Wonder what Nintendo’s NX might look like? Just look to the Micro Vs. System

By Joe Osborne

Any self-respecting Nintendo fan knows already that several sources have spilled the beans to both Eurogamer and The Wall Street Journal about how the Nintendo NX is expected to work.

According to the reports, Nintendo’s forthcoming game console is to be a primarily handheld affair in the same vein of its DS and 3DS line of systems. However, the console – complete with its own screen – is expected to allow “local” multiplayer via two ports through which players can connect their own controllers.

Yes, the console is supposed to connect to a docking station situated beneath your TV for home play and run on Nvidia’s Tegra chip, but that’s beside the point right now. What about this controller business? It sounds pretty weird – and frankly, hard to visualize.

Well, what if we told you that this wouldn’t be an entirely new and alien concept from Nintendo?

Digging for gold in the time machine?

While discussing the news this morning, TechRadar How To editor Matt Hanson simply posted the above image in the TechRadar office’s chat room. What you’re looking at is one of Nintendo’s Game & Watch Micro Vs. System models.

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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming