If they were going to release it this year, then they would at least have it playable at E3.
I think an early 2010 release is fine, because it would be getting too much direct competition from Red Steel 2 in holiday 2009.
# of games above 75 on Metacritic (including downloadable):
360: 241 DS: 144
PS3: 152 PSP: 126
Wii: 85