Nintendo has started mailing out software development kits to a set of third party game developers that remain to be unnamed. Reports coming in connote that the kits are in preparation to Nintendo's latest gaming console, Nintendo NX.
Not much is known yet about the upcoming Nintendo NX as the company has remained extremely silent about the console for the moment. What is revealed so far is that the gaming company is turning the creation into a mix of a gaming console and a mobile device, as what MUIPR reports.
Following the slow sales of Nintendo Wii U consoles, which sold only 10 million units (nowhere near what the company was hoping to perform), the company is planning to come back with a device that will sport better graphics by installing "industry-leading chips" into their next console.
Meanwhile, Christian Today is claiming that the gaming console and mobile unit will be sold separately, though it is still unclear how these two separate elements will work together.
The late Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata stepped out into the open by making it clear that no one from the company will be releasing official statements about NX until next year.
When it comes to titles that will be created for the console, everything remains anonymous to date. However, Monolith's studios in Japan and Kyoto have been announcing job hirings for developer teams for games such as Xenoblade, Animal Crossing and The Legend of Zelda, says Gaming Bolt.
Of course, there is no clear confirmation that the game company, Monolith, is making hires specifically for Nintendo NX games, but the company has for a very long season been one of the first to contribute titles to Nintendo for their new releases.
History shows that Nintendo releases a new console roughly around every seven years. It's only been three years since the release of Nintendo Wii U, so if the company does decide to release NX next year, this will potentially alienate the position that Wii U has.
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