Yoshi's Story
Nintendo wanted to release Yoshi's Story in North America by the 1997 holiday season, but the release was delayed until March 1998. A Nintendo official said that the delay was to make sure the game was high-quality. Once the game was finished, Nintendo shipped 800,000 units from Japan to American retailers. Retailers were worried that there would be shortages, but a Nintendo official promised that there would be enough copies.