BlackTron
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Famously, Iwata had to tweet a picture of the Wii U console unit after their reveal presentation because journos still weren't sure if it was a new console or not. It didn't help that the system never appeared once in that initial reveal.
I could've swown I saw it in the initial reveal video. It was just intentionally subdued and given a backseat. You know they intentionally did this to put the focus on the controller, an example of their hubris in assuming the whole world had the same context of what the video was about as inside Nintendo.
I recall it appearing under a TV, looking exactly like a regular Wii console tucked back there. You could even guess showing it in this limited sense ADDED confusion because it looked so similar to Wii when it did appear.