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JustAnotherOtaku · Jan 20, 2011

Eagerly awaiting my shipping confirmation! It's been a while since I've had a console RPG of any kind to get stuck into, let alone a Wii one, so that has me even more excited.

Not sure I 100% understand the intricacies of the battle system, but hopefully enough people on GAF will be getting this so that we can help each other out.

Sammy Samusu · Jan 20, 2011

Are we sure the coop online is up to six players, and not four?

I hope they have some BADASS monsters with 999999 HP.

EDIT: Yup, two to six, amazing! http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/slsj/product/index.html

Bel Marduk · Jan 20, 2011

Sammy Samusu said:
Are we sure the coop online is up to six players, and not four?

I hope they have some BADASS monsters with 999999 HP.

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/11/10/last_story_online/

Nintendo and Mistwalker have been keeping one major part of The Last Story a secret all this time. This week's Jump reveals that the upcoming Wii RPG has a six player Online component.

Using the game's "Raid Lobby," players can access a six player cooperative and competitive play mode. The competitive play has players selecting their favorite character and facing off on the battle field. The cooperative play has all players team up to take on a powerful monster.

Also the main story has 6 players at once in most cases but sometimes a little less and sometimes there's 7.

Rad Agast · Jan 20, 2011

Great OP. Any news on the European release date? I've been avoiding Last Story threads to avoid spoilers.

Yoshiya · Jan 20, 2011

Rad Agast said:
Any news on the European release date?

Just hope that there is one. Actually, don't hope, the disappointment will be all the more crushing.

Xenoblade ;_;

thefro · Jan 20, 2011

JustAnotherOtaku said:
Eagerly awaiting my shipping confirmation! It's been a while since I've had a console RPG of any kind to get stuck into, let alone a Wii one, so that has me even more excited.

Not sure I 100% understand the intricacies of the battle system, but hopefully enough people on GAF will be getting this so that we can help each other out.

From what we saw in the presentation, the tutorial includes illustrations, video, and an image showing what controls to press to perform the command.

The game gradually adds new elements through the first part of gameplay.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgQ0ip-cojA&t=12m33s

http://twitter.com/mistwalker

Skills can be learned little by little from beginning. Detailed tutorial. Including balance, it is easy to go into play. (HS) #thelaststory

mehdi_san · Jan 20, 2011

Fuuuuuuuuuu i just realized the deadline for the preorder bonus points on clubnintendo.jp was yesterday

I can't believe I forgot about it...

JustAnotherOtaku · Jan 20, 2011

thefro said:
From what we saw in the presentation, the tutorial includes illustrations, video, and an image showing what controls to press to perform the command.

The game gradually adds new elements through the first part of gameplay.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgQ0ip-cojA&t=12m33s

http://twitter.com/mistwalker

Thanks for pointing that out, should make things a lot easier

WillyFive · Jan 20, 2011

Blue Dragon - the 'real' FF12

Lost Odyseey - the 'real' FF13

The Last Story - the 'real' FF14

Hope it's good.

Macstorm · Jan 20, 2011

Again, no guarantee of anything, but...

gregor7777 · Jan 20, 2011

Mistwalker's console work has been phenomenal. Hopefully this continues the trend. Buy it up my Japanese-reading friends!

DaBuddaDa · Jan 20, 2011

Willy105 said:
Blue Dragon - the 'real' Chrono Break

Lost Odyssey - the 'real' FF13

The Last Story - the 'real' FF13 Versus

Fixed for accuracy.

LiK · Jan 20, 2011

I WANT THIS. Someone localize this stat!

RPGCrazied · Jan 20, 2011

Meh, after the whole Xenoblade thing, I don't get excited for games until they have an NA release date. Saves me the disappointment.

Boney · Jan 20, 2011

In J-GAF we trust.

Macstorm · Jan 20, 2011

RPGCrazied said:
Meh, after the whole Xenoblade thing, I don't get excited for games until they have an NA release date. Saves me the disappointment.

What "whole Xenoblade thing" are you talking about? Just them not releasing it yet?

RPGCrazied · Jan 20, 2011

Macstorm said:
What "whole Xenoblade thing" are you talking about? Just them not releasing it yet?

That has something to do with it... we are slowly creeping up to a year of it being out in Japan, with no shred of evidence that it'll come.

desu · Jan 20, 2011

Thanks froo, for the commitment to the game over the past weeks and months

. Nice OP.

