Nintendo plans to merge its units and portable equipment division game console to create the next generation "that will attract attention," said Nikkei

. It is reported that the game team feels the heat of the tablet and smartphone game (and probably Ouya held successfully, too) and we try to accelerate the development cycle and increase the interoperability of products. This is why it is assumed that brain power of all divisions together to inaugurate the unified division of February 16 this year - transfer to 130 and 150 engineers handheld starting. Nikkei house the new equipment in a $ 340 million against its headquarters in Kyoto to be completed later this year, seeing "an incubator for new ideas." All this comes on the heels of news of the warm Wii U and Nintendo 3DS - gamepad are a bit too shocking reorganization, if it is true

updated:. Nintendo were contacted, confirmed by email that the report is entirely accurate

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