I was very happy to see that Sonic would be in Brawl.
However, I am not happy that they took advantage of the furor to sneak in a footnote to reporters that Brawl's release date has been DELAYED in Japan [http://kotaku.com/gaming/smash-bros'-delayed/smash-bros-brawl-delayed-features-sonic--online-co+op-309023.php] to January 24, 2008. The United States release date has been changed to "TBD".
As long as they're refining the game, I do not mind much, I just don't like the way they went about doing that without even announcing it on the Smash Bros website.
It would be puzzling if Nintendo decided to push back Brawl until after Christmas.