▁a ▁reputation ▁for ▁publishing ▁n iche ▁Japanese ▁games , ▁took ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁publishing ▁the ▁title . ▁Initial ly ▁approaching ▁N intendo ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁N intendo ▁confirmed ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁no ▁plans ▁to ▁publish ▁the ▁title ▁themselves . ▁After ▁playing ▁through ▁a ▁Japanese ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁game , ▁and ▁the ▁staff ▁were ▁favor ably ▁im pressed ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁pitch ▁to ▁N intendo ▁for ▁the ▁game ' s ▁North ▁American ▁publishing ▁rights . ▁They ▁were ▁helped ▁by ▁the ▁connections ▁between ▁parent ▁company ▁A Q ▁Inter active ▁and ▁M ist walk er . ▁X seed ▁Games ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁publish er ▁to ▁ask ▁N intendo ▁about ▁The ▁Last ▁Story , ▁and ▁after ▁being ▁favor ably ▁im pressed ▁by ▁their ▁proposal , ▁N intendo ▁granted ▁X seed ▁Games ▁publishing ▁rights . ▁While ▁a ▁new ▁local ization ▁for ▁North ▁America ▁was ▁considered , ▁it ▁was ▁decided ▁to ▁use ▁N intendo ▁of ▁Europe ' s ▁local ization ▁as ▁it ▁better ▁fitted ▁the ▁game ' s ▁atmosphere ▁and ▁a est h etic . ▁It ▁officially ▁released ▁in ▁North ▁America ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 4 , ▁but ▁problems ▁with ▁stock ▁caused ▁Amazon ▁and ▁Game Stop ▁to ▁put ▁orders ▁on ▁hold ▁and ▁push ▁their ▁release ▁dates ▁forward . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁response ▁ ▁The ▁game ' s ▁story ▁received ▁generally ▁positive ▁re actions ▁from ▁critics , ▁although ▁some ▁critic ized ▁it ▁for ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁original ity ▁in ▁the ▁R PG ▁genre . ▁While ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁comment ▁much ▁on ▁the ▁story