'Nintendo NX' rumors, updates: Game controller a console extension, to have the same performance as PS4

Nintendo has yet to release official statements or previews regarding their much-anticipated game console dubbed as the "Nintendo NX." Several rumored leak photos and patents of the supposed final design of Nintendo NX have surfaced on the internet, which boast top-of-the-line features that were not seen in the company's previously released gadgets. One of the most recent interesting rumors of Nintendo NX's design is the game controller being a console extension.

A Reddit user with the name "stimpak_vendor" claiming to be an AAA developer involved with the development of Nintendo NX has recently posted additional rumored features of the upcoming console, as reported in Yibada. One of the details he brought up in the post that spiked the interest of many game enthusiasts even more for Nintendo NX is the device being as "powerful" as the PlayStation 4.

There were also allegedly leaked photos of the Nintendo NX concept in Reddit whose source was taken down later on. The photos reveal the appearance of two NX controllers being quite elliptical in shape that resembles that of an NES controller. The only notable difference is that the alleged NX controllers have touch screen display, although additional information regarding the leaked photos states that the touch screen interface in the controller is not meant to play the actual game on the controller but rather to act as the console's extension, similar to the second screen feature of Nintendo 3DS and DS.

Other leaked photos of Nintendo NX as shown by iDigital Times reveal the object detection feature of the device. The patent was allegedly filed and posted on NeoGAF forums recently which the concept drawings of the device show an added technology to detect objects and act as a controller and projector at the same. The device was shown to have cameras and mirrors to detect objects surrounding it in 3D space.