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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - New Mistwalker concept art! Are we going to see The Last Story 2? (Cue speculation/Last Story spoilers)

So guiduc kindly posted this screen in the Monolith Soft concept art thread:

guiduc said:

New concept art from Mistwalker (Last Story)

What is going on... mmm

 

Which I believe very firmly points towards a continuation of The Last Story being in the works. Which potentially means another exclusive Wii U or 3DS title to be happy about.


Very similar style to Last Story, particularly the art that came on the Limited Edition box, the kind of brown-scale promotional art they did:

The guy in the centre looks very similar to Zael, particularly with the clothing (apart from the face, so a Zael-esque protaganist? or just Zael?), and has "Outsider" style markings on him. The wolf next to him could be one of the guardian spirit things, like the tiger? The tiger was all over concept art but seemed to be forgotten during large stretches of the game. Perhaps a concept that would be utilised more fully by a (spiritual or direct) sequel/prequel?

The two flying creatures look very similar to the beasts that defend/embody each half of the Outsider in The Last Story:

 


Not the best screens, but if you remember them from the game, again, too similar to be a coincidence.

 

And those pillars remind me of the pillars you see around Lazulis Island in wider shots. For me, this strongly suggests a Last Story sequel/prequel/continuation. There are too many similarites, I feel.

So basically, I conclude this is definitely Last Story related. But what exactly could it be? A prequel, based on events described in The Last Story, depicting the events that led to the Outsider arriving on the same planet as Lazulis Island? Or a sequel, in which the power of the Outsider is utilised by Zael, or descendants of Zael and Calista?

Feel free to speculate. Personally, I think this is great news. The Last Story wasn't a brilliant game in and of itself, but there are strong foundations to build on.

Updated: This is the source of the image, Mistwalker's website, which was updated within the last week to include that image.

 



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I hope so. If X and Last Story 2 releases early for the Wii U, it could build a viable JRPG audience and return the RPG to the Nintendo library.



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My guess is a 3ds prequel... Mystwalker seems to like offshoot handheld games...



What was the deal with that damn tiger? They play it up as so significant and mysterious at the beginning of the game, and it appears all of once closer to the end, in an insignificant role, and appears nowhere at the actual endgame.

Was it a representative of the Forest Guardians? Did it have something to do with Mirania?

gah.



Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.

Also worth noting that on the full size image, it's possible to make out "Last World" towards the bottom right, with what I assume is the name of an artist underneath.

That made me wonder if this was actually very early concept art for The Last Story, and not something new, but then why have this as the new banner image for your website, rather than in one of the concept image galleries on your website?



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Now it's time for a Pandora's tower sequel for Wii U. :P



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SSB really went downhill after Melee....

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I hate rumours.



benao87 said:
I hate rumours.


Hardly a rumor.  More like speculation from a real image.



The Wii U is looking more enticing day by day!!!



Pretty cool! Thanks Asriel for the post and credit :P Can't wait to see the whole JRPG library building up on the Wii U! This is indeed great news :)