With both Smash and MK8 for these Christmas holidays, the Wii U could pull some seriously nice numbers.

Sadly, just about every major Wii U game from Nintendo so far has seen some form of delay, and the date for the first MK8 DLC pack leaves November suspiciously booked. (Along with Sonic Boom)

Just as the Mercedes DLC this month smacked of an apology for the game drought we've been enduring, and just as Activision recently and out of the blue delivered the Black Ops II DLC we were promised a year and a half ago as a placation for Advanced Warfare not coming to Wii U, I can just see this conveniently timed DLC drop as Nintendo's attempt to make up for not having a proper blockbuster holiday game.

This just seems like the kind of thing modern Nintendo would do; pass up what could be their last chance to pull respectable numbers, and try to ride it out on the wings of an old game.

I deeply hope that I'm wrong, but I'm usually not.

Nintendo will put smash out this year at all costs

I hope not I really want it this year and it has looked nearly finished every time they've shown it

Hope not but if it is the case then it may as well be confirmed that Zelda is 2016

Also, didnt Sakurai say that they are at the debugging stage or something, it should release in 2014 i think

Indeed.  It's too important.  They'd even do a day one patch if they must.

C'mon now, can we stop with all this :-/

In other words if you have this idea, doesn't that mean if SSB comes out this year, shouldnt MK8 DLCcome out next year? if you answer no or cant respond, then wats the point of this thread!!!???!??!?!?!

No offense, but wats with all these delays when nintendo announces something new?

Im starting to see this for some reason "New Game/Major DLC announcement=Delay of a Game" O.o

Edit: Its not a pattern, things just happen sometimes, we should wait and see, there is nothing to suggest SSB is getting delayed. I mean MK8 DLC is coming in May as well, so i guess Splatoon is getting Delayed into 2016?

Double Edit: You were wrong thinkin Nintendo will always make dumb decisions, yet MK8 + Bayo2 say otherwise

As much as I really want Smash Wii U, I'll already have Smash 3DS...

Doubt it.

There's a chance smash won't arrive before the black friday sales, so Ninty could be pushing Mario Kart 8 DLC for the sales rush, but I think Smash will definitely come in 2014

I'm sorry to be a debbie downer, I'm just making an educated guess based on Nintendo's recent behavioural patterns.

That and my contacts, who I obviously can't detail, strongly hint this will happen. :P

Why is everyone so insistent on Smash getting delayed?