Mistwalker

Mistwalker

Type	Game development studio
Industry	Video game industry
Founded	2004
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Key people	Hironobu Sakaguchi Kensuke Tanaka Nobuo Uematsu
Products	Video games
Website	http://www.mistwalkercorp.com/

Mistwalker Corporation (ミストウォーカー, Misutowōkā) is a Japanese video game development studio founded 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. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, Mistwalker is a co-developer similar to Red Entertainment and Armor Project, outsourcing development duties to other companies (including Artoon and feelplus), preferring to focus primarily on the story and music portions of game development, as well as generally overseeing the process. Nobuo Uematsu, known for his work in the Final Fantasy series, has written music for all (excluding one) games developed by Mistwalker.

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

Released games

Nintendo DS

• ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat (2007) co-developed with Racjin
• Blue Dragon Plus (2008) co-developed with Brownie Brown and feelplus
• Away: Shuffle Dungeon (2008) co-developed with Artoon
• Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow (2009/2010) co-developed with tri-Crescendo and Bird Studio

Xbox 360

• Blue Dragon (2006) co-developed with Artoon
• Lost Odyssey (2007) co-developed with feelplus

iPhone

• Untitled project (TBA)

Wii

• The Last Story (2011) co-developed by AQ Interactive

Cancelled games

Xbox 360

• Cry On (was in co-development with Cavia)

External links

• Official website