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[GDGF]

The world of The Last Story is supposed to be one where metal resources are scarce, and Sakaguchi is trying to limit the amount of sci-fi influence on the world setting, and he wants players to be able to enjoy a smooth experience of exploring around Ruri Island, a place bathed in the abundance of radiant sunlight.

That sounds like a nice counterpoint to Xenoblade, actually.

 

[duckroll]

I really don't think this game is going to be much or anything like Chrono Anything...

 

[Kishgal]

I really don't think this game is going to be much or anything like Chrono Anything...

It can't be, since Horii isn't involved!

 

[magicalsoundshower]

Why the hell does the text show up like this on my browser?

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I frequently visit japanese sites and never have trouble viewing them. I would like to read what it says about the game, but I guess I need to install something.

Have you tried viewing the site in Shift JIS encoding? It's some sort of a special encoding designed specifically for Japanese pages and it pops up quite often.

 

[-WindYoshi-]

The music sounds like something in between Blue Fields and 600 A.D, but perhaps that's the artwork throwing the 600 A.D in there for me... definitely feel the Blue Fields though.

 

[BocoDragon]

the music... @_@

 

[-WindYoshi-]

the music... @_@

agreed :lol
soooo good

The beautiful music gives me a 'sense of exploration' already. :0

That's what I was thinking. It gives a really good sense of the game's atmosphere on, presumably, Ruri Island.

 

[Munba]

The beautiful music gives me a 'sense of exploration' already. :0

 

[BocoDragon]

agreed :lol
soooo good

I'm just letting it loop

 

[Metroid Killer]

Have you tried viewing the site in Shift JIS encoding? It's some sort of a special encoding designed specifically for Japanese pages and it pops up quite often.

Yes I am viewing it in Shift JIS and it's all '‹RŽm‚Æ–½’m‚炸‚Ì—b•º‚'

And yeah I've let the music play in the background for while now. Really soothing!

 

[Shadow780]

Who's doing the music again?

 

[-WindYoshi-]

Hasn't been confirmed

Spoiler

right?

but I would be really, really, surprised if it wasn't Uematsu.

 

[Luigiv]

Hasn't been confirmed

Spoiler

right?

but I would be really, really, surprised if it wasn't Uematsu.

Yeah, sounds exactly like his stuff.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

we need a clue on when to expect those updates

once per week, month...??

 

[duckroll]

Once a year.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Once a year.

so two more updates since we all know nothing comes after 2012

 

[GhaleonQ]

Guys, 1 Chrono quotation =/= "sounds like a Chrono game." Don't excite me like that. It's quite nice, though, for an opening town/dungeon/benign area.

 

[Magypsy23]

Please post a screencap of the text. I'm having the same problem as Metroid Killer.
edit: thanks

 

[duckroll]

Please post a screencap of the text. I'm having the same problem as Metroid Killer.

本作の舞台は「ルリ島」だ。山脈に囲まれた大陸にぽかんとあいた唯一の湾の入り口に位置する。
そこは背後に控える帝国の交通と防御の要であり、それが故に富と力が集中する場所でもある。
巨大砲台が鎮座し、腕のたつ騎士と命知らずの傭兵が、敵の侵略に備える。

島の領主アルガナン伯爵は、帝国内で享楽と足の引っ張り合いにあけくれる貴族たちとは違い、知略に長け野心を抱いている。
「力」の重要さと、そのための「魔力」の存在価値を十分に理解しているのだ。

帝国全土を覆う大地の腐敗をよそに、富によって潤うルリの街。
うたかたの宴に酔いしれるように嬌声がすべてを包み込み、そして隣接した城は異様な魔導の妖気に包まれている。
ルリの不思議な力に引きつけられるように、今夜も魔物がすぐそばでうごめいている。これから大きく変わる島の運命・・・今は誰もそれを知らない。

（ディレクター）


私たちの『The Last Story』の世界に対する共通認識。
それが「鉄の少ない世界」です。
物語の舞台は、できるだけＳＦを抑えた馴染みやすい世界をイメージしました。
豊かな陽の光を浴びる「ルリ島」と、その中で繰り広げられる物語を、スムーズに楽しんでいただきたいと思います。

（プロデューサー）

 

[APZonerunner]

Duckroll's translation is dead on, but Mistwalker PR person just told me that the unofficial name for the island in English right now is Luli Island. Thought I'd throw that out there.

