October 18^th, 2005 (8:08pm) - Yesterday, the official website of the International Consumer Electronics Show revealed that Nintendo would be be at the event alongside the likes of ATI, Microsoft, and Sony -- most likely to showcase its Nintendo Revolution game console.

"It’s all fun and games for AMD, Apex Digital, ATI, Logitech, Nvidia, Alienware, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and Gizmondo. Okay, maybe not all. These companies are serious when it comes to gaming and digital entertainment, and that’s why they’ll be at the 2006 International CES," read the site at one point yesterday.

Soon after, however, the wesbite removed any mention of Nintendo’s presence at the event and told fellow gaming website Revolution Report the following:

We apologize there was an error on our web site. CES sales team has been in touch with Nintendo. However [Nintendo’s attendance] is not yet official. Please visit our online directory in the future for changes. If any further questions or comments please contact us back. And thank you for identifying the error.

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Nintendo is not known for making an appearance at CES so it IS possible that the inclusion of Nintendo’s name in the original statement may have indeed been an error. However, it should be noted that Nintendo also had a habit of not attending the Tokyo Game Show, but company president Satoru Iwata just so happened to reveal the Revolution’s controversial controller at the event this past September in his keynote address.

The 2006 International CES is to be held January 5-8, 2006 in Las Vegas.