So the latest on Mistwalker is that Sakaguchi told Siliconera back in March 2012 that he was planning make three iOS titles. Two of them, Party Wave and Blade Guardian, are already out. The third game is currently in development and all I know about it is that Hironobu Sakaguchi had a dinner meeting with Nobuo Uematsu back in June 2013 about it.
The other thing we know is that they've expressed interest in making a game for Wii U.
Nintendo has been partnering up with developers to make Wii U projects such as The Wonderful 101 with Platinum Games and Fire Emblem x SMT with Atlus. Could they be doing something with Mistwalker again?
The other thing to consider is that all the games Mistwalker has worked on are co-developed with another company. Blue Dragon with Artoon, Lost Odyssey with Feelplus and The Last Story with AQ Interactive. Maybe they're not able to work on a console project right now cause a studio to outsource development duties to isn't available at the moment?
Or maybe Microsoft has approached them for a XBox One project? Seems like Microsoft wants to try Japan again.
Right now though it seems like they're focused on that iOS title. Is this the future of Mistwalker? Or will they one day go back to making console games like The Last Story, Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon? What do you hope for?
The other thing we know is that they've expressed interest in making a game for Wii U.
The other thing to consider is that all the games Mistwalker has worked on are co-developed with another company. Blue Dragon with Artoon, Lost Odyssey with Feelplus and The Last Story with AQ Interactive. Maybe they're not able to work on a console project right now cause a studio to outsource development duties to isn't available at the moment?
Or maybe Microsoft has approached them for a XBox One project? Seems like Microsoft wants to try Japan again.
Right now though it seems like they're focused on that iOS title. Is this the future of Mistwalker? Or will they one day go back to making console games like The Last Story, Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon? What do you hope for?