Breath Of The Wild US Trademark Gives Additional Hint On Nintendo NX's Hybrid Nature

Fifty-fifty though a release window has been announced, there'due south very little we currently know near the Nintendo NX. Rumors circulating online often country contradictory facts, so information technology's very hard to trust whatsoever of them fully. One of the more interesting ones from the past weeks, even so, has received more credibility today thanks to a recent finding.

NeoGAF forums fellow member Atheerios has recently discovered something interesting by taking a look at the US trademark for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, launching on both Wii U and Nintendo NX. The trademark mentions both video games cartridges and video game discs.

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What makes this interesting is that there's no mention of cartridges in any Wii U trademark, and no mention of video game discs in any 3DS trademark, and then their inclusion in the Breath of the Wild trademark definitely bears some meaning, strongly hinting at the Nintendo NX'southward hybrid nature that's been suggested in the past few months.

As already mentioned, this isn't the first fourth dimension that it'southward been suggested that the Nintendo NX will use cartridges. Two months ago, it'southward been confirmed that Macronix, the visitor which supplies Nintendo with ROM chips, is expecting a period of growth effectually the time the NX launches. Coupled with the news that the company was testing a newer line of ROM chips, this suggests that the growth isn't expected for the production of fries to be used in Nintendo 3DS cartridges.

The Nintendo NX launches on March 2022 in all regions. More on the console will be coming in the next few months, so stay tuned for all the latest news on Nintendo's mysterious side by side console.