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The Pokemon Company Hints the Nintendo NX is a Hybrid, to Develop Games for It

The Pokemon Company Hints the Nintendo NX is a Hybrid, to Develop Games for It - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 22 September 2016 / 13,344 Views

The Pokemon Company CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara hinted that Nintendo's upcoming console, codenamed NX, will be a hybrid.

"The NX is trying to change the concept of what it means to be a home console device or a hand-held device," Tsunekazu Ishihara told The Wall Street Journal. “We will make games for the NX."


There have been plenty of rumors about the NX over the last several months. One rumor stated a Pokemon game would be out for the NX within six months of launch, while another stated it is a handheld with detachable controllers.


A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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14 Comments
pray4mojo (on 23 September 2016)

Pokemon on home consoles would be amazing.

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Game_God (on 22 September 2016)

Yes that's totally what he said, he said:" The NX is a hybrid"/s

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Azzanation (on 22 September 2016)

Nintendo did merge there portable and console divisions together not long ago. Guessing the NX is going to have lots of Nintendo own content.

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bigtakilla Mar1217 (on 22 September 2016)

Exactly. If both home console and handheld use the same cart, then saying they are making games for the NX (even used in singular tense)makes sense. They are making games for the NX ecosystem. DOES NOT MEAN THE CONSOLE IS A HYBRID. Wish people would stop spreading the lie that this is confirmation of any form.

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AsGryffynn Mar1217 (on 22 September 2016)

Nintendo is not MS!

No one would like it more than I do if its two devices but we know that's not gonna happen. Everything hints it's a device rather than two...

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binary solo Mar1217 (on 22 September 2016)

Madness. NX can't afford to be an ecosystem with 2 devices, because whatever the home console version will be will be underpowered and not attract any interest because you can get everything on the handheld version, and it will fail in the market just like Wii U.

NX will be one product that serves two purposes, but primarily deigned around working well as a handheld. It won't be two products.

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bigtakilla Mar1217 (on 22 September 2016)

Not true binary solo. PS4 and PS4 Pro is a great example. One disk that can be played on both, but home console may have better resolution and run better.

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bigtakilla padib (on 22 September 2016)

Could be, there are rumors that point to that. What the Pokemon CEO said though does not reinforce it though, like at all.

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bigtakilla padib (on 22 September 2016)

I'm not saying it isn't, lol.

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