Well the 2005 announcement of SmashBros wasn't as big as this years. But considering the game was not in development when announced in 2005. We can come to the conclusion it took two years to develop. Of course since Sora will be making two versions they will need a much larger development team and more time and resources.
I suspect their will be a trailer in 2012 and a release in late 2013 early 2014. Not half bad. Also I think Nintendo wants Sora to grow and become a much more important developer then they are now. Obviously Sora wants to grow as well considering they suggested two versions. It'll be interesting to see if Sora lays off half the SmashBros team's or if they maintain the numbers and release a good game each year or so becoming one of Nintendo's bigger developers. Could Sora replace Hal?
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
