It's gonna be delayed in Japan. So since it was originally suppossed to come out on December 3rd in US, should we expect it to delayed until 08 in US?

A delay of some kind, yes. The North America Smashbros.com has changed the release date from Dec 3 to TBD indicating that there is a serious chance the date will be changed. We may have a new date tomorrow. I believe Nintendo is holding a conference in San Francisco.

I'm sorry to offend any Smash Bros. fans, but delaying it would be the smarter move. It will sell well no matter when it's released, and Galaxy and Smash out during the same holiday season will just suck the oxygen out of the room. And it's not like consumers need to be sold on the Wii this Christmas.

As much as I do not want to wait until January 24th to play the game, there is a part of me that agrees with you, Desroko. Smash Brawl at the ed of January would keep Wii sales extremely high through the holiday and months after.

Nah, Brawl would be competing with WiiFit which I think it would absolutely crush in sales.  For a lot of gamers, Brawl is the game to own so having it on the list for the upcoming holiday season would definitely boost its first/second/third week sales as those buying gifts for Wii owners would snatch it up.

Moving it to the post-holiday season means its launch sales will not be what they would be otherwise.  Lifetime sales won't change, Smash Bros. has very very long legs however anyone looking for it to match Halo 3 in launch sales may as well cancel their bets if it's delayed.

I always felt the same way. I do see a delay coming. My wallet is happy.

Brawl and Wii Fit are not targeting the same audience. There's no need to worry over them bumping into each other, because Smash has a very loyal fanbase, while Wii Fit is going to be marketed towards casuals and light mainstream gamers.

yes

yeah, I think it will get delayed. Which as much as it pains me, really seems like a good move. The wii doesn't need help selling this christmas, SMG will do it alone just fine.

I think it is delayed, but it doesn't really matter because as long as the date still falls between 12/3 and 1/24 then nothing can really go wrong, it'll still be Christmas season and even afterward Christmas then all the gift Wii's will be out and this'll be the first game to buy for many.