I don't really know... Some shops in the city I live in had the games a few day before the release. I guess, this is kinda unfair to other people but as for me, I was just happy to get it a little earlier.
Too bad that Cynthia (and other characters) don't show up in the games. Well, maybe next time^^
Wow, Japanese! That' nice! Good luck on your studies! I'd love to be fluent in it so I could actually watch anime without subtitles. Japanese is a really interesting language because it has so many different words for one thing (for example, for "I") which have different grades of formality. I find that very fascinating!
What made me get into languages? Good question. I don't have an answer, actually. I've always sorta had a passion for languages which is probably due to my mother who's all into languages. She taught me English when I was growing up as well. French and Spanish are both universal languages, so it'd come in handy if you knew them. Unfortunately I'm not fluent in either of them haha.