i hate to say this for the people in Europe but no you are not getting it before America.

America has the release date of Nov. 3, 2003 and this is confirmed with many game site

For Europe there has been no specific date but however there is a possibilty of a release in the first quarter in 2004...see the following web site in the right hand corner...sorry Europe

http://squarespirit.net/?p=ff/index&m=nav&h=