Amiibo can't support Smash Bros 3DS this year because the Amiibo NFC attachment for 3DS doesn't release until 2015, as Nintendo said in their Digital Event at E3. Smash Bros has to come out this year, because it's their "big" holiday game. Captain Toad and Hyrule Warriors are great, but they will not move hardware through Christmas like Smash Bros will. Wii U needs a huge system seller this year, otherwise it's just way too late. The proof that it will release this year, other than the fact that Nintendo has confirmed it multiple times, is that Smash Bros Wii U will use Amiibo, and that Amiibo will launch alongside Smash Bros. And so if Amiibo is launching this year, so must Smash Bros Wii U. Nintendo wouldn't delay the game now even if the game needed it. They've got too much riding on it. If need be, they will pull people off other projects (like Xenoblade or Zelda U) between now and October just to get it to a finished state. It's basically their lifeline for the 2014 holiday season.
They said they did similar things in the 2012 crunch to get Wii U to a finished state for launch. That's the only reason Mario U and Nintendo Land were done in time for Black Friday in North America. You have to do what you have to do to get the game you need released at the right time to stimulate sales.

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