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Nintendo reveals that N5 will debut at E3 2005

Kristan Reed 16:57 27/05/2004
Nintendo admits it will use the showcase event to reveal its gameplay
'revolution'...

Nintendo's successor to the GameCube will be shown off at the annual
Electronic Entertainment Expo in May 2005, the Kyoto-based company revealed
this morning.
On recent form, the company could well be looking to showcase the console at
the event with a view to launching the machine in Japan time for Christmas
2005, with a Spring launch for the US and an early summer launch for the
rest of the world. At this stage, though, the firm will be keeping its
options open and is more likely to hold back until 2006 before it launches,
especially with the usual production capacity issues inherent with new
consoles.
On the other hand, with the firm's current strategy of quick launches - case
in point being the DS - there's a small chance that the company will once
again be using E3 as a springboard for getting the product into the public's
consciousness quickly, and any such strategy of this nature would almost
certainly give the company a chance to steal a march on its rivals in the
next round of console launches.
At E3, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata promised that its next machine would
provide an innovative 'gameplay revolution', while yesterday senior managing
director Yoshihiro Mori said, "Rather than offering a new edition of the
same thing, we want to offer new ways of game playing." He refused to reveal
any details on pricing or drop clues as to its design.
Meanwhile the firm also revealed a 3.5 million production target for the DS,
and a 14 million ship target for the GBA (down from 17.6 million) in the
current financial year to March 31st 2005.