Nintendo NX Will Apparently Have Zelda, Mario and Pokemon Games Within Six Months of Release

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Bringing out the big guns for the (apparently) little console. By Joe Skrebels

A new report claims the Nintendo NX will receive new Mario and Pokemon games, alongside The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild within six months of the console's March 2017 launch.

"Sources close to Nintendo" have reportedly told MCV that the company is hoping to avoid the slow start of its previous two consoles, Wii U and 3DS.

Anecdotally, few of Nintendo's major internal studios or second parties have shipped a major release since 2015, which could be seen to bear out such a rumor.

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MCV also claims that Nintendo has already garnered third-party support - another struggle for its consoles in recent years - from Sega, Square Enix, Ubisoft, Activision and Warner Bros.

Finally, MCV also says that its sources tell it that last week's reports that the NX will be a handheld console that can be plugged into TVs are "100 per cent accurate".

One source says that the console's power sits between a PS3 and PS4, and that Nintendo's intention is to "upgrade" smartphone gamers, rather than draw fans away from PS4 and Xbox One.

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The only games currently confirmed for an NX release are Zelda, Ubisoft's Just Dance 2017, and Sega's as-yet-untitled 2017 Sonic game.

Want to sort the NX facts from the fiction? Check out our comprehensive rundown of all the rumors so far.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he's slowly frothing about the perfect match that is Monster Hunter and NX. Froth with him on Twitter.

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