Yesterday, Advance Media Network's GameCube website was under a fire because they announced to post new Nintendo Revolution information two days prior to Iwata's speech at the Tokyo Game Show, but they never delivered.
Because they were in the center of the internet communities for a day, apparently Nintendo got wind of it and forced/asked AMN to not release the information before Iwata's speach. This further confirms that Nintendo will show something on the speech.
Below is the statement of AMN:
Dear readers,
Nintendo Revolution news is coming and we are as excited as you are! We currently have two AMN staff representatives in Japan eagerly awaiting the show as you have been eagerly waiting for new Revolution information to surface today.
And of course there is a problem...
The wonderful AMN viewers, new and old, have done such an amazing job of spreading this "Tuesday-ton" announcement that the hype has reached numerous places, one of which was Nintendo.
As some of you were expecting everything Revolution - the works - we were only planning to release a bit of information regarding a few surprises Nintendo plans to unveil later this week. Getting back to the point, Nintendo rightfully put the lid on any such announcements we had planned and told us to wait until later in the week, until their announced keynote speech and first day of the Tokyo Game Show.
Of course we will be on our toes to report everything and anything we can -- as soon as we can, but in the meantime, we are forced to follow the rules, as every other media outlet must do.
Obviously the whole situation got hyped out of proportion, as we didn't have intentions to blow the lid on everything we got our ears and eyes on...only a teaser of what we know and of things to come, but apparently it was a little too much. Forum go-ers and Nintendo enthusiasts hyped up what was to be a light-hearted introduction of Revolution news with more information to come later in the week. Suppose there is a lesson to be learned from this, but who can blame us, being fans of Nintendo, we are as excited as the next person!
We are overwhelmed of the positive and negative responses we received. Joyed that we were able to create such a following, but disappointed that we are not able to share the information that we do have with all of you. We apologize for that.
Of course, it isn't the end of the world. New Revolution news is right around the corner and you can rest assure that we'll be one of the first to share the excellent news. We will be attending Mr. Iwata's keynote speech along with Microsoft's and Sony's, as well as all three days of the Tokyo Game Show. Expect the Revolution good-ness to hit a little on Thursday and a little more on Friday. We'll post sooner if we can.
We are as excited as you are! Stay tuned for further announcements as you won't be disappointed! We know were not!