Many of us attending found it quite odd that Nintendo hadn't offered up a release date in all of their E3 press kit. As a result, I made it my mission to figure out exactly what was going on with the game.
My first target were the two reps who had been demoing the title throughout the show. Both told me independently that the title wouldn't be seeing release until Q1 2010.
I then moved my attention to other reps that are typically reliable source points for the site. They all claimed they had no idea, and referred us to the Fact Sheet on the game (which incidentally doesn't exist). My final target were the reps working the booth desk. They did as previous reps had, referring us to the press kit and claiming they had no idea. I informed them that other reps had given me the Q1 2010 date, and their only response is that they didn't know, but never denied the date.
From the various interactions I had, it seems likely that the title won't see release until early next year. The various Nintendo reps would've been quite eager to at least tell me that it would definitively be out in 2009 if that were the target release date.
I'll continue to question Nintendo reps, and will alert all of you if anything new develops.
P.S. - I've also been asking about Fatal Frame IV and have yet to find a rep to comment on the status of the game. While this is sad news, no one told me it wasn't coming either.