A few Nintendo news sources are speculating on the delay of Super Smash Bros. Brawl having an effect on the release of Mario Kart Wii. Now it might seem a little headline grabbing and perhaps for some of them it is, but like us here at Wii Centre, we’re sure some of these news hounds are covering it for less dubious reasons.

It is generally true that a lot of publishers will spread their big releases to some degree and not release them in a bunch (perhaps outwith this is the late year release schedule, which is generally insane regardless of publisher). So with this in mind and with the change in the SSBB release date, could it have a knock on effect with the release of Mario Kart Wii? It wouldn’t be overly shocking if it did, though needless to say we at Wii Centre hope that isn’t the case.