The Last Story

The creative maturity of Hironobu Sakaguchi’s Last Story

There must be a fascinating behind-the-scenes story as to how XSEED managed to get a hold of the localization rights for The Last Story. Ordinarily, Nintendo has a death grip on the rights to its games: If they don’t localize it, no one does. XSEED, for their part, say they “got lucky.”The Last Story is [...]

Published by Kat Bailey on May 9th, 2012 at 08:05 pm

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XSEED Pursuing Limited Edition The Last Story For North America This July

XSEED has confirmed that it’s looking to release a limited edition version of The Last Story when the game makes its debut in North America in July. Presumably the limited edition version of The Last Story will be similar to the version that was released in Europe back in February. The limited edition version of [...]

Published by sickr on May 8th, 2012 at 05:05 pm

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The Last Story’s US release to be a limited print run

North American fans after a copy of The Last Story may want to go ahead and pre-order soon – as publisher XSeed have indicated the game will have a limited print run when it launches on the continent. “We do anticipate a limited run for the game as we already have a number in mind [...]

Published by Alex Donaldson on April 2nd, 2012 at 07:04 am

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The Last Story Will Have A Limited Run In North America

XSEED the publisher behind The Last Story in North America has revealed that the game will have a limited run when it launches later this year. XSEED say they have a rough idea of how many copy’s of the well-received JRPG they will distribute. Sounds as though you will need to make sure you pre-order the [...]

Published by sickr on April 1st, 2012 at 12:04 pm

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Amazon Shows-Off The Last Story North American Box-Art

Amazon has uploaded the North American box-art for The Last Story. You’ll notice that the North American box-art looks similar to the European box-art, but comes with the XSeed logo plastered in the bottom right hand corner. The box-art isn’t final, and could change. Filed under: Nintendo, Wii Tagged: amazon, box art, Nintendo, the last story, xseed [...]

Published by sickr on March 1st, 2012 at 09:03 pm

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‘The Last Story’ Gets A New U.K. Trailer To Go With Its U.S. Release

On the heels of Nintendo’s recent announcement that the JRPG The Last Story would be getting a U.S. release (courtesy of some dedicated localization by XSEED Games), developer Mistwalker Studios has released a new trailer for the game directed by famed game designer Hironobu Sakaguchi. You can check out the trailer and find more info [...]

Published by Charles Webb on February 29th, 2012 at 07:02 pm

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The Last Story Developer Mistwalker Is Working On Several New Projects

Mistwalker, the famed development studio behind The Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon and more recently The Last Story has revealed to Siliconera that the team is working on several projects. We already know that Mistwalker has three projects in the works for iOS, but let’s hope some of these ‘other projects’ involve either the Wii U [...]

Published by sickr on February 28th, 2012 at 11:02 pm

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“Whenever I create a game it’s still like my own child is being born,” says Sakaguchi

Mistwalker’s Hironobu Sakaguchi, who is also the father of Final Fantasy in case that hasn’t been drummed into your head by now, has compared creating games with a child being born – in that any game created by he and his team is like an “extremely beautiful” child to them. “Whenever I create a game [...]

Published by Stephany Nunneley on February 28th, 2012 at 04:02 pm

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How Did The Last Story Do When It Launched In The UK Last Week?

As the majority of you will be aware the fantastic The Last Story launched in the UK on Friday. The game managed to reach number fifteen in the UK all-formats charts, which to be honest isn’t too bad. The Last Story made its début at number two in the Wii Charts. The Last Story has already been confirmed for release later this year in [...]

Published by sickr on February 27th, 2012 at 02:02 pm

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Hironobu Sakaguchi made this Last Story trailer for you

<!–If you’ve been ignoring The Last Story because you didn’t want to get interested in a game you’d never be able to play, well, it’s time to start watching trailers. And there’s no better place to start than with this European trailer directed by Mistwalker’s Hironobu Sakaguchi himself.Like the European release of Xenoblade Chronicles, this [...]

