AWRIGHT!!!! Now only a NA / EU release!!! If this will be a global release by the end of the year then I'm going to have one heck of a Christmas time... Can't wait *oh goody*

There has been a localization delay for all of Level 5's projects, including Dark Cloud 1/2, Rogue Galaxy, Dragon Quest VIII, and even Professor Layton.  The shortest localization process (for the US, anyway) was Dark Cloud 2, which took only three months to make it stateside.  Rogue Galaxy, Dragon Quest VIII, and Layton, however, all took a year to make it to the US.

Given that this is Sony's first big JRPG for the console, I'm sure they'll rush the localization process and advertise the game heavily, much like they did with the original Dark Cloud, but I'm not too optimistic about it hitting the US this year.

I'd love for it to release this year, but I'm not getting my hopes up. :(

Well, they should release WKS before FFXIII, if they want to make some profit.
It will be hard for any jrpg to sell after FFXIII release. =))

Anyway, on E3`08 or TGS08 there definitely will be some dates announced. =]

The Japanese release could be sooner than we think, wouldn't be surprised if it came in oct.

As for NA/EU release, Makingmusic is right, It will probably be late winter/ early spring before release.

Just hope the VA and script are good.  For some reason, a lot of JRPGs seem to have bad VA and bad lipsyncing

Am I the only one that is kinda pissed? I thought this was coming out in 08 for NA and now it seems that it might slip into 09?? I've been waiting for soo long, damn localization.

And what indication do we have that WKC will sell more than that?  JRPGs not named FF or DQ generally don't sell anywhere near 1 million copies WW.  Lots of JRPGs get hyped as big titles but don't have the sales numbers to back that up.  Xenosaga III (~280K), Eternal Sonata (~250K), Blue Dragon (~490K).  If your definition of a "big" RPG is solely based on sales, then as great a game as WKC may turn out to be, there's really no evidence to suggest that it's going to be a huge seller.  Other than DQ8 (which sold well because it's DQ and pubished by S-E), Level-5 developed RPGs have never had a history of being huge sellers.  Rogue Galaxy and the Dark Cloud games sold ok, but nothing spectacular.  Plus they were released on the PS2 which has a 100+ million user base.  So even if we project that the PS3 will have a 20 million user base by the end of the 2008 fiscal year, I wouldn't bet the farm that WKC is a sure bet to sell over 1 million copies WW.  I'm not trying to start a flame war or anything.  I'm just trying to be logical in defending my point.  Disgaea may not be FF or DQ in terms of popularity and sales, but it's still a very well-known RPG series that PS3 fans should not ignore as insignificant.

Of course, there's always this:

Doesn't 1UP always seem to know something we don't?  But, that was back in March, been a while since then.

You're absolutely right but how about they help PS3 in America by releasing both of them by the end of the year here as well?