 

[ShineALight]

Duckroll's translation is dead on, but Mistwalker PR person just told me that the unofficial name for the island in English right now is Luli Island. Thought I'd throw that out there.

Does this mean that a western release of the game is likely?

 

[Metroid Killer]

Thanks duckroll! The image painted by the producer sounds really interesting.

 

[APZonerunner]

Well, I think it was a given anyway. Even if Nintendo weren't to localize it Nippon Ichi, Atlus, Square Enix or Ignition or somebody would pick it up and put it out. It's Sakaguchi and Mistwalker, and his last console title was (until last week) the best selling console JRPG this generation.

Also, Mistwalker do work out of Hawaii, so presumably talk a lot in English there, too. You could find a million reasons to explain away the existance of the English name, but the fact they have PR people talking to English journos says more than that name does, I'd say.

 

[GCX]

Does this mean that a western release of the game is likely?

I know this is Nintendo we're speaking of, but I just can't imagine them not releasing a big-budget Mistwalker RPG in all territories.

 

[ShineALight]

Yeah, that all makes sense. I felt like a western release was kind of a given, but any sort of evidence that suggests it's likely is more than welcome. Thanks.

 

[duckroll]

Duckroll's translation is dead on, but Mistwalker PR person just told me that the unofficial name for the island in English right now is Luli Island. Thought I'd throw that out there.

Thanks, Luli Island does sound better. Ruri reminds me of the Nadesico anime. :lol

Edit: Could you by any chance ask if the director and producer can be officially revealed? The column doesn't provide a name but I'm curious if the director is indeed Takuya Matsumoto with Sakaguchi serving as producer.

 

[APZonerunner]

Have asked. Will edit/reply with the response.

EDIT: "Still a secret for now." There was a little more said, but sadly I can't speak on it.

 

[duckroll]

Okay, thanks anyway.

 

[AceBandage]

Digging the art, and the music is awesome.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

I can't wait to explore Sakaguchi's Loli Island, hae~.

 

[WillyFive]

This should be set on Wuhu Island.

That's what I thought when I read that translation.

 

[Y2Kev]

I can't wait to explore Sakaguchi's Loli Island, hae~.

Ahaha~ we can go together neeeeeeee

 

[Empty]

That music is really lovely, i've had it on repeat for a while now.

 

[Scythesurge]

The artwork for this game is looking great. Though since it kind of looks like Chrono Trigger, it will probably only lead to disappointment.

 

[gamergirly]

So it's just one big island that opens up?

 

[Luckydude23]

Looks and sounds good. Can't Wait baby!

 

[AdroitOne]

No, it doesn't. It's just the director and producer talking about Ruri Island, which is the setting for the game. The director talks about how the continent is surrounded by mountain ranges and the only accessible point being that island port. As such it is heavily fortified and a major point of defense. It sounds like the ruler of the island carries certain ambitions and seeks magic as a resource to rise in power.

Somehow even though the entire empire is suffering poverty and decay, the town of Ruri remains prosperous. It's implied that the source of the town's wealth is related to magic, and there's a strange power in it which begins to attract monsters towards it, and the fate of the island is soon to be changed forever.

The world of The Last Story is supposed to be one where metal resources are scarce, and Sakaguchi is trying to limit the amount of sci-fi influence on the world setting, and he wants players to be able to enjoy a smooth experience of exploring around Ruri Island, a place bathed in the abundance of radiant sunlight.

Interesting, I like what I'm hearing concerning exploration, but that island seems a little small. It's to early to tell though through concept art (in which looks great). As long as the exploration is rewarding and the gameplay is there, this is game is bought This, Arc Rise Fantasia and Xenoblade (not to mention if Tales of Grace sees a localization) will keep me busy for at least 2 years

 

[iamaustrian]

@ music

 

[∀ Narayan]

The music is very good.