Published by JC Fletcher on February 24th, 2012 at 10:02 pm

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Sakaguchi introduces director’s cut trailer for The Last Story

A director’s cut video of The Last Story has been released featuring RPG legend Hironobu Sakaguchi as he and Nintendo celebrate the launch of the Wii-exclusive. Check it out below. The game is out today in the UK and will release on Wii in the US sometime this summer. Read More…

Published by Stephany Nunneley on February 24th, 2012 at 05:02 pm

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Sakaguchi has “a lot of trust” in Final Fantasy producer Yoshinori Kitase

The Last Story’s Hironobu Sakaguchi has said he can get a bit tired of people asking him about Final Fantasy, which he created, and that he completely trusts what producer Yoshinori Kitase is doing with the series. “I still go out drinking with Yoshinori Kitase, the current producer of Final Fantasy, once in a while, [...]

Published by Stephany Nunneley on February 24th, 2012 at 05:02 pm

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Watch The Sakaguchi Co-Directed The Last Story Trailer

Hironobu Sakaguchi, the world-famous creator behind the Final Fantasy series and The Last Story, has joined forces with Nintendo to create a special directors cut trailer for the fantastic The Last Story. This special trailer celebrates the launch of The Last Story, which is available to purchase across Europe today. Filed under: Nintendo Tagged: hironobu sakaguchi, Nintendo, the last [...]

Published by sickr on February 24th, 2012 at 04:02 pm

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Watch The First Two Hours Of The Last Story Online In High Quality

Mesut from Nintendomination has uploaded the first two hours of the majestic The Last Story for Wii. The footage itself is extremely high quality, so if you can’t wait to purchase the game then feel free to waste away two hours watching the spectacular action unfold. The Last Story is available to purchase today is Europe, and [...]

Published by sickr on February 24th, 2012 at 03:02 pm

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JRPG ‘The Last Story’ Coming to the U.S. Courtesy of Xseed For the Wii

As Nintendo starts winding down its support for the Wii and shifting its attention to its next platform, it’s likely that more and more titles that might hit it big on release in Japan might not make their way overseas to the U.S. thanks to the over-under on localization distribution. Mistwalker Studios’ (Blue Dragon, Lost [...]

Published by Charles Webb on February 23rd, 2012 at 04:02 pm

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GAME Cancels All The Last Story Pre-Orders At The Last Minute

I reported earlier in the week that GAME was cancelling pre-orders for the limited edition version of The Last Story, but now it turns out the troubled retailer is cancelling all pre-orders of the game. Consumers who have pre-ordered the game, which is due out tomorrow, have been notified that their pre-orders have been cancelled. Hi, Unfortunately we [...]

Published by sickr on February 23rd, 2012 at 02:02 pm

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GAME drops Last Story, holds crunch publisher talks

GAME has pulled The Last Story completely from its line-up, with a report coming out this afternoon saying its held talks with publishers over reassurances of its future. The retailer has cancelled all pre-orders of the standard edition of the Mistwalker RPG, having previously switched them over from the collectors edition to the standard edition [...]

Published by Johnny Cullen on February 23rd, 2012 at 02:02 pm

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Nintendo Direct: The Last Story hitting US, Sega, Capcom and Namco unite

Today’s Nintendo Direct presentations have gifted news on a Sega, Capcom and Namco, confirmation of a US Last Story release and much more. The presentations were hosted by Satoru Iwata in Japan and Reggie Fils-Aime in the US. First up is some really good news for the US: The Last Story will be released in [...]

Published by Stephany Nunneley on February 22nd, 2012 at 03:02 pm

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The Last Story Officially Coming To North America

Nintendo has announced that the long-awaited The Last Story is officially coming to North America. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime wouldn’t announce a release date, but he did say that XSeed will be localizing the title rather than Nintendo. Filed under: Nintendo, Wii Tagged: Nintendo, the last story, Wii, xseed Read More…

Published by sickr on February 22nd, 2012 at 02:02 pm

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Wii’s ‘The Last Story’ coming to North America in 2012

The final surprise at the end of this morning’s Nintendo Direct: The Last Story! The long-awaited action-RPG for Wii by Mistwalker will be out in North America this year, thanks to the stalwart RPG localizing staff of publisher XSEED Games.Wii’s ‘The Last Story’ coming to North America in 2012 originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, [...]

Published by JC Fletcher on February 22nd, 2012 at 02:02 pm

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