Nintendo is stooping to ship consoles because they are closing their financial year. It's quite easy to understand: They wait a couple of weeks and then ship new system that wil lcount in the next years reports. This is good for shareholders...

EB Games never gets shipments on time...it's so dumb. I went in for SSX Blur, and they told me, "Well today is Tuesday, the shipping day, which usually means that tomorrow, Wednesday, is when we'll have it out for sale. You can still reserve one for 5 dollars though."

Would I rather put money down so they might get a game tomorrow?  Umm, no.  As with Paper Mario, I'd rather go to Circuit City and buy it, and if they don't have it, I get 20 bucks!