Tales of Graces coming to PS3, new Tales game revealed

by Alexander Sliwinski on Jul 28th 2010 12:00PM

Tales of Graces and a new, currently unnamed Tales of title are on the way to PlayStation 3, according to info leaked from Japanese mag Jump (translated by Andriasang). Tales of Graces F will be the second entry in Namco Bandai's popular RPG series to ditch platform exclusivity before undergoing enhancement for PS3. The formerly Wii-exclusive title will get a facelift and some added features before it debuts in Japan this winter (possibly to the sound of snapping game discs).

Namco has also revealed plans to release Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 on PSP sometime in 2011. We'll let you know as soon as the publisher shares its plans for North America and Europe.

Update: Namco currently has no plans to release "Tales of Graces (PS3)" in North America.

Source: Andriasang

Tags: Namco, Namco-Bandai, playstation, ps3, psp, RPG, sony, tales-of, tales-of-graces, Tales-of-the-World, Tales-of-the-World-Radiant-Mythology-3

Reader Comments (41)

I guess I should give up on waiting for Tales of Vesperia >_>

@TheCollectiveX

That's the one I really want for the PS3...

@TheCollectiveX @Wiizer
Or you guys can just give up understanding the story and import the Japanese version for your PS3. :o) At least you still get to play the game, right?

@TheCollectiveX It's pathetic they have no NA plans for this game on PS3, it should be a simultaneous release. I think FF-XIII and Demon's Souls alone should prove the market will support it here.

@TheCollectiveX

I have *never* gotten why Japan is so insistent on not releasing good games abroad.

....and they WONDER why they are doing so badly vs. western games now, its kinda their own d@mn fault...this is yet another reason why.

@WINterfang Yeah but sometimes even more than one game comes out a year.

Also I am sick of Tales and this game of barely giving more games out of Japan.

@WINterfang

I was very pessimistic about them. Coming from the Final Fantasy games, I thought they would be total rip-offs, but they're actually very entertaining.

The battle system is probably one of the best in an RPG. Active fighting, moving around the arena, and you can have a second player control one of the characters.

@WINterfang Tales of Vesperia was the best JRPG I played for this console gen that we are on and would gladly pay another $60 for the extra content on the ps3.

So this pretty much means that Graces won't be getting released outside of Japan, at all.

That pisses me off. Looking forward to this for so long. F***ing Namco.

Thank god for fan translation groups.

I've given up all hope that Bamco is going to get some business sense and do what Atlus does with its releases in the US: Take preorders, then make enough copies to fill them, and a few extra. That would work for Vesperia PS3, I can assure you*

*I can't assure you

So, no Vesperia on PS3 in NA? Thanks..

@Faenix They're not going to bring Graces or the new PS3 one out here either.

It's pretty much impossible for me to care about any Tales-related announcement when Namco Bandai seems to have more or less given up on localizing any games in this series whatsoever.

@gatotsu911

this

f*** namco-bandai

Nooooo, I want VESPERIA on my PS3, :(

Was waiting on Vesperia on ps3.... bastards

Xbox 360 users get screwed by Namco again... and NA gets screwed in general. Why Namco? Why?

@(Unverified) If you read what they say they are pretty much taking from the Wii and putting it on the PS3. All I can see is disappointment in what some PS3 users might want.

As for Tales of Vesperia....the game is awesome.

@Follisimo

What I'm trying to say is ToV was released on 360 which was good. Then they made a more complete version for PS3. That's how 360 users got screwed. But since they didn't bring it to NA, that's how USA gets screwed. But since the only ToV in America is the 360 one, 360 users rejoice (myself included). As for this Graces game, 360 doesn't even get a version and it's probably unlikely to be released here so we all get screwed again.

Something like that.

In regards to tales of vesperia for ps3, what's the chances that it's a 2 year exclusivity contract holding them back? I believe I heard about one somewhere, and such a contract would end in august right? They had troy baker doing more voice work, maybe they are preparing for contract to end?

@Chibilaharl That explanation may have worked to explain the lack of plans for a localization of Vesperia PS3, but now that they have announced that Graces is japan only, it pretty much confirms that they are not under any sort of restriction to localize it, they just aren't going to.

So after waiting for the NA release since last year, in the end we won't get Tales of Graces here? AT ALL?

F**k you Namco.

OK Namco, here's the deal. In my left hand I hold a heavy wooden mallet. In my right hand I hold a cheagle. Let's say I took that mallet and smashed it against the cheagle's head. What would happen? That's right, minced cheagle.

Here's what's going to happen. You're going to release more Tales games in NA, and I'll let the cheagle go free. If you don't localize more Tales games, the cheagle gets it. Think of the cheagle, Namco.

Does joystiq ever respond with the question " is there a specific reason you aren't releasing it?

Gah! Why even report on it if we in NA can't benefit from it? I'm not learning Japanese, I can't even speak English and French well.

@iFester

I'd actually rather they talk about it because it shows a desire for the game to release here in North America, which could possibly push Namco into releasing it here.

I mean, it's a slim chance and it's very hopeful, but I think it could happen.

@WINterfang The Tales series is one of my fav rpg series, I highly recommend trying them out! And you can play them all with up to 3 friends (except Tales of Legendia, which is one player) it can be a blast!

So will we ever see these games coming out in English?

Namco can suck it.

NO FUN ZONE

Anyone else down for an email campaign to jump start their asses?

I'm so glad I have a PS3 and a 360 because Tales of Vesperia is fantastic and should not be missed!

Goddamn it's rough to be a western fan of JRPGs in this current generation

For god's sake Namco, first Vesperia, now this? What are you, trying to piss off the PS3 userbase outside of Japan or something?

Guess that leaves waiting for Persona 5.

Let's wait for "ultimate version" of 360 this time ;P

Hell I'm still upset we got Tales of the World for PSP, a piece of crap, and not Tales of Eternia, which came out in Europe. Do the Tales games sell that badly in the USA?

@Jacksons Sales are irrelevant if you have any clue about business. They just need to take a hint from Atlus; Publish a bit at a time. As long as you don't have lingering stock, every sale is a plus compared to nothing.

@koehler83 By your logic, every game ever made would be available worldwide, but that isn't the case. There's licensing, there's localization costs, there's an approval process through SCEA, production and distribution..

Sales are not irrelevant, sales are critical.

Where is Vesperia?

Not a big fan of the series but I'm curiously curious about this one.

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Tales of Graces

Tales of Graces coming to PS3, new Tales game revealed

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