The Tales of Vesperia trailer, destination console unknown

by Christopher Grant { Dec 26th 2007 at 6:15PM }

First unveiled at Jump Festa last week, Tales of Vesperia is the latest entry in Namco's long running "Tales" series. Following up on that announcement, the above trailer was released today but, since our Japanese is pretty rusty (read: non-existent), we'll concentrate on what we did notice: there's no console listed.

While they're not naming a destination console for the title – the last three were released for PS2 – the meta tags on the official site originally listed "Xbox 360." Though they've since removed that reference, we suspect we could be seeing a cross-platform Tales game.

[Thanks, Torin]

Tags: BreakingNews, Japan, Namco, Tales-of-Vesperia

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

mr nimblewick @ Dec 26th 2007 6:21PM

Wow, looks like a cartoon. Nice. I don't think it has enough tough-looking men and blood to be on the 360.

ZapDash @ Dec 26th 2007 6:31PM

I can't wait for the day playing a cartoon game looks the same as watching a cartoon. Especially a DBZ 3D Fighter.

For now though, this is pretty good.

Huey2k2 @ Dec 26th 2007 6:33PM

Har Har. Two can play at that game, (Insert 360 exclusive here) doesn't have enough androgynous teenage boys or 3 hour long cutscenes to be on the PS3.

I r so clevar.

Jake11 @ Dec 26th 2007 7:28PM

doesnt have enough shitty graphics to be on the wii...

I kid. go PSWii60!

ZapDash @ Dec 26th 2007 11:22PM

I just re-read what I posted and I realized something:

A DBZ fighter that is the same as the cartoon would involve twenty minutes of charging up and grunting after every attack.

tyetheczar @ Dec 27th 2007 8:26AM

Umm.. it's not a "cartoon" that it looks like. You're supposed to say anime. Cartoons are usually the kids stuff. Animated shows are geared towards no specific/ older audience. And anime is the latter but with that Japanese look you see in it. And it's made in Japan(Duh).

Princess Skittles @ Dec 27th 2007 8:58AM

Wow, people like you (along with the monumentally horrible shows) were the reason I've never been able to enjoy Japanese cartoons. Pompous isn't strong enough of a word.

sheppy2.0 @ Dec 26th 2007 6:40PM

I think console exclusitivity on this one will hinge more on which console sells more copies of Trusty Bell (Eterna Sonata). Because 360 didn't seem too keen on that game, but PS3 hasn't had it's chance to throw support that way. Then again, it could be multiplat.

RD @ Dec 26th 2007 6:44PM

Wow! Something new today!

In other news, I'm glad that Joystiq let their writers have a day off. Kudos!

Christopher Grant @ Dec 26th 2007 6:54PM

Day off? All those slackers are fired, FIRED I SAY! ;-)

Hashbrown_Hunter @ Dec 26th 2007 7:01PM

I'm really liking the art direction of the game. Looks 10x better than the Naruto game imo.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Dec 26th 2007 7:15PM

Whether it's an exclusive or not, this thing is going to the 360.

dan stabbingworth @ Dec 26th 2007 7:33PM

Still waiting for the obligatory/annoying "that would look great on the Wii!" post.

Mr.ESC @ Dec 26th 2007 9:38PM

I would look great in the Wii!!
Did I win?

Now in a serious note why is this franchise so popular?

Zorink @ Dec 26th 2007 7:16PM

If it's anything like ToS it should be epic. ToS is still in my top games of all time.

krazy @ Dec 26th 2007 7:45PM

YAY another tale game it better not be termed base if it is not for me, xbox 360 please!

Wilson @ Dec 26th 2007 8:00PM

Whoa, please get this on the 360 here ;_;, it looks awesome!

ThornedVenom @ Dec 26th 2007 8:06PM

All I could see was the Production IG name credit mention....

Serious note: It'd be the BOMB if it were on the Wii. But I'm still grumpy because I still don't have my DS version.

James @ Dec 26th 2007 8:34PM

I'm just getting into the series. My girlfriend keeps telling me to play ToS but I can't stand playing RPGs on consoles. So I'm hoping for a PSP or DS port? Pwetty pwwweeeeze?

