Yeah, the leaks were real actual English versions of the game. Most of them have been taken off as of now due to the fact that Square Enix is planning on taking legal action once they find the originater of this act. GamesAreFun.com had an article up yesterday about the leak.

As for the game having been sitting around for 2 months, almsot every game is like that. Maybe not quite that long, but I know Oblivion was boxed up and ready to go at least a month before it's release and ship date. It's just how it goes. Many places, FFXII is just sitting in the back of a factory, waiting to be shipping out in 25 days...

Only if I knew where at...
haha nah, I've already pre-ordered and fully paid off for my copy of FFXII the Collector's edition, so I'll just sit back, kick up my feet, and wait patiently. I mean come on, we've waited 5 full years since the release of the last REAL Final Fantasy game with FFX being released in 2001, I think we can hold off another 25 days for this gem of a game. I'd rather play the game I've waited for, for so long, the legit way, and know that it's MY game. I paid for it.