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Nintendo’s new boss says NX console won’t be a new version of Wii or Wii U

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Nintendo’s new president Tatsumi Kimishima told Time magazine in an interview that the NX video game console won’t just be an extension of the Wii or Wii U game consoles. Instead, it will be something different.

The interview is the first major Western interview for Kimishima, who has the difficult job of making sure that Nintendo catches up with its rivals and takes on a bigger role in modern digital gaming. Kimishima, 65, took over as president earlier this year after the death of former president Satoru Iwata. He called the upcoming NX console as “a next step in our dedicated device strategy, the core and primary focus of our business.”

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.