Mistwalker

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Mistwalker

Type	Game development studio
Founded	2004
Headquarters	Japan
Key people	Hironobu Sakaguchi Kensuke Tanaka
Industry	computer and video game industry
Products	Video Games
Website	http://www.mistwalker.info/

Mistwalker (ミストウォーカー, Misutowōkā^?) is a Japanese video game development studio started by Hironobu Sakaguchi (the creator of the popular Final Fantasy series) in 2004 with the financial backing of Microsoft. The logo and name were trademarked in 2001. Mistwalker outsources coding duties to other companies (including Artoon, and Feel Plus), preferring to focus primarily on the design portion of game development.

Sakaguchi is the president of the new studio, and Kensuke Tanaka, the creator of the PlayOnline system, is the vice president.

In August 2004, it was announced that Mistwalker had begun work on three new RPG games. One of them is a strategic RPG for the Nintendo DS titled ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat. The other two titles, Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, are confirmed to be exclusive to Microsoft's Xbox 360 videogame console.

While Mistwalker's Xbox 360 titles had been publicly detailed soon after their announcement in 2004, no public details were released regarding their previously announced Nintendo DS title until October 2005 when it was reported that the game would be called ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat and would feature pre-rendered graphics.

1 Announced games
- 1.1 Nintendo DS
- 1.2 Xbox 360
2 External links

[edit] Announced games

Release dates are Sakaguchi's informal estimates, taken from interviews.

[edit] Nintendo DS

ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat (2007): Tactical RPG

[edit] Xbox 360

Blue Dragon (December 7th 2006 (Japan), August 2007 (U.S.): RPG developed by Artoon
Lost Odyssey (December 2007): RPG developed by Feel Plus
Cry On (Unannounced 2008): Action RPG developed by Artoon