This seems very weird. If they weren't going to launch the console this year, then when Furukawa was asked about the console he would have just said something like "we have no plans for hardware this year". Not to mention all the shipping info, Sharp's shipment promises, etc. If this thing got pushed back this late, it would kill their entire Holiday season if the H2 crew is right. If H1 crew was right then it would kill most of their year's release schedule...
To me this sounds like:
- Nintendo is cracking down hard and has circulated fake dates internally to shut down leaks
- People were told FY 2025 and misinterpreted that
- Nintendo's entire year has been destroyed last minute (I don't find this very likely)