This is great news. I actually soft-modded my Wii and bought the Japanese version of the game and played about 20 hours into it (about half way through the entire story) and it was fun. I started out with some helpful English translation that had been done on Youtube, but the person posting the videos quit, and I decided that if I was going to finish the game, I either needed to learn Japanese, or wait until an English version comes out. I just hope a PAL region DVD game will still work on my American Wii. Seems like plenty of people were able to import European versions of Xenoblade and play on American Wiis though, so hopefully it won't be a problem.
The Last Story hits Europe February 24
Japanese Wii RPG and Operation: Rainfall target gets its first confirmed Western release date; still no word on potential release in North America.
After Xenoblade Chronicles finally landed in Europe earlier this year, Nintendo confirmed that two more requested Japanese role-playing games for the Wii--The Last Story and Pandora's Tower--would also be released in the region sometime next year. Fans won't have to wait too long for the first of those, as Nintendo has announced that The Last Story will launch in Europe on February 24.
The latest game from Mistwalker and longtime Final Fantasy developer Hironobu Sakaguchi, The Last Story puts players in the shoes of Zael and a band of fellow mercenaries on a search for treasure. Set on Lazulis Island, the story follows Zael as he tries to find an escape from his mercenary past to become a true knight. Unique among RPGs, The Last Story features multiplayer modes in the form of co-op, deathmatch, and team deathmatch for up to six players.
Along with Pandora's Tower and Xenoblade Chronicles, The Last Story has been the subject of a fan campaign clamoring for North American releases for the Wii RPGs. In June, the group known as Operation Rainfall organized a push to preorder Xenoblade (under the name Monado: Beginning of the World) on Amazon.com. The effort propelled the game to the top of Amazon's best-seller charts and caught the attention of Nintendo of America. While the North American arm of the Wii maker originally said there were no plans at the time to release any of the games domestically, it has since confirmed Xenoblade for an April 2 release next year.
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