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Warning, reader discretion is adviced, as depending on your point of view, this may contain spoilers.
It goes without saying that I'm a huge Tales fan.
I'm a big fan of the series, having played, Phantasia, Destiny, Symphonia, Abyss, Vesperia and Dawn of the new World, hoping to get my hands on the other games as well.
Back in December 08, news broke out of a new Mothership* Title being planned for the Wii, later in early April a name was confirmed to be Tales of Graces.
Developer: Namco Tales Sudios
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Original Character Artwork: Matsumi Inomata
Series: Tales (of)
Platform: Wii
Release Date: Winter 2009 in Japan, TBA in America/Europe, etc.
Genre: Role Playing Game
Mode: TBA, assumed to be Single Player
Rating: TBA
* Mothership titles are apart of the main Tales series. The mainstream and more original titles. This is slightly relevant because there exist an Escort* title in this post. Mothership titles include, but are not limited to Tales of Symphonia, Tales of the Abyss, Tales of Eternia, Tales of Vesperia, etc.
Tales of Graces takes place in a world known as Efinea. The people of Efinea use a substance called Eles which is composed of another substance called Cryas which has allowed civilizations on Efinea to flourish. On Efinea there are three competing kingdoms known as Windol, Strata, and Fendel, which are competing for dominance of Efinea. [4]
In the remote region of Windol lies the city of Lhant. The eldest son of the feudal lord Aston, Asbel, is a bright and cheerful boy who spent his childhood like any other carefree boy does: enjoy everyday together with his irreplaceable friends. After an unknown incident occurs, a strong determination awoke within him which led him to enlist himself in a knight's academy in the capital.
Tales of Graces takes place seven years after the incident. In his eighth year, Asbel has grown up and established himself as a fine knight. However, at the death of his father, Aston, he gives up his dream to become a knight and takes over his father's position of a feudal lord.
Tales of Graces battle system is the "Style Shift Linear Motion Battle System" (SS-LMBS). In this system, characters have two different fighting styles to choose from. Skill of either style can be set to both the A and B buttons, and the player is able to freely switch between the styles in battle.
Characters are also able to sidestep in a 360 degree line around the enemy.
~wikipedia.org
Link to Tales of Graces Trailer.
In addition to the announcement of Tales of Graces, A Playstation 3 port to Tales of Vesperia was included.
Of course when Sony's involved, new features are going to be added, like the Playstation 2 port of Tales of Symphonia.
Announced New Features include;
* Branching Storylines
* Full voice acting
* Flynn as a playable character
* Ties-In with Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike
* New playable character, a pirate girl called Patty Fleur
* New Cutscenes
* New Subplots
* New Costumes
* New Bosses (Including the Sword Dancer)
* New Dungeons
* New Hi Ougi/Mystic Artes
* New Skits
* New Animated Scenes
* New Sidequests
* New Songs
* New Artes
* New Monsters
* Repede as a selectable on screen avatar
* Repede also gains a costume,which isn't in XBOX 360 game
There is alot of speculation to two key things concerning this.
The first subject is whether or not this port will receive localization, as the Playstation 2 port to Tales of Symphonia was a Japan exclusive.
Another subject is concerning the Xbox360 owners, myself included. Everyone is hoping that there will be a game patch for Tales of Vesperia on the 360, which will include all the enhancements that the Playstation 3 port has.
On both subjects are there yet to be any official word from Namco Bandai.
But I'm such a ****ing fanboy, I'll just buy a Playstation 3 if there isn't a patch.
Developer: Namco Tales Studio
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Original Character Artwork: Kosuke Fujishima
Series: Tales (of)
Platform(s): Xbox360, Playstation 3
Release Date (PS3): Autumn 2009 in Japan, TBA in America/Europe, etc
Genre: Role Playing Game
Mode: 1-4 Players
Rating: T for Teen by the ESRB.
Link to Tales of Vesperia PS3 Trailer.
One more game was announced that day, Tales of VS, an Escort* Title planned for the Playstation Portable. The first competitive multiplayer Tales title, bringing in several characters from several Tales games.
*Escort titles are considered not to be a direct part of the Tales series, as most of them have no original plot or character and are mostly spinoffs, the latest Escort titles is Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. Other Escort titles would include, Tales of the World, Tales of the Tempest (the only Escort title with an original plot/story), Tales of Eternia Online, etc.
Characters Announced
Stan(Stahn) Aileron from Tales of Destiny
Mighty Kongman (Bruiser Khang) from Tales of Destiny
Kratos Aurion from Tales of Symphonia
Luke fon Fabre from Tales of the Abyss
Anise Tatlin from Tales of the Abyss
Richter Abend from Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
Yuri Lowell from Tales of Vesperia
Shing Meteoryte from Tales of Hearts
Characters Anticipated or Leaked
Cless Alvein(Cress Albane) from Tales of Phantasia
Suzu Fujibayashi from Tales of Phantasia
Rutee Katrea(Kartret) from Tales of Destiny
Philia Philis(Felice) from Tales of Destiny
Lion(Leon) Magnus from Tales of Destiny
Woodrow(Garr) Kelvin from Tales of Destiny
Rid(Reid) Hershel from Tales of Eternia
Farah Oersted from Tales of Eternia
Barbatos Goetia from Tales of Destiny 2
Lloyd Irving from Tales of Symphonia
Colette Brunel from Tales of Symphonia
Senel Coolidge from Tales of Legendia
Tear Grants from Tales of the Abyss
Developer: Namco Tales Studios
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Original Character Artwork: Kosuke Fujishima, Matsumi Inomata, Kazuto Nakazawa (speculated, no official word)
Series: Tales (of)
Platform: Playstation Portable
Release Date: Summer 2009 in Japan, TBA in America/Europe, etc
Genre: Role Playing Game, Fighting
Mode: Single Player, Multiplayer
Rating: TBA
Tales of VS takes place in a world called Dailantia, the main source of energy is mana which is produced by the World Tree. The people of Dailantia continue to live a mana-rich world using mana for the advancement of their civilization. Eventually the people exhaust the World Tree to a stage where the tree is only able to bear fruit once every 3 years, called the Great Harvest.
Kingdoms began to fight over the Great Harvest, causing war to become rampant throughout Dailantia. These kingdoms decided to come up with a diplomatic solution to end the war called the World Tree Agreement, this involved a tournament being held to decide the rightful owner of each Great Harvest without waging war. This tournament known as the Yggdrasill Battle, participants include independent individual who fight to gain control of the Great Harvest for himself or herself, royalties who fight to prove themselves as warriors and Cigruses who are the strongest warriors of each kingdom. The winner of the Yggdrasill Battle gain the rightful control of the Great Harvest.
~wikipedia.org
Trailer to Tales of VS.
I'm patiently, yet eagerly waiting for all of these games, A great addition to the Wii, which is what the console needs, A great RPG with new features, that I so dearly hope for localization and DLC, and a reason to buy a PSP. What more could a fan ask for?
Looks like it'll be a blast though. Is the multiplayer confirmed? I keep tellin myself it needs to have Estelle, but I kinda wonder who all WILL wind up in the game. Senal would be pretty kool, but they might actually have to "balance" his ***. XD I dunno. They got choices.
