Super Smash Bros. Brawl (spoilers inside!)

[Phoenixsong]

...Something has occurred to me.

Now, I don't really know when the Japanese releases of Smash 1 and 2 happened in comparison to the American ones. But doesn't it strike you as a bit odd that they're already hyping it so much in English (and other languages/regions) before the Japanese release is even out? Normally, Nintendo denies the existence of a game to its American consumers until slightly before or slightly after the Japanese release. To my knowledge, they only started revealing characters for Melee in the weeks leading up to its American release. So what are they doing now? Is it just that they're that excited about the whole project that they're not bothering to hide it from anyone, and we'll get it the requisite four-plus months after Japan? Or does that mean we can count on a fairly early release here in America, and possibly in other places? After all, at the very least I know that my American SSBM can be played in both English and Japanese, so in effect all they have to do is add that capability, switch the defaults and the region formats and they're done. Shouldn't take that long, should it?

I dunno, just a theory that can probably be shot down pretty easily, but it's a nice thought.