After weeks of following Japanese trailers and gobbling up imported screenshots, future-fans of Catherine are about to be sorely disappointed.
While speaking to
BeefJack.com
, Atlus USA revealed that, "Catherine is a Japan-only game and there are no plans for a NA release at this time. Sorry about that!”
Keep in mind that this does not rule out a future release of demoralizing, but it is nonetheless incredibly disappointing.