At E3 this year, Nintendo won’t be discussing the NX, smartphones or the mysterious quality of life platform and instead will focus on its dedicated games consoles.
Iwata made the remarks during an investors meeting last week, as translated by Kotaku, stating, “We do not plan on talking specifics about the the NX until 2016. We cannot talk about the time period when it [the NX] will go on sale or what it’s like. Because we are calling it a ‘new concept,’ we are not thinking of this as a ‘simple replacement’ for the 3DS or the Wii U.”
On the subject of Nintendo’s foray into smartphones, the new partnership with developer DeNA and the quality of life platform, Iwata said that E3 was not the space to discuss these initiatives. “Will there be a presentation on smart devices?’, or ‘Will there be more on the quality of life platform?’ However, since we understand that E3 is an event for dedicated video game machines, we do not intend to discuss the smart devices as well as quality of life.”
We know that Zelda Wii U won’t be at E3 and with Square Enix hosting its first ever E3 press conference in the timeslot usually reserved for Nintendo it’s become increasingly interesting as to just what presence Nintendo will have at this year’s show.
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