Gamers in Hong Kong can pick up Lost Odyssey at Toys 'R Us and show the receipt to a local Mos Burger to receive a gift. The Japanese fast food chain is teaming up with Microsoft to promote Lost Odyssey with Kaim concept art covered meals.
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Eurogamer has confirmed that the recently released Asian version of Lost Odyssey can be played in English and works on PAL Xbox 360 consoles. Well, Dave McCarthy confirmed it. He's excitedly playing through it at the moment, the look of love on his face, the semi-regular spinning initiation of random battles probably reflected in a glassy stare of concentration and affection. Unless it's rubbish, obviously.

That's something we should be in a position to let you know about soon. Japanese weekly Famitsu, of course, gave it 36/40. Mind you, they gave Blue Dragon 37. And Nintendogs about 497.

So, perhaps hang on. Or don't: Play-Asia is flogging it for USD 49.90. Up to you.
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360 Gamer writes:

"Mistwalker is looking into making sequels to Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, according to studio boss Hironobu Sakaguchi.

So Gamefront.de is reporting, the father of Final Fantasy told Famitsu Xbox 360 he is currently looking in the possibility of making sequels to Mistwalker's two 360 RPGs. However, it seems that nothing is set in stone at present."
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The "Special Item 3 Pack" will hit the Japanese Marketplace on February 7. Included is a new chapter in the "Thousand Years of Dreams" visual novel series, a new ring accessory called "Killer Machine," and a "Memory Lamp" item which lets you view previous event movies while on board the Nautilus.

Unlike the first pack, Microsoft is charging for this download. Prepare to relieve your account of 200 Microsoft.
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"...Although the game world is in a state of upheaval, Lost Odyssey cleverly makes Kaim's own existence the central theme of the game -what happens in the world is important, but nothing as crucial as discovering more about Kaim, his thousand-year past, and his apparently endless future."

"Kaim is quite a cold character too, and he doesn't seem impressed with those around him; he seems like an outsider, and that makes the player feel like an outsider. It's a clever trick, setting Lost Odyssey apart from 'funkier' Japanese RPGs. This one is primarily for older players."

On Thousand Years of Dreams > "Sometimes the text of these dreams is spliced with moving images of Kaim's past actions. It all works to great effect, and it makes for a much more interesting non-playable hook than the half-assed cut-scenes of lesser games... Lost Odyssey is the 360's most interesting application of non-game-related source material to date."

"The four dics each hold around ten hours' worth of play, and many minutes of voiced dialogue and cut-scenes, so Lost Odyssey can be regarded as an epic. And there's also the surreptitious delivery of 'A Thousand Years of Dreams', which can be viewed as a digital book in it's own right. In terms of play for pound (or dollars if you're American), Lost Odyssey is more generous than most."

Summary > "Definitely a story well told and a reasonably well produced RPG, Lost Odyssey is rooted in the genre's traditions but ultimately succeeds thanks to the strength of it's fantastic storytelling. Battles are satisfyingly difficult and there's four discs' worth of game to play through. It can be a bit heavy, a bit like 'War and Peace', but Lost Odyssey is well worth a look if you're after a Japanese RPG with staying power."

Final Score Given: 4 stars out of 5
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Gameindustry reports the developers behind some of Japan's biggest franchises will be delivering sessions at next month's Game Developers Conference, boosting the line-up for the February event.

Two of the team behind Square Enix's epic Final Fantasy franchise will be at the event, with general manager for technical research Taku Murata discussing the company's work on a new game engine for FF XIII, while art director Isamu Kamikokuryo will discuss the art style of the series in an interview with Bungie's Steve Theodore.

Ray Nakazato will be delivering a session on Lost Odyssey, the Xbox 360 exclusive RPG co-created by Mistwalker and Microsoft Game Studios' FeelPlus team, to address what did and didn't work on the original project.

The latest addition to the audio track is a session from Masafumi Takada, who will be delivering a retrospective of his work from Killer 7, God Hand, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles and No More Heroes.
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Contrary to the inaccurate article published earlier, GamingAngels reports: "Everyone can take a breathe and relax. If you are really looking forward to Lost Odyssey, then pre-order it so you can get the extras from day one. Otherwise, you will be able to get the extras from Xbox Live Marketplace later in the spring."
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Ella Koon had her first taste of Cosplay today at an event to promote the Xbox game Lost Odyssey today, where she was joined by Japanese model. The two ladies dressed up as characters from the role playing game, showing off their cleavage in some tight corset dresses.
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Microsoft today announced that Lost Odyssey, the highly anticipated cinematic RPG from Mistwalker ¿ the studio formed by Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, will be available in Australia on February 7.
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From Gameplayer... "Microsoft has created an added incentive to pre-order Lost Odyssey: if you don't pre-order, you don't get the full game."
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Jan 10, 2008 It won't be long now before Lost Odyssey is on the shelves and in our Xbox 360s where it belongs. Mistwalker's richly detailed RPG is slated for a US release on the 12th of next month, but in the meantime, keep your eyes glued to GamesRadar for an exclusive look at the lush epic. If you just can't wait that long for a fix, head on over to CVG for some beautiful character and environment renders to tide you over 'til next ... » Read More

