[Professor S]

This reportedly came from Shane at Gamespot:


Shane
GameSpot


Well, I'll let you know as much as I do. Nintendo's stance on why Rare's games from last year aren't being shown is that they won't be released before the end of the year and they say they don't want to draw attention away from the games that will be for sale before next year's show. I thought this was a big line of bull until the developer's roundtable with Shigeru Miyamoto today. He was asked after the roundtable why Mario Kart wasn't shown and he basically replied with the same answer (it won't be released before next year's E3). He also stated that showing one screenshot of the game would give away what they're planning to do with the franchise. Take that for what it's worth.

But at the same time, I have had it confirmed by two sources in the past 24 hours that Rare is going multiplatform and to expect an announcement in the next day or two. Granted, it's not a definite until it happens, but if I were to tell you who told me this information today I think you'd assume it's a done deal. Perhaps when/if an announcement is made I'll be able to share where my information is coming from. But until then I can tell you that Rare is going multiplatform or prominent people in this industry are lying to me. It's one or the other. This is all I can tell you.

As far as what to expect from Nintendo for the next two days. Don't worry. While we basically covered Nintendo's entire lineup today, there are plenty of other GameCube games to cover and lots of other things that we'll be doing to take care of you. If you don't want to ruin the E3 experience in one day, simply don't read the stories until you're good and ready. But I feel it was our responsibility to get you the info as quickly as possible and I hope you're all happy with what we managed to publish today. Good night all!

UH OH! Not good news for Nintendo if this is true. And this is a RUMOR... a RUMOR so how bout no one flames me for it.

*waits fro Ric to flame him*