The Last Story to have a 'real time system'

Mistwalker head honcho Hironobu Sakaguchi has revealed that his new title The Last Story will have a 'real time' system in it in a new blog on the official company website. 

"Production of the last story is advancing smoothly. But, I want you to understand how difficult it is to finish the last fixes and it is time consuming in RPG creation. There is an unknown territory for me because of the real time system exists in it. But I believe that the hurdle will invent something new."

This could either mean real passage of time, or a full real-time action RPG style battle system - which the Final Fantasy creator means is up in the air right now. Sakaguchi goes on to share some of his philosophy on game design in general:

"Of course, it's possible to finish it really quick, but the effort we put in in 2years would be wasted. The final seasoning is very important. So I made up my mind carefully and I'm working with scrupulous attention. Anyway the sense of security is necessary to the foundation so that you can enjoy yourself without any logic."

Sounds good to us, but we'll leave the game producing to him. The Last Story will be out in Japan sometime this year, and will hopefully arrive in the West in a timely fashion.