Reaction: The Nintendo 'NX', and Why We Think a Unified Platform is the Future

Hopefully this will offer the chance for newer readers to catch up on content they might have missed and allow long-time fans to reacquaint themselves with features they enjoyed the first time around. Whilst we don't have any further information on what "NX" is, or will do, there are a number of things that Nintendo has done over the past few years that, we feel, shows a likely path forward. It's important to note that Nintendo did not state whether this new NX platform is a successor to Nintendo 3DS, Wii U or both. Nintendo also concentrated on the phrase 'game platform', rather than device, which would suggest a unified platform that can be used on one or many devices - similar to how iOS works at the moment with apps working across both it's iPhone and iPad devices. There are a number of other indicators that also point towards the same conclusion, not least the fact the company merged its handheld and console divisions back in early 2013.