Couldn't have said it better, Flygon.
It's at the point where we know for a fact the game won't be released in the western countries until next year.
Thanks. The release date is the only thing I really care about anymore, so I pay a lot of attention to the factors surrounding it. (After 2 years of waiting, news matters way less.)
Although the hopeful part of me would love to think December, I don't think we'll get it until next Spring. (Somewhere between Feb-March, is my guess.) But the good news is that if Japan gets it in Fall, we know we'll most likely be waiting under 9 months for NA and Europe. Because we know we're getting it, and we probably won't get it over a year after them like in the past.
And I love your signature, even though I only made it through two girls story-lines, I had a lot of fun with it.