Haven't seen much talk about this, so I figured it was about time for a thread...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8khWAH13fg&t=5m50s

Seems the rumours were true, Nintendo delayed the game to february 2014 to make sure it's up to their standards. Anyone upset/disappointed?

Considering Wii U's getting SM3DW and Sonic Lost World soon, as well as having gotten Rayman Legends recently, I don't think it's too big a deal. Enough quality platformers. However, I was somewhat expecting Nintendo to announce another game to take DKCTF's place (Mario Kart 8 would've been ideal, but alas).

Looks like SM3DW will now be the main game Wii U's appeal hinges on this holiday season, besides all the 'lesser' great games coming.

Moving DKC to early 2014 does give them a chance to keep holiday momentum going however, and should provide a great experience on the way to MK8 in spring, and Smash later in the year (plus whatever else is coming of course). Could've been they are expecting another drought early 2014 (is anything else scheduled to release for Wii U during that time?), while everyone waits for MK8 (which I'm guessing will release around april). A 4-month period without any big hitters would be bad, so in that sense this delay for DKC makes much sense.

Thoughts?

Surprisingly, I haven't seen many people upset over this delay and it was for the better. Wii U needs to put some more of its main genre for next year too.
Right now its DKC and possibly Yoshi's Yarn, 3DS has Yoshi's Island and Kirby.
Maybe Kirby for Wii U too?

I see Nintendo is still learning about the wonders of HD development. :P

Given the number of titles being moved back, I'm wondering what sales will look like in 2014.

As I said in the rumor thread, I think it's a smart move. The holidays are already packed with Wii U games while early 2014 seems light. This helps spread the love, and gives the game more time in the oven.

Its all good, SM3DW impressed many people today. They were both next to each other anyway, i'll enjoy my SM3DW cuz it looks to deliver, seriously! Then i'll play my hardcore 2D nintendo platformer in Feb. Its 2 month delay, its all good. Then after that hopefully MK8 in April

It's a good move. Even if you only own a wii u this holiday season will have plenty of games for you, and if you have an 3ds, or other non nintendo systems too, you have tons of games already that you¨ll probably miss out on. Next spring (it's technically winter) though, I don't see it being as jammed as it is now.

Nintendo figured they'd spoiled Wii U owners enough this year. Sounds reasonable.

I'm not disappointed by the delay because it means I can't get the game until later. I'm disappointed because it's pretty obvious that Nintendo gives false release dates with no intention of keeping them, simply in order to placate us. Since the two games were announced the 2013 claim was obvious crap.

I prefer Nintendo partially because I like to think they're morally a lot better than the other companies, but stuff like this really pisses me off.

I helped you out WiiUsucked this year excluding this holiday-Pikmin3/MH/Lego Cityand tosome W101!

can we get a source in the op please? I gotta say I watched a video a couple days ago and it looked fun as hell