Reaction
At the time, many people took the Nintendo ON video as a true announcement of Nintendo's next generation system, because the console's description seemed to go along with what Nintendo had said they were planning for the Revolution. The quality of the video and the art assets used are also likely not user-created, but rather are borrowed 3D models, sprites, and other items that the creator of the video could legally use in the 6 minute fan video. However, as time went on, no further information on the console was released by Nintendo, and the Nintendo ON video was declared a hoax when Nintendo finally released pictures of the Revolution console after E3 2005.
Others believe that the video was released merely as a prediction of Nintendo's path. Some in the industry suspect that the video was meant to "test the waters" for the Wii.
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