on the topic - I cant see it directly but perhaps indirectly - ie with the alleged Disk shortage perhaps Nintendo did do the honourably thing and allocate disks to third parties such as Sega when one time they would have used them for SMG.
Off topic I think as Nintendo knew the Wii was always gonna be a must have this year and the types of gamers that SSBB will attract (see how I didn't use Hardcore there..... oh bugger) they knew that they could delay till 2009 to both please third parties this xmas as justy maybe if third parties had an unsuccessfull xmas then it may have a detremental effect on Wii quality throughout 2009 and to avoid another quarter 1 Wii drought in 2008.
Those people that think they're perfect give a bad reputation to us who are...
"With the DS, it's fair to say that Nintendo stepped out of the technical race and went for a feature differentiation with the touch screen, but I fear that it won't have a lasting impact beyond that of a gimmick - so the long-lasting appeal of the platform is at peril as a direct result of that." - Phil Harrison, Sony