Kouheikun @ Dec 26th 2007 9:13PM

Wait, so you prefer playing for long sessions on a handheld, rather than on a console? I'm the opposite. I can't stand playing on a handheld for more than an hour. And I definitely play RPGs for at least a few hours in one sitting.

Anywho, Tales of Eternia is available on the PSP, but only in Europe, Australia, and Japan. I wouldn't bother with Tales of the World on the PSP, it's a crossover spin-off for the Tales fans.

James @ Dec 27th 2007 1:03PM

Yea I've just started on Tales of Eternia.

I just don't like running through menus and stuff on a big screen. It's odd I know. Only just started playing FF7 now I can finally play it on a handheld.

Golden Sun is pretty much my most beautiful puppy so far.

Deviation @ Dec 26th 2007 8:53PM

Yeah, that's certainly the Eternal Sonata engine. I wonder if it'll be multi-platform day and date this time, or if it will be another timed exclusive?

Tamer Brad @ Dec 26th 2007 9:00PM

I've never played any of the Tales games, but that graphical style is absolutely beautiful.

BigD145 @ Dec 26th 2007 9:09PM

Good cell shading doesn't need a PS3 or 360. PS2 RPG's FTW.

dan stabbingworth @ Dec 26th 2007 10:33PM

Okami FTW

and people complained about Wind Waker

Hashbrown_Hunter @ Dec 27th 2007 5:22AM

I thought Wind Waker was simply gorgeous. One of the best looking games I've ever played, even after playing these next-gen/current-gen games.

Ed @ Dec 27th 2007 5:49PM

I never had a problem with windwaker's grafix. In fact I prefered the grafixs over the dingy LoZ:MM grafix by far.

Squeek @ Dec 26th 2007 9:37PM

I'm hoping it won't end up on PS3 / 360 seeing as I have neither, but the reasons why it could be are pretty convincing.

1) Namco/Bandai already announced a Tales for PSP, DS, Wii, and PS2. Now, to be fair, the PSP and PS2 games are remakes, so it's still possible this is a PS2 game.

2) The trailer is in 720p. If it's truly in-game footage, it's possible that it's an HD game. Wii only goes up to 480p.

Regardless, the Tales series is always top class in the RPG world. I might just have to get a 360 / PS3 if it remains an exclusive for these consoles.

By the way, people seemed to ignore the fact that Tales of the Abyss exists. It came out last year after the success of Symphonia, and I daresay it's even better than Symphonia. Abyss was the game that made me finally crack down and get a PS2.

Mr.ESC @ Dec 26th 2007 9:43PM

I heard "Tales of" series are crazy popular but for all that I have seen the franchise seems quite generic and before all Jrpg fans say "Well you play generic shooters sucka" is the story really that good,the gameplay or what makes the franchise so good?

GD86 @ Dec 26th 2007 10:07PM

The Tales series, at least as long as I've been playing has had these advantages:

1) The real time battle system so every single battles is more then just sitting around and pressing a button to pick an action for the turn. Actually plays out more like a fighting game during battles.
2) You can plug in other controls and let other people join in taking this JRPG from unintended multiplayer to full on multiplayer.
3) You can avoid just about all the battles so if you don't feel like grinding in the castle of infinite sorrow you don't have to and can just get right to the boss.
4) Full voice acting. Not always full quality voice acting but usually either acceptable to good or MST3K level bad.

But the stories are generic JRPG fare and the battle system is evolving, but very slowly.

James B @ Dec 27th 2007 6:21AM

The Tales' games tend to have pretty decent storylines too, so that combined with what GD86 said makes them very good by JRPG standards. I actually think that Tales of Symphonia is better than FF12, but that might be because I hated the battle system in FF12 more than anything else.

Anyway, I'm convinced that that's a 360/PS3 game. No other consoles have games that display in wide screen by default, and those kind of graphics would just not happen on a PS2 or Wii. I'm kinda anxious though, the last 2 Tales games on PS2 (Legendia and Abyss) never made it to Europe. On the other hand, we did get Tales of the World and Tales of Eternia on PSP, so I guess there's hope.