Captain Toad, ugh, this crap should have just been an eShop game.

That's exactly what Captan Toad needs.. Another delay... :/

Walmart also has the same date as gamefly.
Most likely they delayed the game to not get overshadowed by Smash and amiibo.

Not to January like us PALs? Seems weird.

There goes some peeps expectations for a release every month.

I wasn't sure if I was getting this anyway so it doesn't effect me much, if at all.

With that said, this isn't a bad move. Honestly, in best case, the game would've launched in November worldwide. With the Europe delay, delaying the game in the states might actually be good. The hype (if any) might die down for people in Europe because the game is "late" there.

This way, everyone gets it at the same time

This is exactly the pervasive perception Ninty wants to overcome.

Watching more gameplay footage from the latest Treehouse stream and other sources, there's a clear effort not make this just an extended minigame -- but a full on Nintendo platformer.

My guess is that if they delay it, it will be to add more content and variety to the game to accomplish that.

As for the "2 games in the first half 2015" thing, I don't think so. Who knows with Nintendo but I can't see them pulling this crap for a 3rd consecutive year.

I dont´t see how purely relying on smash for november, december and january is in the best intrest for nintendo, one game can only do so much

Well then I hope they add a jump button =P

Its more of a puzzle game.

Is anyone surprised by this? This has been Nintendo's M.O. since the N64 days... delay a game originally slated for fall / holiday release to the following year's Q1 or Q2 to make up for their lack of software releases during that period, all while claiming that they need more time to "polish" said game, when in reality said game has been done for months already,