LOL wrong.
Nintendo just pissed them off more at the time. There is no loyalty involved in the video game business, as long as there is a source of money. Go back to 1988, please, and learn your history.
Also, ths hasn't been confirmed by any other sites, otherwise, everyone, and I mean everyone would be all over this. If this can be chalked up to a misinterpretation, then nothing has really been lost.
Damnit, Roto, you beat me to it.