It’s Not an Add-On
After some confusion with, and the relative failure of, the Wii U, Nintendo was quick to clarify that the NX is not an add-on or a new iteration on the Wii family of consoles. According to Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima, the console is “something unique and different.” He went on to say that the upcoming console is “something where we have to move away from those platforms in order to make it something that will appeal to our consumer base.”
That is something that came as a breath of fresh air to many, as the Wii U was a great console, but clearly tried to sail on its predecessors’ success. While this doesn’t exactly say what the NX is, it does at least scrap the thoughts of a Wii re-imagined, something that was stuck in many fans’ heads for some time. That way of creating consoles didn’t help the company the second time around, even though the original set records. Perhaps the company learned a valuable lesson, or maybe they just felt the itch to innovate as they tend to do.
