Mistwalker

Mistwalker Corporation
Native name	ミストウォーカーコーポレーション
Romanized name	Misutowōkā Kōporēshon
Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Genre	Video game developer
Founded	June 2004
Founders	Hironobu Sakaguchi
Headquarters	2222 Kalakaua Avenue Suite 1007, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Additional offices	Tokyo Midtown Residences 1307, 9-7-2 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Hironobu Sakaguchi; Kimihiko Fujisaka;
Products	Games
Brands	Blue Dragon; Terra Battle;
Number of employees	15 (2017)
Website	www.mistwalkercorp.com
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Mistwalker Corporation^[a] is an American-Japanese video game development studio. The company was founded in 2004 by Hironobu Sakaguchi, best known for creating the Final Fantasy series. The company has created both game franchises such as Blue Dragon and Terra Battle, and standalone titles including Lost Odyssey (2007) and The Last Story (2011). With the financial problems caused by Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, and his growing dissatisfaction with management, Sakaguchi decided that he wanted to make games outside Square. Mistwalker's first two titles were Xbox 360 RPGs; Blue Dragon (2006) and Lost Odyssey. Following The Last Story for Wii, Sakaguchi and Mistwalker changed to focus on in-house mobile titles. The original Terra Battle saw widespread success and acclaim, leading to further mobile projects.

Mistwalker has been described by Sakaguchi as a collective of artists that oversee projects, with its independent small-scale structure setting it apart from most other Japanese game studios. Sakaguchi has commented that his aim with Mistwalker was to create innovative game titles regardless of platform, rather than staying with home consoles or mobile platforms alone. During its first years, Mistwalker co-developed console titles with other developers including Artoon, Feelplus, and tri-Crescendo. They would also work with Cavia on the cancelled Cry On. Recurring individual collaborators include composer Nobuo Uematsu, and artists Kimihiko Fujisaka and Manabu Kusunoki.

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