In an GameDaily interview earlier this week with Perrin Kaplan, Nintendo of American VP of Marketing and Corporate Affairs, she stated with some rhetoric that the end for the GameCube productions had come: “Are we producing any more GameCubes? No. But do we have the inventory there for people to still purchase? Yes.”

That made sense to many since other game consoles from that generation had been put to rest, except for the Playstation 2 of course, who’s sales have surpassed game consoles beyond its own generation. Still for many this was unwelcome news and gained some publicity, but considering the source it was fact nonetheless.

Today from across the pond we here quite the opposite, that the sorrow spent for the lost purple game console was all for not since production of the GameCube is still alive and well. “I can confirm that globally, Nintendo is still continuing production of GameCube hardware and GameCube software.”, said a Nintendo UK spokesperson to Eurogamer.

Despite many GameCube fanboys picking up their teary eyed heads at the news that the end may not be quite so near, we have to ask if the passing of the GameCube is really bad news? All the GameCube games can be played on the Wii, and the memory and controllers work on the Wii as well. What’s more is the cost of a new GameCube is half of a brand new Nintendo Wii, so who are these people disappointed at the inability to purchase a new GameCube console?

The Brick will continue to watch and report as soon as this mess is straightened and we find out if GameCube productions have really ended or not.