The Last Story - Sakaguchi on more details, may step away from development if poor review scores surface

- once again, shoot banana peels via main character Elza’s bow gun
- banana peels can be shot at townfolk
- this will make people slip
- during online play, you can use the banana peels to make your fellow players slip
- banana peels tie into events
- at one point, a group of nobles are having tea in the plaza and looking down upon the commoners. A waitress will tell you, “It would be nice if they’d slip on a banana.” If you make them slip, you’ll get a reward
- lemons in a basket, once scattered on the ground, will also make people slip
- Sakaguchi: “If the game is received poorly, perhaps my sense does not match with the times. In that case, while I won’t go as far as ‘I won’t ever make games again,’ it would be meaningless to make games for a while. With that feeling, I’ve given my all.”
- the theme of The Last Story is “Nakama,” or “Companion.”
- Sakaguchi tried to push the theme and hopes that people end up feeling “It was nice to have an adventure with those companions.”
- Sakaguchi realizes that the game has a rather MMORPG feel, which is interesting for a single-player experience
- Sakaguchi is interested in playing World of Warcraft
- he has never played, but wants to when The Last Story is all wrapped up
- Sakaguchi isn’t sure that there’s another game with the background conversation element that The Last Story has
- he believes this feature gives the game a “live” feeling
- a lot of story details will be revealed this way later in the game
- the conference itself was Nintendo’s idea
- Sakaguchi was surprised to hear this idea, and also surprised to see Iwata take the stage last night

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