NINTENDO LATE AGAIN
February 3, 2000

Last month, Nintendo announced that it would reveal more information about its Project Dolphin within 10-15 days. 10 days passed, and nothing - but most people accepted this and waited. 15 days passed, and nothing - but then some people got it into their head that it was 15 business days, which is odd because this didn't really make much sense (but Nintendo fans accepted it because they wanted more info about Dolphin).

Well, 15 business days have now come and gone, and it seems as the naysayers were right. Nothing new was released about Project Dolphin at the recent event held by Nintendo.

The best we can do is hope that this isn't a sign of times to come. Nintendo 64 was significantly plagued by delays, and that has been one of the biggest problems with the Dreamcast. Are we going to see the same problem on Dolphin (and PS2 and X-Box)?

So, what's going to happen? Nintendo had better release official specs ASAP if they want to keep up with Sony. Many people in Japan have already made a decision to purchase a PS2, and unless Nintendo acts soon, there will be no reason for many more of them not to do so. If Nintendo doesn't release official Dolphin information before the PS2 comes out or shortly thereafter, it might be almost as bad as raising the white flag.