that's a bit of good news.

bad news is that it's going to be a busy start to the year.

While I watched the trailer I was thinking to myself, "If it says March 2010 or later, I'm gonna kill a puppy". The dog gets to live for another day...

That looks a lot better than I previously thought. Might end up getting it, though since FF13 comes out shortly after that I probably won't.

FUCK YES. Thank god they're beating most of the 2010 stampede, and above all giving Final Fantasy 13 a wide berth.

Really looking forward to this now that I know when I'll get to play it -- and I'm glad it has a chance to succeed in February, since no one buying it would ruin the multiplayer. Trailer looked good too.

Sony Published games, first half 2010

January-MAG
February-WKC
March-GOW3
April-GT5?
May-Heavy Rain?
June-Mod Nation Racer?
E3

Woohoo. I'm getting both this and SO4. :)

Excellent I can get this right before Final Fantasy XIII :)

Very nice! Mark it down for February!

Feb is jrpg month for me with SO4 and WKC.

What changes/massive upgrades have they done over the Japanese version to justify how LONG it has taken to release this game outside Japan?

I was stoked about this game years ago, but now it's too little, too late.  A full year too late.  The lateness of WKC's release is intolerable, IMO...and it still looks kind of like a launch title...