Japan only? Actually, looks like the mid-November for the U.S. thing could be official now too... UPDATED!
Nintendo fans are known for their utter hatred of delays. So far, this will only affect Japan.... Word up to Rukes from GA for the Tip.
Wednesday April 18, 1:21 am Eastern Time
Nintendo says to delay Japan launch of GameCube
TOKYO, April 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd said on Wednesday it would delay the Japanese launch of its next
generation GameCube game console to September 14 from an originally planned July start date.
The world's second biggest gamemaker had said it would release the successor to the Nintendo64 home video game machine in
July at home and in October in the United States, followed by Europe next spring.
Nintendo also said that it planned to change its company rules to enable it to buy back up to 14 million shares, but it stopped short of giving the exact amount or
timing of any share purchase.
Its shares rallied from heavy early losses to trade nearly two percent higher at 19,960 yen by 0520 GMT.
UPDATE: From another version of this report at Bloomberg comes word that the U.S. date might be getting the official (but not unexpected) bump to mid November:
"The new machine, successor to the Nintendo 64 console, will be released in the U.S. in mid November, Nintendo said in a briefing to reporters. The price was not specified."
