In an interview with Spanish gaming site MeriStation, Nintendo Europe Director of Marketing Jim Merrick spoke candidly about the company's next-generation console, the Revolution reports GameSpot . Nothing juicy was revealed but here goes...

Merrick clarified Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata recent global release comment.

"What we can guarantee is that the Revolution will be sent in the same four-month period anywhere in the world," said Merrick.

As far as when gamers will see the Nintendo Revolution gameplay in action " NOT THIS YEAR"

Nintendo is making sure that when a Revolution title is ready for the public, it is fully functional with the console's new controller. He goes on to say that Nintendo games have always stressed fun rather than graphics, and for that reason the first display of Revolution games will not be screenshots, but rather totally playable.

The Nintendo exec also said that multiplayer games for the Revolution will be able to use the same technology as some DS games, enabling several players to play head-to-head on different consoles with only one copy of the game.