Namco Bandai considering Tales of Vesperia sequel

by Xav de Matos on Oct 18th 2009 2:00PM

During an event celebrating the recent theatrical release of Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike in Japan, Namco Bandai's Makoto Yoshizumi said there is a strong internal desire to develop a sequel to Xbox 360 and PlayStation Tales of Vesperia. According to Yoshizumi, staff have questioned whether a Vesperia 2 is in the publishers future, leaving him to jokingly respond, "Don't talk like a fan!" "We're thinking about it," he told press during the creator discussion in Japan's Shinjuku district.

According to the panel, Vesperia's story is far from over as Namco Bandai is already brainstorming ideas if the opportunity for a new film in the series arises. "I don't know when it will happen, but we'd like to show [these things] in video form," Namco Bandai's general manager told those in attendance. Hopefully Namco Bandai will release a potential sequel for all platforms simultaneously, otherwise we may have a repeat situation of angry Japanese gamers on our hands.

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Tags: makoto-yoshizumi, Microsoft, namco, namco-bandai, tales-of-vesperia, tales-of-vesperia-first-strike, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (56)

GTFO now.

huh?

I can see how they make a sequel to Vesperia, actually.

*SPOILERS*
The newly created elemental spirits were a little less than too kin on humanity. They were a bit on the side of megalomania and creeped the heck out of me.
*END SPOILERS*

Also Lost Odyssey is the best console RPG ever, despite it's flaws, if only because of the darker art, grittier story and having less Pokemons and more monsters. Still liked Vesperia, though, and would like to see a sequel. Maybe have Karol all grown up. And MUTE.

My question would be, "Is Patty still going to be a loli pirate or is she actually going to grow up?"

I just got my Japanese PS3 copy of Tales of Vesperia, by the way.

I would really want to see a PS3 or Xbox360 sequel. The first one was tad short, in my opinion. It's a really good game nonetheless. I'm a sucker for anime-style games. :)