The Last Story - Video Presentation

Hironobu Sakaguchi has given Nintendo fans across the globe a live presentation of his upcoming Wii RPG, The Last Story. There's an official video recording of the event which has been posted on a UStream account:

The Last Story - Video Presentation
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/11665869

Emerged Details

- Elza's wind magic can be used to disperse the Magic Circles of enemies
- free-for-all battle mode does allow for characters other than Elza to be used
- swim ability
- characters can strip down to their underwear
- Kanan's theme song is sung by artist Kanon
- Mario Club worked on The Last Story for nine months, which seems to be the longest testing period ever put in by the team
- in free-for-all combat, every time you defeat someone you get a point
- play online with random people or friend codes
- there's a secret about the sleeve packaging for the game
- Fujisaka says the logo and the main illustration showing Elza and Kanan are his favorite pieces of art for the game
- Uematsu says he likes the main theme song the most
- Sakaguchi said that the first three songs Uematsu submitted were all wrong
- everyone talks as you run through a dungeon
- Shokunin Street is where all the workers gather
- shoot bananas at people with the 'banana shot'
- Arganon bridge is one of the two bridges connecting Central Plaza to the rest of Ruli City
- Kanan can cast Holy, which forms a barrie
- turn the camera control on and off for the event camera adjustments
- set the controls so that A will forward through the events
- black circle is a heal circle for the enemy
- use Wind on Jackal's ice magic circle to make the enemies slip
- spread the effect of multiple Magic Circles by making your Wind magic target both Magic Circles
- enemies tend to first turn their sights on your weaker mages
- use Z for enemy targeting mode to see weak points
- using the analogue stick and A, you can dive to avoid enemy attack
- at one point, Elza walks into a fire magic circle, giving his sword flame properties
- Elza can be given the ability to destroy a pillar
- even in auto mode, you use B to guard
- attack is auto or manual, depending on what you want
- hold down B while walking to leap over obstacles
- tutorials are done using videos
- Chapter 01 is called Lizard's Cave
- the dev team is giving 120% and working as if it would be their last title
- hide behind objects by pressing the "A" button
- "C" to activate gathering
- real time battle system
- target background objects
- use Yuris' magic to shatter ledges from a distance
- when casting a spell, Yuris floats and a number appears over his head
- if hit during this number period, the spell is broken
- Cocoon is a boss from the first area
- scan for an enemy’s weak point and use the power of magic circles to damage the boss
- "Prominence" circle sends a blast of flame
- "Recovery" circle as well to restore a party's health
- other characters can shout at a boss/enemy to lure them
- Freeze Circle hits enemies with ice magic and causes slip status
- use the wind ability for a Freeze Circle to blow away the enemy heal effect
- a bunch of item names spin when you open a treasure chest, and you get whatever item it lands on
- another boss battle with an enemy called Muruu
- use a Holy Circle to protect your party with a barrie
- give characters direct orders
- change weapons on the fly to deal more damage
- quick time event where Elza can press A to jump up on an enemy and then hit A again to attack
- fast forwarding feature lets you speed through event scenes by holding the A button
- voice stops while fast-forwarding, but resumes as soon as you stop fast-forwarding
- purchase different kinds of armor at a shop and then equip them to style your character
- armor/item examples: feather armor and heavy legs, dragon armor, one piece dress
- another boss revealed: Monstrous Spider
- bigger attacks like Meteor and Accelerate

Thanks to Andriasang