NewNews - The Last Story confirmed for localization

Source: Youtube Channel IGNentertainment

According to Gamasutra, publishing company Xseed Games will be bringing "The Last Story" for the Wii to North America.  To have Xenoblade Chronicles confirmed for localization was a special treat, but this announcement was mind blowing!  From before, the decision to "not" bring it over to stateside seem adamant and irrevocable, but I suppose seeing the strong support from the fans in the West convinced Nintendo to bring Xenoblade Chronicles over to North America.  Upon seeing the overwhelming positive reaction by the community, publishers might have felt a bit more optimistic about taking the responsibility to bringing the other games over.

For those unfamiliar with "The Last Story", it is an Action-RPG developed exclusively for the Nintendo Wii with Hironobu Sakaguchi of "Final Fantasy" leading the project with Takuya Matsumoto along with renowned videogame composer Nobuo Uematsu.  Sakaguchi takes on the Action-RPG genre by formulating a new and unique combat system that mixes tactical planning with fluid hack 'n slash attacks.  As always, there is a focus on story, the environment, and character development to keep the game's progress moving and the player involved.

The game has received high ratings and praise by critics and players who played through the Japanese version.  One of the major arguments pointed out by a lot of supporters of the petition to bringing the 3 JRPGs (Xenoblade Chronicles, The Last Story, Pandora's Tower) to the western market was that they are possibly the last few games developed for the Wii considered worth buying anymore for the aging console who has failed to come out with anything new or interesting other than those developed directly by Nintendo (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword).  Judging from 2011's abysmal list of game releases, I'd say that seems to be the situation.  So Wii owners and JRPG fans rejoice as 2 out of 3 of the petitioned games have now been confirmed for a stateside release.  The Last Story does not have a release date yet.