"Think? But I'm a great thunker". (I think this is an intended joke but it's funny either way).
I think it's just release politics getting in the way of an early US release. Maybe they have produced more PW1 carts and are waiting until everyone has bought those before getting out the next one. Maybe they don't want it to collide with the christmas flood and the console launches. Maybe they are waiting for the Spanish and/or French translation to finish so they can add it to the US release. Maybe they are waiting for Europe to catch up so they can get the next games out in both western territories simultaniously. Who knows?There ARE little hiccups in the translations.
"Think? But I'm a great thunker". (I think this is an intended joke but it's funny either way).
Not to mention the changes they put into this like changing the graphics of the sign for the circus to english and other things. Hell, they could've just taken the Japanese version out and just released it as it is. I can't think of any games that requires months of touching up the little mistakes... or maybe they're (I'm being optimistic) developing a 5th exclusive case....