Announcing Sonic to appease those angry about the delay?

[Daileon]

BenKenobi88 said:

Daileon said:
They delayed it to give 3rd parties a chance to sell something.

 No, they delayed it because they're behind on development.  You really think Nintendo would sacrifice Brawl for some third party games over the holidays?

It does work out somewhat well, as Brawl released in February will keep the Wiis selling strong, and that will also give them extra time for Mario Kart...but this isn't a "political" delay.

Yes. Smash Bros is a guaranteed "megahit" that will have "infinite" legs. So, the delay will benefit third-parties (and help them sell to don't get nervous), get a little of the heat of GTA IV (it will be released March, right?) and help Wii on a naturally slow period of the year... If it was released this holiday, of course it will sell some bazillions of units, but they're expecting the Wii will be "again" supply constrained, so the hardware moved on release dates would be almost to none.

 You see? Everybody (on Nintendo side) will be happy!

Of course they will use the time to do little improvements, see if they put extra chars, re-test the whole thing and kill some bugs but, to me atleast, that is the "real truth".