX but this morning Eurogamer released a lot of information and rumors they've recently gotten from their sources so the first biggest thing is the revelation that the NX isn't really a traditional home console but is instead a new dedicated handheld device that can link up with your TV through a home docking setup what's important about this is that for a while a lot of rumors and speculation kind of frame that the NX was going to be the successor to the Wii U and a direct competitor to the ps4 and Xbox one when really it's more like a follow up to the 3ds or even more accurately a fusion of both product lines which is really freaking smart in my opinion because it shows that Nintendo isn't trying to actively compete with Sony and Microsoft but is instead choosing to focus on one of their biggest and oldest strengths handhelds the controller will supposedly consists of a main screen and two controller halves which can be removed now eurogamer's reporting that these detached bits can work like two separate simple controllers for two-player games but I don't think it's that far of a stretch for this design to also embrace what Nintendo did with the Wii mode having these separate segments combined with numerous attachments for different controller designs maybe even a center bit for both of them to attach to to form a more traditional controller layout like the Wii U pro controller now one assumption that was being made by a lot of people and was rumored about the NX was that it would supposedly be on par with if not above the ps4 which doesn't look to be the case the NX will supposedly be using a Tegra processor with current dev kits using the x1 which is designed for a balance of performance and minimal power drain putting it more on par with the Xbox one performance wise if not slightly below now given that the system is going to be a portable it's possible the screen resolution is only going to be 720p meaning that that's plenty of power for the NX Nintendo has filed patents for using an external supplementary processing device so it's possible that the home box component of the system could offer hardware to let the system achieve 1080p on your TV without performance loss now the last bit of news is further rumor that the NX will be using cartridges rather than discs which especially for a portable system makes a lot since now the downside of that news is it means the NX will not be backwards compatible at all with the Wii or Wii U one of the fuzzier details is the idea that these carts will cap out at 32 gigs which is a bit small for most modern games but if you look at what kind of first party stuff Nintendo has released on the Wii U none of us really approached that high before with Xenoblade Chronicles X being one of the biggest at 22 gigs the report also said that we should be seeing an official reveal of the system this coming September which means it'll most likely be at TGS or a standalone Nintendo Direct sometime during that same month either way hopefully we'll get some real info soon