14 DAY TRIAL // Ken Berry, who is the publishing director working at XSEED, has told Kotaku that the various campaigns and petitions from players were not the main reason why they chose to finally publish The Last Story in the United States.
The developer stated, “Nintendo, they have their own set of rules that they go by. And as for us, it didn’t really affect us either – cause we have our own requirements that we look for on potential titles. And, you know, it just met all prerequisites.”
No other publisher was interested in the game and Nintendo was quick to acknowledge the possibilities of finally bringing it to the United States.
Berry added, “Perhaps people just assumed that if Nintendo wasn’t gonna do it, it wasn’t coming over. They were very receptive from the start.”
The Last Story arrives on July 10 on the Nintendo Wii.
Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of The Last Story, is best known for his work on the Final Fantasy series.