Despite the U.S. delay to 2001, in Japan, Dolphin just might still be released in 2000.
"We are targeting a December launch before the Japanese Christmas season," said Nintendo Company Ltd.'s number two man, Hiroshi Imanishi. "But we have to take many things into consideration for political and strategic reasons, so we just cannot tell if the Japanese launch is 100 percent sure or not." After the sad sad sad (no that's not a typo) news that the Dolphin has been delayed to 2001 in the US comes the good news that at least Nnitendo are still on track for the 2000 release in Japan. This is what most people have been speculating all along and the fact is Nintendo pretty much NEED to release the Dolphin this year in Japan.