From the pages of the truly bizarre comes this odd little gem.  Last week, Nintendo of Europe sent out a tweet talking about the eShop and the various games available for it, but, the tweet linked you to an ad for the new model of the Vita.

The tweet was promptly deleted, but you know how the internet is and once something is on the internet, it is there forever.  Various fans naturally screen capped the tweet and showed it off for the world to see.

Now, Nintendo hasn’t seen their best days as of late especially with very disappointing Wii U sales.  Also, while the 3DS has been doing well compared to the competition it is still falling behind expectations and isn’t proving to be the breakout success the original DS was.

Nintendo’s dire financial situation has led to some rather interesting theories as to what caused this.  Everything from disgruntled employees, nintendo watching videos of a real handheld, or just a simple mistake.  My guess is just a mistake, but it makes you wonder what Nintendo was doing checking out the Vita either way.

You can check out some of the more interesting theories here, but they get pretty insane.  My favorite was the one where Sony secretly bought Nintendo, now owns them, and is smearing the Nintendo products so you buy into their original vision instead.

You can see the now infamous Vita ad below.