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The Last Story has been XSEED’s most successful game to date, according to the publisher.

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The next game from the talented team at Mistwalker is an iOS tower defence affair called Blade Guardian, founder Hironobu Sakaguchi revealed on Twitter. Due on October 1, it’s Mistwalker’s second major iOS release after surfing title Party Wave. Hit up Eurogamer for a small gallery of images; informaiton is otherwise a bit thin on the ground.

Wii U could be getting a big budget fantasy RPG title that someone is putting a lot of time and resources into, according to a job listing unearthed today. The post offers applicants the chance to work with industry veterans.

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The Last Store publisher XSEED says real gamers don’t care about platform wars; they go where the games are.

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The Last Story was scheduled to release in the US yesterday, but some stores are telling customers they may have to wait a few days. According to GameStop, the Wii RPG from Mistwalker wont’ release until Friday, August 17. The reason provided was due to “production issues, or trouble getting off the press.” Amazon, on the other hand, has contacted customers with the news it could be another one to three weeks before the game lands in their mailboxes. Tough break. Polygon has more.

Mistwalker’s Takuya Matsumoto, lead designer on The Last Story, feels Wii U’s controller and its screen would be a useful tool for organizing information and something he would like to explore further.

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XSeed has announced The Last Story will finally land in the US on August 14. The news was provided to IGN, and you can pre-order the game through Amazon, EB Games and GameStop an receive a soundtrack CD featuring seven tracks composed by Nobuo Uematsu for your trouble. All editions are the “limited edition” and come with a soft cover art book and custom packaging for $49.99. Thanks, GameInformer.

Action surfing game, Party Wave, is set to hit the crowded shores of Apple’s App Store in the coming weeks, Mistwalker founder and Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, has announced.

Speaking via Twitter, Sakaguchi said work that has been completed on Party Wave and that the game has been submitted to Apple, so could be out in as little as 10 days.

The app will cost $1.99 and comes from the studio responsible for Wii RPG, The Lost Story. A trailer for Party Wave can be spied through here.

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A jaunty trailer has been released for action surfing game, Party Wave; the first iOS project from the development team responsible for 2011 Wii RPG, The Last Story.

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The long delayed publication of Mistwalker’s The Last Story did not come about as a result of fan pressure campaigns, XSEED has revealed.

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The Last Story and Blue Dragon developer Mistwalker is set to launch its first iOS game, and is looking forward to a future filled with the beautiful RPGs it’s better known for.

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Mistwalker boss Hironobu Sakaguchi has said The Last Story was limited by the Wii’s modest SD capabilities, despite being designed from the ground up for the ageing console.

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Hironobu Sakaguchi has announced he and the team at Mistwalker are working on three new games for iOS, and one is based on surfing, which is a hobby of his. The other two, Sakaguchi is staying mum on for now. That’s all that’s known for now. Thanks, Siliconera.

Final Fantasy creator and Mistwalker boss Hironobu Sakaguchi sees value in both Japanese and western RPGs, and thinks deciding between them is a matter of taste.

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It’s taken so long for The Last Story to be localised that’s it’s easy to forget it’s been over a year since the last Mistwalker game released. The developer is being cagey about what it’s been up to in the meantime.

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Mistwalker’s Hironobu Sakaguchi, who is also the father of Final Fantasy in case that hasn’t been drummed into your head by now, has compared creating games with a child being born – in that any game created by he and his team is like an “extremely beautiful” child to them.

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The Last Story’s Hironobu Sakaguchi has said he can get a bit tired of people asking him about Final Fantasy, which he created, and that he completely trusts what producer Yoshinori Kitase is doing with the series.

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GAME has confirmed to VG247 its pulled The Last Story completely from its line-up, as a report this afternoon has said the retailer held crunch talks with publishers this week over its future.

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Today’s Nintendo Direct presentations have gifted news on a Sega, Capcom and Namco, confirmation of a US Last Story release and much more.

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Why yes, this is why you held onto your Wii: Check out the latest European trailer for gorgeous JRPG The Last Story.

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