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Mistwalker making two for DS News
DS News by Robert Purchese
Japanese publisher AQ Interactive has confirmed that Mistwalker is working on two new role-playing games for the DS.
News spilled from the pages of two press releases, one detailing a handheld version of Blue Dragon, and the other an RPG dubbed AWAY ~Tsuresarareta Hitobito ~ (Kidnapped People).
The latter will be designed by Mistwalker boss and Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, with music from famed composer Nobuo Uematsu and characters by Naoto Oshima.
Development duties will be pushed onto old pal Artoon, with a tentative Japanese release date of January 2008.
Blue Dragon, on the other hand, will be given to familiar outsource chum FeelPlus+, where it will be created under the watchful eye Sakaguchi. Blue Dragon DS is expected in Japan sometime next March.
Mistwalker was founded in 2004 with considerable financial backing from Microsoft, who received two exclusive 360 Japanese role-playing games in return: Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey.
The first is already out, and received mixed reviews for its nostalgic and lengthy adventure, while the latter is expected in February 2008.
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Ghettomurph
02/10/07 @ 14:02
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@Tonka
Losses? I take it you mean in Japan as Blue Dragon has sold shed loads outside of that territory. Hopefully Lost Odyssey will turn out to be a decent game, fingers crossed. |
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BillyBrush
02/10/07 @ 17:11
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@Tonka
@Antony Newsflash...you are wasting your time here, do domething more constructive like jumping off a cliff |
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So is Mistwalker's situation like Rare's; of the three main systems they're tied to developing only for Microsoft, but there are seemingly no problems with them releasing games on a rival's console if it's a handheld?
For some reason I keep thinking that Mistwalker are part owned or at least have their development costs funded by Microsoft in exchange for exclusivity, and I have no idea if it's a half truth or if I've imagined it ^_^ |
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BillyBrush
03/10/07 @ 08:34
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It's pretty much true....they only have about 6 staff so MS organises dev teams for them...i beleive..
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