I wonder if putting Ayu's name at the back of the cover and mentioning her during the interview was part of the contract with avex, another way to attract more people to buy the game using big name or just the way of thanking her. Probably part of the contract.
Hideo Baba also mentioned that this time we will get the same DLC as Japan got (cause we didn't get half of it with Tales of Graces f for some reason), I hope we will get Ayu's live costume that was coming with FIVE (Xillia Edition).
Got my Collector's Edition today. It worth much more than $100. Gotta thank Namco for it.