11th March 2003, 3:51 PM
Umm...the reason why Nintendo.com's release date is important is because Nintendo.com is IGN's source. If the news came from anywhere else, I would simply assume that Nintendo is slow in updating its site. But Nintendo was the one to make the statement in the first place. In effect, Nintendo is retracting it's original statement. Of course, this doesn't rule out any future delays. In fact, this could be a premature "slip" like Marionette during E3 2001.