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- setting is Ruli Island - Ruli Island sits in the continent’s only known harbor - abundant in resources - prospers economically - Ruli City is in the center of Ruli Island - Ruli City is the home of Elza and the other main characters - features large roads and plazas, and a maze-like structure with many small pathways - a group [...]

In-game shots showing the world, characters and combat system.

Quark: Leader of Elza’s mercenary group, earned the trust of the group through skilled combat and employee negotiations, like an older brother to Elza, the pair has been together since youth Seiren: Moodmaker of the group, fights with twin blades, drinks and curses a lot, considerate of her allies, squad leader, enjoys fighting, willing to take [...]

Producer gets fans talking following blog post.

#mistwalker Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of the Final Fantasy series, has been making video games for longer than many of you have been drawing breath. He can't make games forever, though. More »

Nintendo finally takes the veil off the new Wii RPG from Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. This first trailer shows a mix of event scenes and gameplay.

0.12 - First behemoth sighted! This chap must turn up some way into the game, once hero Elza has had some time to bed himself into the adventure. If any of you have seen the PS3 game Demon’s Souls, the hard-as-nails RPG, you’d get a similar sense of scale here - though hopefully The Last [...]

We've seen little of The Last Story since its January debut: concept art, mostly, with more revealed in a series of developer columns. Today, Nintendo released the first trailer for the Wii RPG, which Mistwalker head and Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi identified as his sole project earlier this year.

The dedication appears to be paying off. We expected something turn-based from Sakaguchi, but Mistwalker seems to be delivering a real-time action RPG with surprisingly fast action. There also appears to be a cover system. The game as seen in this footage reminds us of a quicker, less daunting Demon's Souls.

Earlier this year, Nintendo of America was undecided about whether to localize this game. But, of course, that was before NOA saw this trailer.

#clips Upcoming Wii game The Last Story is being designed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the man responsible for Final Fantasy. No, he is not a nihilist, and from the looks of this trailer, neither is The Last Story. More »

Nintendo restarts its push for Mistwalker's Wii RPG.

A few days back, we showed you a Xenoblade promo booklet in Japan that also featured pages dedicated to Metroid: Other M and The Last Story. Below, you can see a full scan of The Last Story’s page.

#mistwalker The most we've seen so far of The Last Story, an upcoming Wii role-playing game from Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, has been artwork. It's about time we looked at the actual game itself, no? More »

- Ruli Island is listed as a peninsula. Most of the screens show natural landscapes, but there’s also a scene from a cave showing a central platform that’s being lit from above. - Count Arganon, Lord of Ruli Island is seen in the screens from Famitsu - Ruli City is the base of operations for the game, [...]

RPG's combat system to combine action and strategy.

- “We wanted to make a new type of RPG battle. We wanted a system that merged real time battles with command selection, something that had an action feel but would also make you think. After much trial and error, we came to the current form.” - “Magic Circle”: remains on the field after you [...]

Use the Gathering and Pointing systems in Mistwalker's new Wii RPG.

Development blog hints at multifaceted story for upcoming RPG.

- characters from last night’s art update are the main character and heroinee - “There is a wall between the two,” says the director, meaning that something is keeping these two apart - expect multiple stories in the game, including * The fear of speaking your true feelings * The mystery [...]

More from the official blog for Mistwalker's new Wii epic.

- pictured focused on the “Star Viewing Tower” - Star Viewing Tower exists within the game world - People look up at the stars from this tower, point to their guardian star, and speak - one meeting at the tower involved two characters speaking about their dreams - “In this place that’s sacred to the Arganan Family, their hearts [...]

#wii Not only does the upcoming Wii game The Last Story features boats that sail in water, it always features star gazing. More »

#wii We're just a month away from the Japanese release of The Last Story, the first Wii game from role-playing game specialists Mistwalker, so it's time to look at... more concept art? This time, we get a preview of the game's ships. More »

Your adventure in Mistwalker and Nintendo's original Wii RPG won't be limited to a single island.