The game looks so sweet already, why would they need to delay it??? If they delayed it just to add sonic and tales i'm going to be pissed.. Every true nintendo fan must beat the crap out of sonic repeatedly unless they didn't live in the SNES era.
Also, who thinks initial sales will be lower if this is delayed past christmas? I already suggeseted it to my parents as a gift for my younger brother, since he can't really afford any games at all and only really buys 1 himself a year. Typically he borrows my games, but this one he'll never get to borrow.