I think Kirby will scrape into first half 2015 in Europe.
Basically we know they've been having some issues in Europe and laid off a bunch of people (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-08-30-nintendo-of-europe-lays-off-320-jobs) which clearly has impacted their localisation pipeline.
And remember how many languages/cultures NoE has to deal with compared to NoA.
That said, that Smash and Captain Toad both had their dates moved forward after they've been announced makes me think that NoE are prepared to hedge with a later date in order to avoid a delay, and then move the dates forward if the localisation and production pipelines make that a possibility.
Plus with the lower bandwidth on localisation prioritisation is much more important. Splatoon will want to release alongside the US, so the localisation efforts will be targeted there, with Kirby taking a back seat until Splatoon is completed (although not necessarily released). Same with Xenoblade X.
With that said, I think Kirby will scrape into the end of May/start of June. After being dated for a mid-June release.
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