I remember back when I bought Metroid Prime 3 and was super exited after playing Metroid Prime 2 to death. Then the game ended up sitting on my shelf for months, practically forgotten.
Sad thing is when I finally decided to play it, it was a huge letdown. Graphics were shit, Gamecube controllers were incompatible (yeah, I should have seen that coming) and there was no multiplayer. From start it was obvious that Nintendo/Retro tried to evolve the series with lots of (poor) character interaction and such, but compared to other games released at the same time it was just terrible, in my opinion. I wanted a game that surpassed Metroid Prime 2, not a game taking a different path.
/rant
Other than that, no. I always play the games the same day I buy them.