The M.O.B said:
We need Emulator screens of this game ASAP.

Preordered TLS the second the preorders went up on PA. Also upgraded my PC just for TLS, hopefully there wont be problems with the game!

DaBuddaDa · Jan 20, 2011

RPGCrazied said:
That has something to do with it... we are slowly creeping up to a year of it being out in Japan, with no shred of evidence that it'll come.

It actually sold quite poorly in Japan too, sadly. 140k I think.

Haunted · Jan 20, 2011

Dolphin shots please!

In the meantime, I'll shake my fist at you lucky moon-language speaking sobs.

RPGCrazied · Jan 20, 2011

DaBuddaDa said:
It actually sold quite poorly in Japan too, sadly. 140k I think.

Um, wasn't that how many it sold in its first week? I seriously doubt that is its total sales.

DaBuddaDa · Jan 20, 2011

RPGCrazied said:
Um, wasn't that how many it sold in its first week? I seriously doubt that is total sales.

From Famitsu's top 100 games of 2010:

82. [WII] Xenoblade (Nintendo) - 141,059

RPGCrazied · Jan 20, 2011

DaBuddaDa said:
From Famitsu's top 100 games of 2010:

82. [WII] Xenoblade (Nintendo) - 141,059

So? A lot of games that come out over here, don't even get half that. :S

DaBuddaDa · Jan 20, 2011

RPGCrazied said:
So? A lot of games that come out over here, don't even get half that. :S

Mmmm the sweet smell of denial.

I hope you're right

Macstorm · Jan 20, 2011

RPGCrazied said:
That has something to do with it... we are slowly creeping up to a year of it being out in Japan, with no shred of evidence that it'll come.

Understandable, though with NoA time has no meaning. See DQ6 (1yr), DQ9 (1yr), and Glory of Heracles (2yrs). Xenoblade's got till June before it's been a year.

Mashing · Jan 20, 2011

Based on your description the battle systems appears to be one of the more innovative ones I've seen in a long time.

djtiesto · Jan 20, 2011

Have really high hopes with this one, everything about it looks and sounds great... at first I was a bit worried about the battle system (I always felt Sakaguchi was at his best with turn based or ATB type systems), but it sounds like it could be really entertaining and innovative.

I have total faith in the Gooch, and loved loved loved both BD and LO.

Notorious_Roy · Jan 20, 2011

Eurogamer

Nintendo has explained its decision to only release promising Wii Japanese role-playing game The Last Story in Japan.

"With all the conversions, when we do it in Europe we've got to do the whole of Europe," Nintendo UK boss David Yarnton told Eurogamer. "So it's multiple languages. It has to be viable.

"We've got so much on our plate at the moment. The most important one is in the first quarter this year. Kirby's Epic Yarn is the most important title. We've got some great product coming out.

"On top of that, when we add in 3DS, it's just so much."

Nintendo disappointed many European and North American Wii owners when it revealed it's decision to keep The Last Story Japan exclusive.

The Mistwalker-developed title has attracted a great deal of attention from Western gamers through the release of eye-catching trailers and translated information from Japan.

While Nintendo repeated it's "no plans to release The Last Story in Europe and the US" stance to Eurogamer, it did offer a glimmer of hope.

"We've released quite a lot of RPGs on the Wii in the UK," Yarnton said. "It's an area that's been growing for us. It's up to the market. We never write anything off."

*leaves thread.

Netto-kun · Jan 20, 2011

Pre-ordered it from Amazon Japan (wth, price went up to 8400 yen?), hopefully I'll get the game in 2 weeks along with VC3. Looking forward to it. Battle and the gathering system looks fun.

LiK · Jan 20, 2011

Notorious_Roy said:
Eurogamer

*leaves thread.

"Too much on their plate"...yea, good excuse....

Quixzlizx · Jan 20, 2011

LiK said:
"Too much on their plate"...yea, good excuse....

They're already paying too much attention to the other games they aren't localizing to focus on not localizing this one.

Hela · Jan 20, 2011

Notorious_Roy said:
Eurogamer

*leaves thread.

This is just sad.

Macstorm · Jan 20, 2011

Notorious_Roy said:
Eurogamer

Yeah, same old song and dance. The game isn't even out in Japan yet, so I don't care what the official NoE line is yet. I'm not surprised that's their official line right now.

Fimbulvetr · Jan 20, 2011

LiK said:
"Too much on their plate"...yea, good excuse....

