The Last Story Comes to North America

The Last Story has been available in Japan for over a year, and was just made available in Europe last week. When will North American Wii owners get to experience this celebrated action role-playing game? This summer, apparently.

Thanks in part to Operation Rainfall, a fan campaign organized to persuade Nintendo to localize three Japanese-exclusive RPGs, The Last Story will release in North America sometime this summer. Xenoblade Chronicles, which launched in June 2010 in Japan and was another game targeted by Operation Rainfall, will arrive in North America on April 6. The Last Story was directed and designed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy series and CEO of Mistwalker.

2012 was looking to be a rather pathetic year for the Nintendo Wii, but the arrival of two critically-acclaimed Japanese RPGs within months of the other gives Wii owners reason to rejoice. XSEED games will publish The Last Story for American audiences.

From the press release:

"I am very happy to be able to confirm that The Last Story will be released in North America," stated Hironobu Sakaguchi, CEO of MISTWALKER. "XSEED Games has a reputation for bringing high-quality JRPGs to America, and I'm sure they will do a great job with this release too."

Jun Iwasaki, President of XSEED Games, shared Mr. Sakaguchi's sentiments. "I am excited to have the opportunity to work on such a unique and ground-breaking RPG. I'm sure that North American gamers will love this title."