Nintendo ON is a fake video game console

Video game console

A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game...

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The console was introduced in a 6 minute and 21 second video

released on the internet in 2005, shortly before E3. The video was created by Pablo Belmonte from Spain who goes by the screen name "psyco3ler." Belmonte posted it on message boards claiming to have found a leaked trailer of Nintendo

Nintendo

is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....

's next console, at that time code-named Revolution. The video was very convincing to most, and it is now considered to be one of the greater hoax

Hoax

A hoax is a deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as truth. It is distinguishable from errors in observation or judgment, or rumors, urban legends, pseudosciences or April Fools' Day events that are passed along in good faith by believers or as jokes.-Definition:The British...

es in video game history.

The music from this video consists primarily of "Guns" by Harry Gregson-Williams

Harry Gregson-Williams

Harry Gregson-Williams is a prolific British composer, orchestrator, conductor, and music producer. He is best known for his film scores, of which he has composed over sixty using electronic music and orchestral pieces...

 from the soundtrack to The Rundown

The Rundown

The Rundown is a 2003 American action comedy film starring The Rock and Seann William Scott about a bounty hunter who must head for Brazil to retrieve his employer's renegade son. It was directed by Peter Berg...

, along with a medley of musical selections from Super Mario 64

Super Mario 64

is a platform game, published by Nintendo and developed by its EAD division, for the Nintendo 64. Along with Pilotwings 64, it was one of the launch titles for the console. It was released in Japan on June 23, 1996, and later in North America, Europe, and Australia. Super Mario 64 has sold over...

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The video provides no evidence that the songs were used with permission.

Reaction

At the time, many people took the Nintendo ON video as a true announcement of Nintendo's next generation system, because the console's description seemed to go along with what Nintendo had said they were planning for the Revolution. The quality of the video and the art assets used are also likely not user-created, but rather are borrowed 3D models, sprites, and other items that the creator of the video could legally use in the 6 minute fan video. However, as time went on, no further information on the console was released by Nintendo, and the Nintendo ON video was declared a hoax when Nintendo finally released pictures of the Revolution console after E3 2005.

Others believe that the video was released merely as a prediction of Nintendo's path. Some in the industry suspect that the video was meant to "test the waters" for the Wii.