Nintendos Android NX Console to Boost NVIDIAs SHIELD?

As news broke yesterday of Nintendos potential move to Android Operating System, one has to wonder if these leaked rumors will help justify NVIDIAs investment in Android OS for their NVIDIA SHIELD. Nintendo has reportedly adopted Android OS for their next-generation console, dubbed NX. What this initially means is that the console-maker will be able to expand its horizons with the addition of Android OS developers who are already hard at work creating for NVIDIAs SHIELD platform.

The move to Android OS is considered an upgrade for the lower-than-average powered Wii and Wii-U devices and should give Nintendo a new stream of users looking for more advanced graphics than their current consoles are providing. If these rumors are true, we should be seeing some indication in the next few weeks as the 2015 Electronic Entertainment Expo rolls into the Los Angeles Convention Center.

It was just a last week that we were recommending the NVIDIA SHIELD 16GB Android TV but many were questioning the wisdom of NVIDIA to go head-to-head with Sonys PlayStation, Microsofts Xbox and Nintendo. Maybe the NVIDIA folks know something we dont and have been planning a partnership all along. If so, it would explain NVIDIAs investment and the Nintendo NX rumors. As Computex 2015 kicks off today and 2015 E3 is around the corner, we are sure to have more information on this subject so watch this space!

Update 6/2/2015 4PM CT: Nintendo has denied the claims in a conversation with The WSJ.

There is no truth to the report saying that we are planning to adopt Android for NX, a Nintendo spokesman said.