On a side note, to all the people who boasted the 3DS' implausible recovery was proof that the Wii U was going to bounce back: how's that working out for you?
3DS showed that a comeback
could be done. It wasn't proof that a Wii U comeback
absolutely would happen. I don't see how you could use one thing's performance as proof of another thing's performance, especially when the things being discussed are 3DS and Wii U as their circumstances couldn't be more different. Nintendo dominates the handheld market and its main problem was the price. The solution was easy. With Mario Kart 7 (and Super Mario 3D Land) less than six months away, Nintendo dropped the price to around where it should have been to begin with.
Wii U has significantly less going for it as well as much, much stronger competition. A sharp turnaround for Nintendo in the console space would be making Wii U profitable which I still believe is entirely possible. After a year, are they still taking a loss on hardware (even with the price drop)? If Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. For Wii U released in the same year can't improve sales, sure, Wii U would be in some trouble.
This makes me think that smash will get here in the spring and whatever else they wanted to add will become DLC.
(9million sold by march 2014 huh, good luck with that)
Sakurai has already said there are no plans for DLC. That doesn't mean there won't be DLC ever, but I doubt he's rushing the game then adding what was cut as DLC.
Nine million units sold by the end of the fiscal year was not going to happen, even if Mario Kart 8 somehow sneaks into Mach 2014. The first day of Spring next year is March 20 according to the Google. That would give Wii U a major boost headed into the next fiscal year, but I don't see them hitting nine million units sold.