I don't think the game will lose sales from missing the Christmas time. The game will sell well throughout it's life, so the Christmas season won't be as much of a hurt compared to games with short lifespans (like Halo for instance).

Now that my boy Sonic is in this, I must by this game. I don't even like the gameplay Smash Brothers has, but I'm buying it! Now, if only my boy Zero was in this...

Ok, so...Lucas's one special move did not look like anything in Ness' repertoire.

Looks can be deceiving. It could be his up B move with different animation. We don't know yet. I still doubt Ness will come back based on Sakurai's statements in the Lucas update, but time will tell. Of course, based on the fact that some gamers were disappointed in America over the Lucas update, if he doesn't have Ness in already, Sakurai could decide to put the character in during the next month. It's definitely possible, and it seems that he wants to please fans.

Some said the best selling game this gen will be Super Mario Galaxy, some said it will be Halo 3, some said it will be Gran Turismo 5. Do these people still think that way?

 I do. I think Mario Galaxy is going to sell 20m units. Sonic isn't just going to push this game past Galaxy.

Not saying it isn't possible. Nintendo bigwigs can bust in on Sakurai's team and demand some features based on where the Wii is headed. This IS going to be the smash brothers of this generation, so that is reasonable since Nintendo is wanting the Balance Mat as a control scheme in future games.

However, there are a couple of items against it. Wii Fit isn't to release until Jan 1st or later in the US, and Brawl is out on December 3rd. Also, the team was even against the idea of using motion controls from the beginning so even having that is a stretch, but of course Nintendo stepped in on that one too, so.....

I said in this very forum that this game wasn't coming out this year and no one belived me. It wasn't a ramdom guess: two AAA titles coming out in a matter of 3 weeks of each other (Mario Galaxy)? No way. It would be simply a stupid marketing decision...