With the Xbox Scorpio and the PlayStation NEO engaging in a war of specs and raw power, Nintendo's upcoming console, the NX, might very well be the next gaming generation's dark horse. While the Nintendo NX might not be able to stand toe-to-toe with its rivals in terms of performance, it might very well have what it takes to make it a runaway success.

In a lot of ways, Nintendo has already managed such as feat before. During the 7th generation of consoles, the low-powered Wii left its rivals, the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 in the dust. While many critics stated that the Wii's success should be credited to the console's motion-controlled interface, it nonetheless made the machine into a massive hit.

Thus, in a sense, Nintendo's reputation, at least prior to the disaster that is the Wii U, shows that it is fully capable of endearing the market with a unique and innovative machine. This is not all, however.

One thing that seems to be neglected in the current gaming generation is the younger demographic. With the raw power present in Sony and Microsoft's consoles, the games that are primarily being developed are targeted towards more mature gamers.

Indeed, most of today's best-selling games are mainly geared towards teens and adults. The best-selling status of titles such as Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto V all but prove this point. In a sense, video games have managed to transition from being targeted towards kids to being targeted towards an older audience.

Then again, kids will always be gamers, and while Android and iOS presently dominate the market for games targeted for kids, there is a huge market for a dedicated console that is aimed at a younger audience.

If recent rumors are to be believed, this is exactly what Nintendo is up to. A recent board meeting between Nintendo's top execs and the firm's primary shareholders allegedly addressed the absence of the NX in E3 2016. According to rumors about that meeting, senior employee Shigeru Miyamoto allegedly stated that the NX's absence in E3 was done to ensure that the console's innovations would not be copied by competitors.

While his words could only be confirmed or debunked by the NX's release next year, one thing is certain. It is far too early to take the Nintendo NX out of the picture.

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