The Last Story (Wii) - Mistwalker x Nintendo RPG

[Acid]

Last Story can't come quickly enough. My Wii is in dire need of RPGs.

[Jericho]

Last Story, Xenoblade, & Dragon Quest X (whenever that happens) would really go a looong way for me as well Acid.

[Acid]

Dragon Quest X

I hope we will see that at TGS. Doubt it though.

[Jericho]

Japan release date is January 27th

Sakaguchi says on the Mistwalker site

I'm working hard on the game improvement everyday, since I have given a pretty long tuning period. There is also a lot of fine tuning, but when those pile up, it could be big. God is in the details. But I recently feel and have a sense to say; maybe I will become lonely when The Last Story is completed. It is the same pain such as my own child starting their journey.

4 new screens from the conference





Jackal & Manamia artwork


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZxXkRh9xb0#t=1m58s
7 seconds of new footage from the Nintendo Wii Software Lineup Video

Some more:

[Acid]

Swords keep getting bigger with each update.

[HokutoNoBen]

*sogood.gif*

I suppose the only sad thing is that this game couldn't have come like say, 2-3 years ago. People would have been willing to pay top dollar for quality RPGs on their Wii during that time frame, but now, it's largely a thing that this game comes at a time when even most Japanese gamers have opted to get a PS3 to give them "more".

I'll be hoping for the best, but I'm hoping it's not a case of "too little, too late".

[The Drunken Dishwasher]

[Acid]

Awesome.

Cool architecture, and the cast seems to be quite big.

Can't wait for this.

[Cobalt]

Awesome.

Cool architecture, and the cast seems to be quite big.

Can't wait for this.

this

I must mention that the game reminds me of a more japanese Demon's Souls.

[The Drunken Dishwasher]

Last Story has online play.

RPM raid team?

[Acid]

Last Story has online play.

This is a surprise. A pleasant surprise.

RPM raid team?

With pleasure!

[The Drunken Dishwasher]

I call dibs on Seiren!!!

aside from Sub, I know he/she would go for her too.

[VixyNyan]

Oh alright, I'll pick Manamia or Kanan then~
(I like Seiren too.)

[The Drunken Dishwasher]

She's such a charmer eh? lol.

For those who are curious of the sexy Seiren.  Here she is.

[borockman]

That's a lot of... pouches?

[Acid]

I call dibs on Seiren!!!

aside from Sub, I know he/she would go for her too.

Well then, I'll be Quark. Is that his name?

[Ike-Mike]

Hi there, Beatrix. When did you remove your eyepatch and dye your hair?

[Acid]

[Align]

That's a lot of... pouches?

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLTTSSSSSS

[VirusChris]

I'm quite interested in this, I might pick this up! I love RPGs! Sadly not enough of them in the US.

[The Drunken Dishwasher]

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/12/16/last_story_iwata_asks/

Usable voiced in-game story quotes for online communication?

I sense a many lols from this !!!

The free camera control during cutscenes I hope is similar to Shadow of the Colossus and Ico

[Acid]

Ah man, still no word on Europe/America co-op

[The Drunken Dishwasher]

New trailer.  Showing off Battles.

And a bunch of info.  Including shooting bananas at NPCs and stripping everyone (main party) down to their Undies~

Also, the stream that happened...last night will be replayed soon at UStream I believe, which shows off what I said.  And also a demonstration of multiplayer battle where Nobou Uematsu won.

[VirusChris]

The gameplay looks tight! I'm impressed! I'm so getting this game when it comes over to the US!

Who should I play as? I think I saw someone dual wielding in that video if I'm not mistaken, well I don't mind who I play as, as long as I get to hack up my enemies with a sword!

[The Drunken Dishwasher]

From the looks of it, the main story will mostly have Elza as the main playable character.

Online however.  For both competitive and Cooperative, you can pretty much choose anyone, the equipment is based on the user's file naturally and for communication you can choose (as far as Mistwalker proclaims) 'any' line from that chosen character.  I just wonder to what extent the lines are available for the player's choosing.  

It does seem like characters outside of the main party are usable too, maybe they join in on some missions in the main game perhaps?

Update:

More info involving the Online portion of Last Story

I GREATLY look forward to the RPM raid parties if this is to have EU and NA release that is...