What I don't get is that folks always blame Nintendo for the delay thing, when Microsoft themselves delayed the Xbox console as many times as Nintendo did, delayed XboxLive for a year (it was originally planned to be PART of the console), and half of it's "launch" lineup never appeared or were delayed (Fable, Malice, New Legends, Project K-X, etc). Even the ones that were delayed were nothing special (RAW, Bruce Lee, Project K-X/Kakuto Chojin, etc) when they finally released- so what the hell was the delay for??
All of Nintendo's launch lineup was there, sans Smash DX, which appeared a few weeks later.
It's just interesting when folks view it that way, when no one is perfect (just what the hell did the PS2 launch with other than Madden and Tekken??)- and ALL hardware manufacturers/publishers make several delays a year.
Perhaps it's that Nintendo's delays are more high-profile, and rock the gaming world when they DO finally release.
But eh, Halo 2 would've rocked no matter how incomplete it is- Halo 1 is the truth, and pure hype carries its sequel now. Hell, there are even people in these very boards claiming that Halo 2's less detailed, low-end polygonal character models with bumpmaps slapped over them are a HUGE leap over what was in Halo, when't it's really a step back- though for a good (XboxLive) cause.
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