 

[ivysaur12]

The music is amazing, wow.

Hopefully the next Famitsu has some more information.

 

[The Alchemist Penguin]

The artwork looks great, the music sounds lovely and the blog update is pretty interesting. I can't wait to hear more!

 

[charlequin]

ohhh man. spiritual successor to CT would be AWESOME!

It already came out.

Well, I think it was a given anyway.

It's dramatically more certain than Xenoblade, anyway.

 

[DarknessTear]

I'm pretty sure this is not Uematsu.

 

[WillyFive]

I'm pretty sure this is not Uematsu.

How come? He did Blue Dragon and Lost Odyseey, right?

 

[Datschge]

Why the hell does the text show up like this on my browser?

–{ì‚Ì•‘‘ä‚́uƒ‹ƒŠ“‡v‚¾BŽR–¬‚Ɉ͂܂ꂽ‘å—¤‚É‚Û‚©‚ñ‚Æ‚ ‚¢‚½—Bˆê‚̘p‚Ì“ü‚èŒû‚Ɉʒu‚·‚éB‚»‚±‚Í”wŒã‚ɍT‚¦‚é’鍑‚ÌŒð’Ê‚Æ–hŒä‚Ì—v‚Å‚ ‚èA‚»‚ꂪŒÌ‚É•x‚Æ—Í‚ªW’†‚·‚éêŠ‚Å‚à‚ ‚éB‹‘å–C‘䂪’ÁÀ‚µA˜r‚Ì‚½‚‹RŽm‚Æ–½’m‚炸‚Ì—b•º‚ªA“G‚̐N—ª‚É”õ‚¦‚éB

I frequently visit japanese sites and never have trouble viewing them. I would like to read what it says about the game, but I guess I need to install something.

That's because Flash is too stupid to handle different code pages for fonts (browsers can't do anything about it since Flash is a separate plugin) and Adobe is so stupid to allow anything other than Unicode within Flash.

 

[gunther]

No, it doesn't. It's just the director and producer talking about Ruri Island, which is the setting for the game. The director talks about how the continent is surrounded by mountain ranges and the only accessible point being that island port. As such it is heavily fortified and a major point of defense. It sounds like the ruler of the island carries certain ambitions and seeks magic as a resource to rise in power.

Somehow even though the entire empire is suffering poverty and decay, the town of Ruri remains prosperous. It's implied that the source of the town's wealth is related to magic, and there's a strange power in it which begins to attract monsters towards it, and the fate of the island is soon to be changed forever.

The world of The Last Story is supposed to be one where metal resources are scarce, and Sakaguchi is trying to limit the amount of sci-fi influence on the world setting, and he wants players to be able to enjoy a smooth experience of exploring around Ruri Island, a place bathed in the abundance of radiant sunlight.

So no mix off mid-age stuff and future stuff. Awesome.

 

[GCX]

How come? He did Blue Dragon and Lost Odyseey, right?

And even Away Shuffle Dungeon.

 

[jay]

It already came out.

If its theme is what made Chrono Trigger and not the brisk battle system, the removal of massive amounts of standard RPG bloat, and its vivid sprite work, then yes, that may be its spiritual successor.

 

[2San]

Wow the music is good. If this and Xenoblade turn out good, might finally be tempted into buying that wretched Wii. :O

 

[Regulus Tera]

Well, I think it was a given anyway. Even if Nintendo weren't to localize it Nippon Ichi, Atlus, Square Enix or Ignition or somebody would pick it up and put it out. It's Sakaguchi and Mistwalker, and his last console title was (until last week) the best selling console JRPG this generation.

Also, Mistwalker do work out of Hawaii, so presumably talk a lot in English there, too. You could find a million reasons to explain away the existance of the English name, but the fact they have PR people talking to English journos says more than that name does, I'd say.

I thought the IP for this was Nintendo's...?