A few short days after the leaked Japan launch date for Final Fantasy XIII, Square-Enix held its premiere party to give the official word. Japan will get its collective mitts on the next belt-laden RPG on December 17th, with early word of a US launch to follow between March and May 2010.

Square-Enix reps also announced that game’s theme song will be performed by Sayuri Sugawara. Which sounds like the best imaginable reason to post a J-pop video here!