See The Last Story Through The Eyes of Hironobu Sakaguchi

Is he mixing fFrench with Japanese?

@Set: Not really. I vastly preferred VIII to IX, although they're both great games.

@Enigma777 said:

@Hailinel said:

@Enigma777 said:

@Hailinel said:

@HumanoidTyphoon said:

@PLWolf said:

Only on the Wii? bummer

Right? I was all excited until I saw it was a Wii exclusive. Oh well.

It was produced on Nintendo's dollar (or, yen, rather). Of course it's a Wii exclusive. If you have a Wii, then it looks like a fantastic game to play. If you don't have one, complaining that it's on the Wii doesn't do any good.

But if enough fans complain, the next Mistwalker game could be on bigger and better consoles. I think it's high time they had their PS3 debut...

Mistwalker began by developing games for the 360 on Microsoft's dollar. If Sony wants to finance a Mistwalker title, I'm sure that Sakaguchi would find it in himself to oblige. It's not about the hardware the game is made for, it's where the money comes from to make the games. Mistwalker isn't so big that it can finance big budget titles by itself.

I'm aware of Mistwalker's past. Hell, I just bough Lost Odyssey today.

However I do think that they've repeated the same mistake over and over again by developing for a single platform instead of looking for a publisher that can fund a cross-platform game.

And if a publisher gives them the money for that, they'd most likely make a cross-platform game. But as long as they're being paid to produce exclusives, that's what they'll do.

@Hailinel said:

@Enigma777 said:

@Hailinel said:

@HumanoidTyphoon said:

@PLWolf said:

Only on the Wii? bummer

Right? I was all excited until I saw it was a Wii exclusive. Oh well.

It was produced on Nintendo's dollar (or, yen, rather). Of course it's a Wii exclusive. If you have a Wii, then it looks like a fantastic game to play. If you don't have one, complaining that it's on the Wii doesn't do any good.

But if enough fans complain, the next Mistwalker game could be on bigger and better consoles. I think it's high time they had their PS3 debut...

Mistwalker began by developing games for the 360 on Microsoft's dollar. If Sony wants to finance a Mistwalker title, I'm sure that Sakaguchi would find it in himself to oblige. It's not about the hardware the game is made for, it's where the money comes from to make the games. Mistwalker isn't so big that it can finance big budget titles by itself.

I'm aware of Mistwalker's past. Hell, I just bough Lost Odyssey today.

However I do think that they've repeated the same mistake over and over again by developing for a single platform instead of looking for a publisher that can fund a cross-platform game.

@Enigma777 said:

@Hailinel said:

@HumanoidTyphoon said:

@PLWolf said:

Only on the Wii? bummer

Right? I was all excited until I saw it was a Wii exclusive. Oh well.

It was produced on Nintendo's dollar (or, yen, rather). Of course it's a Wii exclusive. If you have a Wii, then it looks like a fantastic game to play. If you don't have one, complaining that it's on the Wii doesn't do any good.

But if enough fans complain, the next Mistwalker game could be on bigger and better consoles. I think it's high time they had their PS3 debut...

Mistwalker began by developing games for the 360 on Microsoft's dollar. If Sony wants to finance a Mistwalker title, I'm sure that Sakaguchi would find it in himself to oblige. It's not about the hardware the game is made for, it's where the money comes from to make the games. Mistwalker isn't so big that it can finance big budget titles by itself.

@Hailinel said:

@HumanoidTyphoon said:

@PLWolf said:

Only on the Wii? bummer

Right? I was all excited until I saw it was a Wii exclusive. Oh well.

It was produced on Nintendo's dollar (or, yen, rather). Of course it's a Wii exclusive. If you have a Wii, then it looks like a fantastic game to play. If you don't have one, complaining that it's on the Wii doesn't do any good.

But if enough fans complain, the next Mistwalker game could be on bigger and better consoles. I think it's high time they had their PS3 debut...

Sakaguchi is a fan of Lego and I am a fan of Lego, ergo I am a fan of Sakaguchi.

My math skills never fail. :D

@HumanoidTyphoon said:

@PLWolf said:

Only on the Wii? bummer

Right? I was all excited until I saw it was a Wii exclusive. Oh well.

