Nintendo of Japan announced a new game from RPG developer Mistwalker today, titled The Last Story. The game is due out this year (in Japan, at least), for the Nintendo Wii. Unfortunately, other than those scant details and a game logo (above), we don’t know anything about the upcoming project. If you hadn’t noticed, the game’s title and logo style bears a striking resemblance to a certain other high-profile RPG series from company founder Hironobu Sakaguchi. We’re pretty sure that isn’t a coincidence.
Mistwalker has been enjoying a healthy relationship with Nintendo, co-developing various RPGs for the DS. This will be the developer’s first trek onto the Wii, so we’ll be curious to see how they make use of the motion controls. We’ll keep an eye out for more details, including U.S. release plans.