Nintendo NX: Kimishima makes bold admission regarding new console

The Nintendo NX is set to come out next year

NINTENDO President Tatsumi Kimishima has promised fans that the NX will not be a glorified Wii U.

 

Nintendo’s next console is reportedly due to come out at some point in 2016, although the Japanese company are refusing to part with any details until the end of the year.

Kimishima, who took over from the late Satoru Iwata in July, has been tasked with delivering Nintendo’s next-gen console in order to compete with Sony’s PlayStation 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One.

 

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I can assure you we’re not building the next version of Wii or Wii U

Tatsumi Kimishima

 

And the 65-year-old is adamant that the NX will be ‘unique and different’ following the Wii U’s lack of market success, telling Time Magazine: “I can assure you we’re not building the next version of Wii or Wii U.

“[NX] is something unique and different. It’s something where we have to move away from those platforms in order to make it something that will appeal.”

 

Tatsumi Kimishima has promised that the NX will not be like the Wii U

 

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Kimishima also admitted that he cannot wait to lead Nintendo into the future, adding: “I know that everyone is interested in how long I will be around.

“I really want to say that all the initiatives I’ve discussed with you, these are on me, these are my responsibility and I have every intention of seeing these to fruition.”