It was produced on Nintendo's dollar (or, yen, rather). Of course it's a Wii exclusive. If you have a Wii, then it looks like a fantastic game to play. If you don't have one, complaining that it's on the Wii doesn't do any good.

I don't know what's in that limited edition box, but I want it. I want it all. WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!?!!??

@CashBailey said:

LOST ODYSSEY is still a criminally under-rated game.

This. I was excited to hear years ago that the guy who made LO was working on a new game... then they said it was only on the Wii and I cried.

Very excited for this and Xenoblade. Two really great looking JRPG's for my Wii. I hope they both do well so this isn't the end of this style of game on consoles. I don't like to play on handhelds.

@PLWolf said:

Only on the Wii? bummer

Right? I was all excited until I saw it was a Wii exclusive. Oh well.

Was it just me or did the singer doing the humming at the end sound really flat?

The Last Story sounds like a Final Fantasy parody that I would play in Persona.

Don' you go Rounin' Roun to Re Ro!!!!

!!!

I like the voice acting. Even if every line was cut short from the choppy editing or buried beneath music that was way too loud. 
 
The trailer itself was pretty bad. Between the cuts, sound issues, and flow. If you could make game trailers in Garage Band, this is what you'd get. 
 
Still, I'm excited about the game itself, and I was able to watch this entire trailer without rolling my eyes, fast forwarding, or just stopping it.

@CashBailey said:

LOST ODYSSEY is still a criminally under-rated game.

It's easily the best FINAL FANTASY game since FFVIII.

uhm isn't ff8 really bad and ff9 the best final fantasy game?

@G24S said:

Don't be surprised if this isn't actually The Last Story's last story.

Ya, it's Final Fantasy all over again.

ahahahaha it's funny cuz it's the billionth time someone has ever made that joke

Stylistically, it reminds me a lot of Vagrant Story, which I loved.

It's no Xenoblade, but I kinda enjoy it so far.

@airules said:

Whoa. It's so refreshing to hear British accents in a game. More of this please!

Did you not play Xenoblade? For shame!

I was kinda iffy on importing this, but now that it's due for the US I felt I had to go ahead and pre-order it here. Getting numbers on this side of the ocean is the only way to put the message forward.

I hear it's not quite as crazy amazing as Xenoblade, but I still want to see what Sakaguchi can do nowadays. It's be awesome if Xenoblade and The Last Story developers would team up for something though, since it looks like they're heading in similar directions. Plus, it would be a reuniting of two developers that were both an important part of the peak of Squaresoft.

@ick_bop said:

Geeze, what a shitty and incomprehensible trailer.

I sadly have to agree. The trailer seems kind of unprofessionally made ... bad sound mix, dialog cuts off, weird mix of cutscene and gameplay ... no real thematic thread to follow ...

Iif I weren't already sold on the game (with my copy on the way) based on what I've read about it, that trailer would've done absolutely nothing for me.

That's... I actually want to play that. Now I have to think of good reasons to visit my parents and use their Wii.

Whoa. It's so refreshing to hear British accents in a game. More of this please!

Only on the Wii? bummer

Such amazing and original JRPG character design and story!

Geeze, what a shitty and incomprehensible trailer.

If Xenoblade and now this prove anything its that British accents work surprisingly well in a JRPG.

Don't be surprised if this isn't actually The Last Story's last story.

Ya, it's Final Fantasy all over again.

This seems like a pretty good overview of the game. The combat interests me the most because they designed it to be mostly real-time and to support the game's online multiplayer. Hearing that the creator of Final Fantasy's latest game has a real-time battle system with cover mechanics and online multiplayer just boggles the mind and generates personal interest.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/impressions/25975

I'm waiting for Terminal Tale VIII, personally.

LOST ODYSSEY is still a criminally under-rated game.

It's easily the best FINAL FANTASY game since FFVIII.

LOST ODYSSEY is still a criminally under-rated game.

It's easily the best FINAL FANTASY game since FFVIII.

The Last Story XIII-2. My body is ready.

This video is private?

Whee!