Screenshot leak of the new Gamecube Online login screen or elaborate April Fool's joke? You decide! Aparently this was spotted in a French game magazine (yes, I know, it sounds like a hoax already), but apparently, if legit, Nintendo will announce this at their E3 press conference, before demoing the new DS system, so we'll find out soon enough. Nintendo did sign an agreement with Gamespy for their online software a while ago, and also an agreement with AOL a while back as well, which only adds fuel to the fire. So which is it?

Personally I would love this, although I can't think of any games they plan on using this with in the coming year. Let's look at the big hitters of 2004 on GC and thier release dates to see if we can find any correlation, shall we?

Wario Ware Inc. Mega Party Game$ -- April 4th, 2004
Custom Robo -- May 10th, 2004
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures -- June 7th, 2004
Pikmin 2 -- July 1st, 2004
Donkey Konga -- July 15th, 2004
Star Fox 2 -- October 15th, 2004
Metroid Prime 2 -- November 18th, 2004
Paper Mario 2 -- December 10th, 2004

Geist -- TBA 2004
Super Mario 128 -- TBA 2004
Stage Debut -- TBA 2004
Kuju Action Nintendo Game -- TBA 2004
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2 -- TBA 2004

Well, on second thought, I could see this built into a lot of these games. Sounds good to me! Oh, and did you see the release date for Metroid Prime 2? Or that Paper Mario 2 is on the list? Yes, they're coming. ;)

Update: If you said elaborate April Fool's joke, you win! It's just some lame Windows Blinds theme. At least the release dates above are legit. My Thanksgiving will be occupied by MP2 goodness. ;)