The Last Story

**Zargabaath** · 01-30-2010, 06:04 PM

Soooooooooooo, any of you mortals hear about Sakaguchi's latest project for the Wii aptly named The Last Story - reminds me a lot of Final Fantasy. Not only that but he said he was "betting a lot" on this game... ... just as Final Fantasy was that last effort from Squaresoft. To put the cherry on top, the game has a logo that could appear similar to Final Fantasy alla File:The Last Story Logo.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I found this to be quite funny as to the similarities to FF - the game is appearing on a Nintendo console just as FF did with the NES.

What do you mortals think of The Last Story and its connections with Final Fantasy? I'm interested in seeing how the game comes along as JRPGS have not really delivered this generation thus far.

**Andromeda** · 01-30-2010, 06:20 PM

Since the game is going to be on the Wii I may actually end up playing at some point. Let's hope he can stay away from Microsoft from now often so I can see if his games are worth the purchase of a new console. So far only a new Zelda Wii game will actually make me break down and buy a Wii. So he's got a steep hill to get over to convince me.

Those things aside though, pretty much everyone at this point is saying that he is just going back to Final Fantasy at this point. The title is too close to be just a coincidence, especially since he made Final Fantasy to begin with. I'll wonder how much he'll take from his previous games to put into this. Wonder if it'll be a new Xenogears-Xenosaga deal.

As for JRPGs there are six coming out on the PS3 in the US in the next 3-4 months, four of which are in February and March. Which will sadly end up doubling the number currently. So I think we're starting to look at better off now than we were before. We'll start getting more JRPGs though at this point since the smaller companies are starting to make their move over to the PS3 and releasing titles. Development costs are just pretty high, so I don't think we'll see nearly as many this time around as we did on the PS1 or PS2. But we'll see, PS3's got long legs.

**Dodie16** · 01-31-2010, 12:05 AM

I looked up the wikipedia page, and there's not much to go on, except this:

a new form of RPG by choosing the universal theme of human emotion

It also said that the game will be fully revealed in March 2010.

Since there is not much to go on at the moment, I can't really say much about it, but I agree that the logo and the name are extremely similar to what Final Fantasy has going for it. If it looks like it will be a decent game, hopefully I'll have something to play on my Wii.

Finally.

**Fluffy** · 01-31-2010, 04:39 AM

I've been looking into this and had just come on here to see if anyone's mentioned it. The name is indeed very similar to Final Fantasy. The logo, too. Also, Mistwalker games tend to be composed by Nobuo Uetmasu so far; wouldn't be surprised to see him do this game as well.

Could be like a Final Fantasy reunion in a way. I'm excited about this. It's to be officially revealed in March; so far away ; ;. Here's what we have of the music so far, I guess; from the teaser site:

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I'm looking forward to more news of this game.

**T.G. Oskar** · 01-31-2010, 02:32 PM

I wouldn't count it on being a reinvention of the paradigm of JRPGs, but it's nice to see Mistwalker is diversifying.

There are some things I'd like to see, though. If it's a game based for the Wii, and not based for the Wii's Virtual Console, it will involve the use of the Wii Remote; that would be one interesting hurdle to manage. Most of the current consoles are suggesting some kind of movement-based control (Wiimote, Sixaxis, Natal) in opposition to traditional controls. "First"-based combat is one perspective that has been rarely used ever since Final Fantasy popularized other kinds of perspectives. Considering how the newer JRPGs and related media is focusing on more complex combat actions (such as, for example, Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Endless Frontier, with it's 2D fighter-based combat), and related experience on the matter (Lost Odyssey's timing-based activation of weapon special abilities, for another example) may become a fresh and unique combat system. That's just to mention the possibilities of using the Wii hardware for a roughly traditional JRPG.

Now, it's quite early to mention anything, and roughly two months for a tightly-sealed project seems rushed in my opinion to provide any solid opinion, or to speak anything. It is, quite literally, a big tease from the Mistwalker company; it may also turn out to be a homage to that spark of inspiration that's now Final Fantasy. A gamble, so to speak.

Speaking of Xenogears/saga...apparently there's also a game from Monolith Soft, oddly named Xenoblade... Somehow, Nintendo may try to take the JRPG genre by storm? If that's so, The Last Story would be handling a very traditional JRPG from one half (so to speak) of the team that created the now-defined traditional RPGs on a quite unorthodox platform.

**Fluffy** · 01-31-2010, 03:56 PM

I saw Xenoblade and was very confused as to why I hadn't heard about it before. Then I saw that it was just a rename.

In January 2010, the Japanese release was renamed to Xenoblade to honor Takahashi "who poured his soul into making this and who has been working on the Xeno series", and is set for a "spring 2010" release.

Kind of disappointing, in a way. I had previously seen the trailer to Monado, and wasn't that impressed. Still, the Wii needs more RPG's. I'll still be looking into it.

There are many coming to it soon, it seems. I've had my eye on a few others. This looks like it might be a good year for RPG fans who own a Wii. Finally.

Still, The Last Story I think is the one I'm looking forward to hearing more about.

**smurphy** · 01-31-2010, 05:18 PM

Theres no denying Sakaguchi is trying to tempt fate. Either it will be his "last story" or Mistwalkers definitive series. Finally though a chance to finally use the Wii again. Its been about a year and a half since i played it seriously.

**Ralz** · 01-31-2010, 05:33 PM

What's this? A potential FF ripoff? (Granted, its the same guy... >_>)

This looks interesting. I could dust off my Wii for this...

All I've ever done with the Wii as of late is play Brawl... Sad. Maybe this could change it. I'll keep an eye on it...

**Fluffy** · 03-11-2010, 02:46 PM

Some artwork revealed, new music on their page, and some info. I'm sure you're all capable of finding a translation if you need one.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/slsj/column/

I'm still interested in this, but I'm not sure... waiting to see more.

**Dodie16** · 03-11-2010, 03:04 PM

More information is supposed to be revealed sometime this month. I'm interested in seeing what they have in store for us. ^^ The art looks like something out of a fairytale, and the music is pretty lovely. Not really heavy on any melody and it's more atmospheric, but it's still really nice. When I tried to translate the text though, my Google translate said that there wasn't any text to translate?

Oh, well. Hopefully, some more info will be out soon. Info that I can actually read.