Namco chases Tales to North America for Wii, Xbox 360
While Vesperia was first announced during Tokyo's Jump Festa event last December, the game's console destination had been something of a question mark until now. The game, which marks the franchise's first entry on Microsoft's console, will feature character designs by series stalwart Kosuke Fujishima of Oh My Goddess! and Gungrave fame, and promises "significant additions" to the series' action-heavy combat, a facet that has been Tale's defining feature since hit met points.
For those with a taste for nostalgia, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World will take place two years after the GameCube original, whisking Wii owners away on a journey wrought with discovery, old friends, and what we're sure will be plenty of waggle. There's also talk of being able to "recruit" more than 200 different monsters, no doubt pleasing those harboring an incessant need to "catch 'em all."
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http://wii.ign.com/articles/855/855146p1.html
it looks kinda bland to me
I lol'd. Very true. Though since when did Fujishima do Gungrave? I thought that was Nightow (of Trigun fame.)
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Or Linkin Park.
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See: Grandia II
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I was hoping they'd make it for the PS3, and it seemed like that was the most logical solution...
Tales of Phantasia: SNES, PSX, PSP
Tales of Destiny: PSX
Tales of Destiny 2: PSX, PSP
Tales of Eternia: PSX
Tales of Symphonia: GCN, PS2
Tales of Symphonia 2: Wii
Tales of Rebirth: PS2, PSP
Tales of Legendia: PS2
Tales of the Abyss: PS2
I mean, c'mon - they just screwed all of us who've followed the franchise loyally and don't have a 360.
It'll be the only American-Released Console Tales I can't play.
Lame.
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You're right, I forgot to mention the GBA Tales of Phantasia, as well as the two DS ones.
@creid
I REALLY hope you're right.
Interesting... Microsoft obviously has some sort of finacial arrangement with Namco to make these timed exclusives. Licesening fee wavied perhaps?
There is a Three Page Interview in the current Play Magazine, read it :)
Symphonia is what took my Tales-virginity.
Then I grabbed Legendia - not sure why every bashes it. It had it's flaws but I LOVED it.
Abyss was also amazing - I was glued to it for every second.
I order Destiny and Destiny 2 off of eBay shortly ago, I've just been kinda too busy to play them.
Hoping that the talk of it being a timed-exclusive is true, I'll just have to play through those to take up the wait time XD
As for Eternal Sonata, has anyone heard ANYTHING about that hitting North America, or is it a japan-only-ps3-release?
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Actually, straight from the devs, the use of the Wiimote will mainly be used for activating shortcuts to moves and the like. It'll also be used as a pointer on the map.
Also, the party mainly fights with 2 characters and 2 AI-controlled monsters that you've captured and "befriended". Though, you'll sometimes get cameo guest appearances as characters on your team.
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Come on, Final Fantasy is dead and you know it. FF 9 was the last truly great FF game, as far as I'm concerned.
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