Wednesday, February 22, 2012

The Last Story just got a bit more interesting

Just a quick post to break the drought - the latest 'Iwata Asks' feature Nintendo ran on their website featured a particularly interesting interview about the Wii title The Last Story, the most recent collaboration between Hironobu Sakaguchi and Nobuo Uematsu, most famous for their work on creating the Final Fantasy series.

The interview can be found here.

What I found particularly interesting was the discussion about what sounds like a great deal of interactive music - not exactly fresh ground in games, but I'd be especially curious to hear what Uematsu has come up with, especially given the prominence of melody in his work - melody often being the first thing sacrificed in most of the truly interactive music systems I've seen implemented in games so far.  The Last Story has now earned its place on my 'must play' list.  One last outing on the Wii I suppose - for once, the game is rather aptly named (although we all know how that 'Final' Fantasy thing turned out.)

I was also quietly amused by their discussions about the 'future need of audio directors' in games.