While we still don’t know what the Nintendo NX is, Ubisoft does. In somewhat shocking news, the publisher/developer confirmed it that they will be supporting the console, and in more ways than Just Dance.
In an interview with GameSpot, CEO of Ubisoft Yves Guillemot confirmed multiple projects are in the works for the NX. While not revealing any important information, Guillemot said the new console will be great. "The new Nintendo [console] is a fantastic machine. It's really a new approach, it's really Nintendo, [which is] coming with something new again,” he told Gamespot. “We love it."
One of the reasons there is so much appreciation for the NX is because Guillemot says it allows developers to try new things. "We think each time that it's an opportunity for our creators to take more risks. When a machine is installed, there are a certain number of brands that take up the time of players, so they're going to buy the next Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty,” he said. “Even if they say, 'I'm interested in what you're doing,' at the end of the day they first buy what they know, then go somewhere else.”
With a new console, customers are more open to trying new things. "When they change machines, they consider that it is better to try what has been done for that machine. This gives us an opportunity to totally change an IP that we have done before, or to create new experiences and new IPs," Guillemot said.
“[W]e have the chance to come with something we have never done before, because we know that if we are the first there, people will try our game and maybe we'll be able to get into that new genre," Guillemot said, citing previous Ubisoft games as an example. "As our people wanted to do a game like ZombiU, they were happy they could just use the Wii U to do it. For us, a machine is a tool of expression, but when everything become stable it's less open to innovation. We always want innovation.”
Guillemot was clever enough to mention how new and different the NX is without actually saying what it is that makes the new console so unique. It will certainly be interesting to see what the console actually is, especially if it can inspire so much creativity from teams like Ubisoft.
In other Nintendo NX news, it’s been confirmed that Pokémon will make some sort of appearance on the new console as well.
So what do you think? Are you excited to know the Nintendo NX will be getting some sort of third-party support already? Do you just want to know what this new console is already? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
