Two New Zealand game stores' websites (Central Park Interactive and The Gamesman) are saying that the game'll be released here in December 2006. I'm deeply hoping that this is inaccurate, as that date is over two years away. We can expect to see FFXII some time after it is released in Japan - that's always been the case, and it's understandable - but before the end of 2005 would be preferable.