Lost Odyssey's release date has been officially announced on Pidgeo's blog, plus information on a special pre-order bonus (possibly Australian only).
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Finally there won't be delay of this title in Europe. We can read at HardGame2, one of the most important Spanish (and european) web of videogames, the next (This story has been translated by Google translator pages):

"Microsoft has just announced the launch of Lost Odyssey waited for our country, which takes place on 29 February exclusively for Xbox 360 with subtitles in Spanish. So it is less able to see one of the most highly anticipated bet of the beginning of 2008, which will have some first impressions this week."

This game will arrive on U.S. on 12th february.
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That's right folks, the Lost Odyssey achievements have just been discovered by x360a and well... The list is a little disappointing. We have 36 achievements totaling 1000 points with 21 secret achievements. Half of the thousand points are split in to four achievements, one for completing each disc. Time will only tell what those secret achievements will be.
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1UP Staff, 12/23/2007:

"We really should hate attending the Jump Festa videogame and comic show. But the promise of Square Enix titles making their playable debut is way too much to pass up."

"At this year's event, open to the public on Saturday and Sunday, Square Enix was once again the main attraction for the videogame crowd. With the promise of playable debuts for the Final Fantasy fighting game for PSP, Final Fantasy: Dissidia, the new DS Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, and the new mobile Final Fantasy IV spinoff, Final Fantasy IV: The After."

"This year's showcase had Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy XIII sandwiching short clips of the Parasite Eve mobile sequel and the Blu-ray version of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children."

In addition, Sega, Capcom, Bandai Namco, Nintendo, and Microsoft all have booths at the Jump Festa this year. 1UP's report briefly covers all of them.
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Mistwalker's love of free bonus content has apparently carried over to Lost Odyssey from Blue Dragon. Today, Microsoft announced that the studio's second major console RPG, now available in Japan, will get some free downloadable content early next year.

On January 10, the Marketplace will take delivery of the Bonus Item Two Pack. As the name suggests, this downloadable update contains two bonus items that will add to the Lost Odyssey experience. One is required for unlocking a story in the "Thousand Years of Dreams" series. Another item can be equipped to give your characters better guard capabilities.
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Famitsu Japan Game Charts 2007-12-3/ 2007-12-9 and Sales:

1. Wii Fit (Wii)
2. Tales of Innocence (DS)
3. Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (DS)
4. Everybody's Golf Portable 2 (PSP)
5. Mario Party DS (DS)
6. Lost Odyssey (360)
7. SD Gundam G Generations Spirits (PS2)
8. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
9. PowerPro-kun Pocket 10 (DS)
10. Winning Eleven 2008 (PS2)

Console :
Wii : about 110k
DSL : about 165k
PS3 : abuot 38k
PS2 : about 15k
PSP : about 88k
360 : about 7.8k
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Mistwalker and I.T. Programming's turn-based magical sci-fi Xbox 360 RPG Lost Odyssey hits North America on February 12, publisher Microsoft has announced.
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Dec 11, 2007 Microsoft has shot out a new batch of Lost Odyssey screen shots and they don't look nearly as good as screens we've previously seen. Take a look at the new screens for ... » Read More

An impressive first day sales for Xbox 360's Exclusive title Lost Odyssey.

Else where No More Heroes did not sell to expectations with only 10k sold and Uncharted in with 7k.

Tales of Innocence (DS) : about 75k (About 50% of shipments)

Everbody's Golf Portable 2 (PSP) : about 40k

Lost Odyssey (360) : about 40k (About 50% of shipments)

PowerPro-kun Pocket 10 (DS) : about 20k

Yuusya no Kuse ni Namaiki da (PSP) : about 15k

Gintama: Gintama Quest (DS) : about 15k

No More Heroes (Wii) : about 10k

SILENT HILL ZERO (PSP) : about 10k

Virtua Fighter 5 Live Arena (360) : about 10k

Uncharted (PS3) : about 7k

Yakuza 2 (cheap edition) (PS2) : about 7k
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