Phantomile co.
AKA: Johnny Nighttrain, Nightfraud (derisive nickname)
Most well-known for claiming to know a lot of information about the Revolution. Â People began calling him Nightfraud when they deemed his info wrong, but I think these people are looking at the glass as half-empty.
- He claimed that Revolution was at least as powerful as the Xbox 360, and possibly PlayStation 3. Â He based this on a short video he claims he saw. Â From what we now know, it seems Revolution is significantly less powerful than either other system. Â However, this doesn't necessarily make him a liar. Â As Drinky Crow said, combine a video of much-better-than-this-gen graphics with an excitable Nintendo fanboy, and you're not going to get a very objective opinion.
- He claimed that Retro's new game made major use of the controller, whose secret was not yet known. Â He expected we'd see this at Nintendo's pre-E3 press conference. Â We didn't see the controller at E3, and only a few seconds of Metroid Prime 3, so this was deemed bad info. Â However, a Retro game is STILL the only Revolution footage we've seen. Â From the eventual actual Revolution controller playtests, the one most indicative of an actual game's use was Metroid Prime 2 made to work with the Revolution controller. Â Many think that with the larger-than-expected PS3 showing by Sony, Nintendo decided to cut back on their Revolution revealings to make it a bigger deal at a later date. Â So it seems likely enough that Nighttrain's info was just slightly outdated.
- He claimed that the look of the Revolution system was similar to a Mac Mini. Â They are indeed very similar.
- He claimed that many developers were putting major support behind the system "on principle alone". Â This can't be verified right now since noone is publically showing off their Revolution work, but since that time we have had the controller unveiling and many positive developer reactions. Â Certainly the sort of thing that could be considered a principled reason for support.