If Smash does not drop before holiday 2014, other than Zelda (which may also not drop in 2014), what heave hitters does the big N have slated for 2014 ? X ? com'on now. Wonderful 101 hardly sold and that was hyped by N faithful since introduced.
DKTF does not look like it will bring anything new to the series IMO,N faithful may also not flock to that either.
So it looks like N has no choice but to rush Zelda and Smash into 2014 to have any chance of going up against the other 2 consoles that have 3rd party support behind them.