Do you know how much time and effort it takes to store Nintendo's mountains of cold hard cash?

JoeFenix · Jan 20, 2011

I refuse to believe, what the fuck does Nintendo have for Wii in 2011, THEY HAVE to release SOMETHING!?

Ugh, it's like everytime they get some good buzz going they do their best to kill it...

gregor7777 · Jan 20, 2011

well, that sucks. I was hoping they'd at least see how it did before telling us we're not getting it.

thefro · Jan 20, 2011

JoeFenix said:
I refuse to believe, what the fuck does Nintendo have for Wii in 2011, THEY HAVE to release SOMETHING!?

Ugh, it's like everytime they get some good buzz going they do their best to kill it...

I wouldn't believe anyone at NOE, they seem to know nothing of what's really going on.

Personally I wouldn't start freaking out unless we get through E3 with no release announcement. I wouldn't be shocked if it pops up in a PR before that. They're not just going to have Mario Sports Mix and Zelda as 1st party games this year.

It is really inexcusable in 2011 that Nintendo can't announce a worldwide release of a game and have a worldwide launch within a couple months.

ivysaur12 · Jan 20, 2011

Notorious_Roy said:
Eurogamer

*leaves thread.

Are you fucking shitting me.

Enduin · Jan 20, 2011

While I dont believe the Eurogamer piece as being definitive at all, I am curious as to why NOA and NOE, or any publisher of Japanese games, dont do partial localizations and just do a small release of a game with the original Japanese VA and only translated subtitles to test the waters, as opposed to the current system of just saying "fuck it, its too much work."

You would think that a 10-30k test release with only translated menus and subtitles wouldnt be that big of a task or expense and would at least give them an idea on how receptive an area is to the game.

Obviously it wouldnt work for every game, but large production titles like The Last Story and Xenoblade seem to be a great waste in potential. And even if they dont find theres enough demand to warrant full fledged localization and a release campaign they would still have the translated game on hand to meet what little demand there was from the hardcore community.

Penguin · Jan 20, 2011

Notorious_Roy said:
Eurogamer

*leaves thread.

Such a weird article, since it links back to this one http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-01-13-the-last-story-not-heading-west

Which makes it sound like they are trying to fit the answer into something they already deduced is a foregone conclusion.

Sammy Samusu · Jan 20, 2011

Notorious_Roy said:
Eurogamer

*leaves thread.

*leaves thread holding a knife

wsippel · Jan 20, 2011

JoeFenix said:
I refuse to believe, what the fuck does Nintendo have for Wii in 2011, THEY HAVE to release SOMETHING!?

Ugh, it's like everytime they get some good buzz going they do their best to kill it...

They have Zelda and... well, that's pretty much it. Really, the 2011 Wii lineup is absolutely embarrassing, probably the worst lineup I've ever seen.

Vinterbird · Jan 20, 2011

JoeFenix said:
I refuse to believe, what the fuck does Nintendo have for Wii in 2011, THEY HAVE to release SOMETHING!?

Ugh, it's like everytime they get some good buzz going they do their best to kill it...

It's the sign of them getting ready to launch their next console.

ivysaur12 · Jan 20, 2011

Wow, I cannot believe that we're not getting Xenoblade or The Last Story. Ridiculous. Of course, no gaming "journalist" will ever press anyone at Nintendo about this beyond a perfunctory question without even a follow-up.

gregor7777 · Jan 20, 2011

Vinterbird said:
It's the sign of them getting ready to launch their next console.

We're getting wildly OT, but I think I have to agree.

RPGCrazied · Jan 20, 2011

Notorious_Roy said:
Eurogamer

*leaves thread.

Wow, is that true? So, its not coming? Typical.

.la1n · Jan 20, 2011

Hela said:
This is just sad.

Agreed. I for one DO NOT welcome the old (new) Nintendo overlords. I'm sure anyone growing up during their first run of success understands.

Fritz · Jan 20, 2011

Eww, I can feel the nerd rage crawling up my intestines. Thank you Nintendo for making me go there.

Big One · Jan 20, 2011

.la1n said:
Agreed. I for one DO NOT welcome the old (new) Nintendo overlords. I'm sure anyone growing up during their first run of success understands.

You mean how they never localized a shitload of games back in the day too?

RPGCrazied · Jan 20, 2011

This is killing me as a jRPG gamer. ToG F, Xenoblade, looking like this. So, all I have to look forward to is Versus and XIII-2?

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