Nintendo's Upcoming NX Won't Run on Android After All

Nintendo has shot down rumors that its yet-to-be-unveiled NX gaming console would run on Android. Responding to a report by Japanese business daily Nikkei, a Nintendo spokesman said of the rumors, “There is no truth to the report saying that we are planning to adopt Android for NX.” Nikkei previously claimed that Nintendo’s hush-hush Wii U successor would run on the Google-developed operating system, citing sources familiar with the goings-on at the Kyoto-based gaming company’s headquarters. Those sources claimed that by adopting Android, Nintendo would “be able to tap into a deep pool of software developers already creating programs for mobile platforms.”

If the rumors had indeed been true, it would have marked the latest expansion for the OS as Android has gone from smartphones and tablets to televisions and wearables as of late.