▁" sep ia ▁tone ". ▁Frame ▁rate ▁dro ps ▁during ▁moments ▁of ▁high ▁activity ▁were ▁generally ▁noted ▁by ▁review ers . ▁U em ats u ' s ▁incident al ▁scoring ▁also ▁received ▁pra ise ▁from ▁multiple ▁critics . ▁ ▁Sales ▁and ▁acc ol ades ▁Upon ▁release , ▁The ▁Last ▁Story ▁to pped ▁Japanese ▁g aming ▁charts , ▁s elling ▁ 1 1 4 , 7 2 2 ▁units . ▁Ass ess ments ▁by ▁Media ▁Create ▁stated ▁that ▁while ▁the ▁game ▁had ▁achieved ▁higher ▁sales ▁than ▁X en ob lade ▁Chron icles ▁due ▁to ▁higher ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁title , ▁W ii ▁hardware ▁sales ▁remained ▁low , ▁indicating ▁that ▁the ▁title ▁was ▁mostly ▁bought ▁by ▁gam ers ▁who ▁already ▁owned ▁a ▁W ii ▁console . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁game ▁sold ▁just ▁over ▁ 1 5 7 , 0 0 0 ▁units . ▁Upon ▁its ▁release ▁in ▁the ▁UK , ▁it ▁deb uted ▁at ▁# 1 5 . ▁After ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁The ▁Last ▁Story ▁in ▁North ▁America , ▁X seed ▁Games ▁released ▁a ▁statement ▁saying ▁that ▁The ▁Last ▁Story ▁was ▁their ▁most ▁successful ▁title ▁to ▁date , ▁with ▁its ▁Prem ium ▁Edition ▁s elling ▁out ▁quickly ▁and ▁need ing ▁to ▁be ▁replaced ▁with ▁a ▁different ▁special ▁edition . ▁ ▁Upon ▁its ▁release , ▁the ▁game ▁received ▁critical ▁acc laim , ▁ear ning ▁an ▁aggregate ▁score ▁of ▁ 8 0 / 1 0 0 ▁on ▁Met ac rit ic ▁based ▁on ▁ 6 1 ▁critic ▁reviews .