I got this game today.
The game has been released for 800 wii points with an additional chapter you can download ingame for 400 points (rydia's tale). They will release more chapters throughout the weeks. Damn this game is pretty steep in difficulty and the random encounters are pretty high.
Spoiler Below I'm still stuck in the waterworks in Baron and since White Mage and Black Mage don't level up it's pretty damn hard. Hooded Man is pretty powerful though and when I found the coral sword there it made Ciodore useful...but it's still difficult and I need to spend more time leveling up.