More NX rumors.

A supposed AAA developer has posted to the Nintendo NX subreddit, suggesting that he has a devkit that he’s been using for several months now. Here’s what this developer had to say about his NX devkit:

Our devkit’s controller:

*Doesn’t have an oval screen. Ours is a standard rectangle.

*Has physical buttons with a screen behind them. It doesn’t have a form shifting screen, nor does it have a touchscreen with haptic feedback.

*Is hardwired to the devkit, which looks like a boring black box with some USB ports and a disc drive.

*However, that fake (last week fake nx controller) does get a couple things right. It does have scroll wheel shoulder buttons, but in addition to them it also has two regular shoulder buttons labeled ZL and ZR. It also has a headphone jack in the bottom of the controller.

Some other things I can tell you:

*I don’t know if the NX is backwards compatible with the Wii U or 3DS or not, but it doesn’t look like it is. The system is different enough from both that I think it would be hard to play games from other consoles.

*The controller is sort of a game system in its own, but it’s not a replacement for the 3DS. It works like a companion app on a phone, and you can take it with you and control some things from your game, like how the VMU on the Dreamcast let you take a Chao with you and train it.

*No one outside Nintendo knows what the NX’s name is. It’s still the NX here internally.

x86 architecture
Backup data to Nintendo server (most likely My Nintendo)
Support for additional screen
Can handle ports of current-gen games
Will be able to interact with smartdevice apps
Using NX software will unlock My Nintendo reward points

Emily Rogers – who most recently revealed that a new Paper Mario was heading to Wii U prior to the announcement of Color Splash – has come forward with a new set of rumors about Zelda Wii U.

Today’s speculation consists of three parts. Rogers further backs up claims that the new Zelda will be on both Wii U and NX. Additionally, the game may allow players to choose between a male or female character, and most characters are voiced – aside from Link.

Apparently the NX will have 12 GB of DDR3 RAM and a CPU and GPU that are more powerful than those found in the PS4 and Xbox One.

The rumor comes from a supposed developer with access to the hardware, and says that of the 12 GB of RAM, 3 GB is reserved of the OS, while 9 GB are available for games. By comparison, the PS4 and Xbox One have 8 GB of RAM, of which (roughly) 6 GB are reserved for games.