I think it's just Smash Bros. problem.

Mario Kart finds people immediately, and BWii finds people as soon as they are there (you can tell not many are online with BWii because you often get put with the same person again later, which never happens in MKWii)

Exactly how did you come to this conclusion?

Well, I think we all think that a hard drive is a more needed peripheral for the wii than a wireless router, right guys?

So exactly how does this mean they feel the Japan only router is more pressing?

Are you guys under the assumption that they haven't been working on the storage solution at all because of this?

^ Especially after Reggie and Iwata assumed the storage problem and talked about being working on solve it

Yeah, i have. But i don't think a Nintendo router is going to fix it. The Brawl online system is pretty much broken. They should have taken the same approach they did with Mario Kart.

If They did just a Wii with router specifications included, it will be better. This thing takes place in your room and I don't like it.
Here in Belgium, when you take the Adsl, they give you already a router.

Brawl came out a few months before MK Wii, so it's likely they did what the did because of what happened with Brawl.

@LordTheNightKnight: Of course not, but both of the games were in developement at the same time. I'm guessing they were testing different approaches with both of the games. Mario Kart approach turned out to be the better one.
Since it's pretty hard from time to time find gaming company in Brawl online, i would guess that people play a lot of friends matches.