Author Topic: Mistwalker's "The Last Story" out in NA via XSEED! (Read 171122 times)

broodwars · « **on:** January 29, 2010, 10:43:00 AM »

Apparently Hironobu Sakaguchi's been teasing this one for a while, but it looks like Mistwalker's finally going to produce an RPG for Wii. All we know about the game so far is that it is an RPG on Wii; has a 2010 release date (in Japan, at least); and apparently has gorgeous music as evidenced by this website.

I'm looking forward to hearing more on this game as it develops, as RPGs are rare on Wii. Hopefully this game will be better than what I've heard of Mistwalker's other projects on the 360.

Mistwalker's Official Blog: link

SixthAngel · « **Reply #1 on:** January 29, 2010, 11:58:06 AM »

I know Mistwalker is made from some guys who made Square RPGs in the past. What RPGs did they work on before they became the current company and made those 36o games.?

Kairon · « **Reply #2 on:** January 29, 2010, 12:05:33 PM »

Praise the lord.

broodwars · « **Reply #3 on:** January 29, 2010, 12:06:17 PM »

Quote from: SixthAngel on January 29, 2010, 11:58:06 AM

I know Mistwalker is made from some guys who made Square RPGs in the past. What RPGs did they work on before they became the current company and made those 36o games.?

Well, Hironobu Sakaguchi (creator of Final Fantasy and head of the franchise up through FF X) and Nobuo Uematsu (composer for all but a few of the Final Fantasy games) were two of the key people behind Final Fantasy who work at Mistwalker (though Uematsu is a freelancer), so that gives you some idea.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #4 on:** January 29, 2010, 12:41:39 PM »

Mistwalker made several HD games already, right? I think so far practically all HD jRPGs were garbage (or at least severely sub-par) so I don't think MW made any real standout games.

Kairon · « **Reply #5 on:** January 29, 2010, 12:44:22 PM »

My perception is that all of Mistwalker's games were decent efforts, but nothing outstanding.

broodwars · « **Reply #6 on:** January 29, 2010, 12:46:58 PM »

Quote from: KDR_11k on January 29, 2010, 12:41:39 PM

Mistwalker made several HD games already, right? I think so far practically all HD jRPGs were garbage (or at least severely sub-par) so I don't think MW made any real standout games.

From what I've heard and seen of Lost Odyssey, it's not so much bad as an extremely acquired taste (especially the Thousand Years of Dreams segments). Same with Blue Dragon. Not all that different from the Baten Kaitos games on GameCube, which IMO were good->exceptional (especially Origins) but were very niche. There's definitely talent at Mistwalker, but so far it hasn't been channeled into anything exceptional. Hopefully with Nintendo Co-producing this game with them, it'll bear good results this time.

noname2200 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 29, 2010, 03:10:40 PM »

"The Last Story."

Is Sakaguchi trying to repeat history or something? I wish him luck!

Quote from: KDR_11k on January 29, 2010, 12:41:39 PM

Mistwalker made several HD games already, right? I think so far practically all HD jRPGs were garbage (or at least severely sub-par) so I don't think MW made any real standout games.

Lost Odyssey was hardly garbage.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 29, 2010, 05:31:24 PM »

Stuff for the OP

broodwars · « **Reply #9 on:** January 29, 2010, 05:39:59 PM »

So noted. If anyone finds anything else they want put up in the OP, let me know.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 29, 2010, 05:47:07 PM »

http://www.mistwalkercorp.com/en/column/index.html

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New project is going to be announced after a long time.

More information will be available in stages.
Don't miss it.

Well...
I've got to get back to work on balancing battle system...
Production is near the final phase.

Adrock · « **Reply #11 on:** January 29, 2010, 08:41:42 PM »

Ha Lulz..... Sakaguchi just used synonyms to take back his series from Square Enix. Mistwalker is even using the whole cryptic image behind the title thing that the Final Fantasy series is known for.

How many Last Stories will there be before we actually see the last one? In any case, between this and Xenoblade (from Monolith Soft), it's about time the Wii is getting some notable RPGs.

Lost Odyssey was okay. It was pretty generic and from what I heard, since I never finished it, the story fell apart entirely in the last act.

Edit: Xenoblade is Monado, apparently

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 29, 2010, 10:50:53 PM »

A piece of art from the mistwalker blog?

http://www.mistwalkercorp.com/jp/_src/sc699/BB001s.jpg

edit: apparently it has nothing to do with the game, it's just art.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #13 on:** January 30, 2010, 03:41:28 AM »

Whoa, that dude's got boobs.

Stratos · « **Reply #14 on:** January 30, 2010, 02:41:32 PM »

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Well...
I've got to get back to work on balancing battle system...
Production is near the final phase.

So is he saying it's almost done? Think it could be out by the Summer then?

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 02, 2010, 01:46:52 AM »

Sakaguchi Focused on The Last Story

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Mistwalker CEO Hironobu Sakaguchi is a big shot producer, so it's likely that he handles multiple projects at once. At present, however, his focus is on one project in particular: The Last Story.

In his latest post at the Mistwalker blog, Sakaguchi said of the recently announced Wii RPG, "At present, I'm focused on this one game. It's my only project."

He likened development of the game to raising a lone daughter, although he later noted that the game is actually like a child who's receiving the love of the entire development staff. "It will be raised strongly, beautifully, and gently," said Sakaguchi.

While The Last Story is Sakaguchi's only game project, he does still find time for hobbies. In the blog post, you'll see his latest lego creation. He put the ship together while waiting for the required documents to download.

The download process apparently takes an hour due to the slow internet speeds in Hawaii. It looks like Sakaguchi is away from Japan at present.

This is good news.

Stogi · « **Reply #16 on:** February 02, 2010, 01:52:23 AM »

albeit a little weird.

noname2200 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 02, 2010, 04:57:21 PM »

i thought Mistwalker was too small to handle more than one project, so that's no surprise. What is surprising is that translation, which I hope was severely borked.

Stratos · « **Reply #18 on:** February 03, 2010, 01:08:50 AM »

It could just be cultural imagery that is different from ours.

Raising something 'strongly, beautifully and gently' may have a different meaning that we would think of it being. I personally don't have a problem with the wording because I think he's just saying they are 'babying' the project or that it is their baby.

Stogi · « **Reply #19 on:** February 03, 2010, 03:28:33 AM »

so "The Last Story" is like

is like?!

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #20 on:** February 09, 2010, 01:26:15 AM »

Apparently the game is almost done.

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/02/09/last_story_flower/

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He's not concerned about the recently announced Wii RPG, though. "It’s almost complete and has my full satisfaction," writes Sakaguchi.

Maybe we'll get a full unveiling sooner than we thought

Stratos · « **Reply #21 on:** February 09, 2010, 02:03:34 AM »

Could they reveal something at GDC, you think?

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #22 on:** February 09, 2010, 02:18:53 AM »

I think it's possible and hope it happens.
I really want this game to be the new Final Fantasy since SE has no interest in bringing the franchise over. So I hope they have a grand reveal and this game is everything we could imagine and more.

Stratos · « **Reply #23 on:** February 09, 2010, 02:35:47 AM »

I just hope our hopes and dreams aren't crushed by cruel, mean old Nintendo.

Kytim89 · « **Reply #24 on:** February 09, 2010, 09:24:52 PM »

This game along with Arc Rise Fantasia will create a good RPG duo on the wii.

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