The Last Story Website is now open. Here is the link

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/slsj/column/

It looks really nice.

The director and producer in the website are 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. Someone from Neogaf said this.

Intriguing. This is very promising. Here's hoping it will deliver in the long run.

Looks nice so far.

Interesting. =)

On the one hand, that makes me take this with a grain of salt. On the other hand, I hope it's true so we can further show the Resident Evil 5 people were idiots for thinking the Wii couldn't handle the game.

very good

Wasn't there supposed to be an official event this month, where they are planning to unveil the game?

I hope this will be really different from the standard fantasy shlock, focus on smaller events - more Chrono Trigger than Final Fantasy.

Looks (and sounds!) good so far, can't wait to play an epic adventure game :)

Nice. I like the Mario icon

Edit: wait, that's there because it's on Nintendo's site. Oh well..

Game of the year!