i was going to say what Rol said, then i saw what Rol said...he got there first.
hell i'll say it anyway.
most of the AAA first party Nintendo titles are delayed, or if not delayed then given a very vague release period like Spring 08 or even more vague "some time next year".
As far as i can tell, all the main Pokemon games have been the same.
SPM i haven't played so i don't know about but from general opinions i hear its good, but not up to the originals standard.
Again i haven't played it yet but MP3 is generally considered the best of the three, so your opinion is exactly that, an opinion (sorry Nintendo can't cater to just one person)
And yes, Brawl is delayed (in US....Japan never had a proper date, EU still hasn't got a proper date)
Part of the reason i think more people complain about game releases in the most recent generations has to be the internet, in the NES/SNES days hardly anyone knew about release dates or whether they were late or not.
For N64 more people learned about dates but it wasn't exactly a majority of even the core gamers.
GC everyone (who is bothered about getting it day1) starts knowing about all the dates and when they are changed, and places like Amazon, Play.com etc start posting unnofficial release dates that piss everyone off when it turns out it was made up, or just a rumour. (Battalion Wars 2 i think comes into this category)
