>>> burned by rumors from IBM and Nintendo on the specs of the WiiU

>> Nintendo took no part in those misinformation coming from IBM.

> They didn't counter it either. Nintendo knew what they were getting and they remained
> silent while IBM was blathering on about the non-existent connection to Watson.

That's true but still doesn't equal Nintendo endorsing the claims in my book. IBM is the maker of both Espresso and Watson/POWER7, so it's them who should know. There is no reason why Nintendo should care about what's in IBM's Watson and whether or how that relates to Espresso.