The Last Remnant Preview

VideoGamer.com: Which was created first, the voice over or the cut scenes? Which matched which?

Isogawa-san: The voices were first. For the action scenes we waited until the cut scenes were finished so we recorded to those while watching the action scene. We didn't do just a single recording. We had two or three sessions so we could do the event scenes first and then do the action scenes on a later part of the recording.

VideoGamer.com: When creating the event scenes was there any editing to reduce the pauses, to make them more snappy, or to increase the pauses?

Isogawa-san: Of course. We did a lot of editing for the sound and the actual cut scenes after the recording had been done. Even if it didn't match we took the same lines in a second or third recording.

VideoGamer.com: One of the things a lot of the fans have always wanted from JRPGs is the original Japanese dialogue with English subtitles because they feel it's more authentic but that never seems to be an option. Why is that, and do you think that games on Blu-ray might allow that because of the increased capacity?

Isogawa-san: Because this is the 360 version and it's just a DVD we didn't end up with enough room on the DVD to have two languages worth of voice. There's a lot of voice in this game. It would be cool if we can do that for a Blu-ray release. We'll see!

VideoGamer.com: What game in your opinion is the best of all time for your specialist areas?

Yamanaka-san: Final Fantasy III DS, just for my area!

Isogawa-san: Final Fantasy X, for the dialogue and script.

Mikoshiba-san: God of War 2, for sound effects.

Sekito-san: Fable 2. I listened to it on YouTube. I'm going to buy it.

The Last Remnant is due out for Xbox 360 tomorrow, Thursday November 20. A PS3 and PC version is also in the works. If you missed it, be sure to check out our exclusive interview with the main development team right here.