Speculation:Nintendo NX to use cartridges

Fatboi1

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So, I don't know if this is the right thread to mention this, but I can't create a new one yet, so here it goes... I found something interesting while browsing the US trademark system.

For Wii U games, you can see that in the categories for the trademark mention game discs, but not cartridges.


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On the other hand, 3DS games do mention cartridges in the description:

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However, for Breath of the Wild, there's something different, it also lists video game cartridges:

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I don't think this is a random decision or mistake, as Nintendo has never assigned video game cartridges to a Wii U game before (unless it also has a 3DS version). However, we already know there's going to be a NX version of this game, so this could be a strong indicator that NX will, in fact, use cartridges.
Also someone spotted a slip up from MIyamoto's translator mentioning this from the recent E3 interviews for Zelda:BOTW.
But when/if we decide to .. umm .. when we decide to use different media ..


This sort of corroborates the unified library they've been talking about in the past. A cartridge based system would mean games would effectively need to be bought once but can be played on the home console or portable handheld. I think this would be a great move as this would mean the NX would have a HUGE library of games as everything would be made once and played either on the console or portable. Home console Pokemon Games :blessed:

It could possibly not even have an optical drive to save costs and be smaller. :lupe:
 

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How much could cartridges hold now days ?

It's funny because I didn't mind them in the N64 era
 

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If the NX is a console/handheld/easy bake oven, then it makes sense.:ehh:

Plus, at E3, Miyamoto (translator) said this at the end:



But when/if we decide to .. umm .. when we decide to use different media ...

:patrice:
 

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This is actually a good move. Solid-state storage taken a couple of quantum leaps since the N64 days. You get the advantage of higher than BD capacity with speeds greater than a hard drive, plus I think I read somewhere that it's actually cheaper than a blu ray disc at this point.

SSD is expensive
 
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