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Tales of Vesperia and Raiden IV were made available on the Xbox 360 Games on Demand Marketplace today. Currently an Xbox 360 exclusive, Tales will also be getting a PS3 release later this year.
XSEED’s Tom Lipschultz made several more comments about the possibility of his company localizing the Japan-only “Tales of” games in North America.
XSEED’s Localization Specialist Tom Lipschultz comments about the possibility publishing the “Tales of” Japan-only games on the PSP and Playstation 3 for North America.
NIS America’s Nao Zook comments about the possibility of them localizing the Playstation 3 version of the popular RPG, Tales of Vesperia, for North America.
"PlayStation 3-owning fans of the Tales series will be sad to hear that currently Namco Bandai has no plans to release the PS3 port of the 2008 Japanese role-playing game in the US. The port hit shelves in Japan last September and is about to get a combination anime/downloadable content Blu-Ray this May."
Tales of Vesperia is due to receive some more new costumes from some of the older Namco characters. More particularly from Klonoa, Soulcalibur, and Xenosaga. Furthermore these releases are exclusive to Playstation 3.
Get Excited.
"Other Tales heroes spiritually found way into Tales of Vesperia, sort of. Their outfits made it into the game.
If you have the PlayStation 3 version, you can purchase costumes that make Flynn look like Lukas from Tales of Tempest and change Patty into Mithos from Tales of Symphonia. Each costume goes for 300 yen or $3.47 by today’s exchange rate."
"Namco Bandai is officially rolling out their downloadable content plan for Tales of Graces and the first digital download will be a set of Tales of Vesperia outfits.
Pre-order Tales of Graces and you get a code to access three costumes. Asbel gets Yuri’s outfit, Sophie turns into pirate girl Patty, and Sheria dresses like Rita.
For comparison’s sake here are the same characters in their original outfits. Gotta love Asbel’s disco suit!"
"One of the questions concerned a possible sequel for the original Vesperia game and the movie. Regarding the game sequel, Yoshizumi said that during meetings, staff would ask him, "Will you be making Vesperia 2?" to which he would respond, "Don't talk like a fan!". "It appears that [within the company] there's a desire to make part 2," he said. "We're thinking about it.""
In the first public day of this year's Tokyo Game Show, Namco Bandai held a stage event for their two main Tales titles for this year: Tales of Graces for the Wii, and Tales of Vesperia for the PlayStation 3.
Producer Hideo Baba confirmed that Graces will be releases this December in Japan, and that preorders will open on October 8th. Those that preorder Graces will receive a postcard when preordering, and an additional bonus when picking up the game. Additionally, Korean pop star BoA wi...
In this week's Famitsu there was new information for Namco Bandai's upcoming Tales games Tales of Graces for the Wii and Tales of Vesperia for the PS3.
Concerning Tales of Graces, Famitsu reintroduces the characters revealed in Jump magazine last week. The red-headed girl's official name is Cheria Barnes, who uses knife-throwing skills and spells. Hubert Ozwell is the blue-haired male character who switches between double blades and twin pistols. Tales of Graces will also use the Chain ...
Rpgmonkey's Tales news blog has come across scans from Jump magazine with new information on Namco Bandai's three upcoming Tales of titles, Tales of Graces for the Wii, Tales of Versus for the PSP, and Tales of Vesperia for the PS3.
For Tales of Graces, two more characters have been named/revealed. The red-headed girl seen in previous Tales of Graces media is Sheila Burns, the granddaughter of Asbel's butler, who holds faint feelings for him, and is a user of healing magic. The guy, Hube...
Namco Bandai has provided some more news on the trio of Tales games that are being released.
Tales of Vesperia for the PS3 now has a Japanese release date of September 17. PS3 will be having some additions not featured in the 360 version. However, it will set Japanese gamers back 7,800 yen ($80).
They've given more information on the heroine starring in Tales of Graces for the Wii. "Sophie" suffers from amnesia when she meets Asbel, who provides her with the name. Not much else is known...
"PS3 owners should count their lucky stars that they're getting the game later this fall. It won't make an RPG lover out of an RPG hater, but for fans of the genre it's a must buy. Oh, and did I mention? Free shipping! Go buy it now if you haven't already."
The PS3 version of Tales of Vesperia will have a few more bells and whistles than its 360 counterpart, according to a announcement Bandai Namco made today. The character Flynn will apparently receive more screentime in the remake, as well as new arts, skits and two new bosses.
Whilst this news will most likely only appeal to a very small number of us at Gamegrep, it's still great to note. Tales of Vesperia has finally been pinned down to a set date and will be released in PAL territories on the 26th June 2009!
Be sure to keep checking back for when the full website goes live!
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"The world of Terca Lumireis is in transition. Ten years of peace have led to an uneasy truce between the Empire and guilds, which desire to live by their own rules. Controlling the ancient technology known as “blastia,” the Empire has provided safety and prosperity to its citizens, but the people have grown uneasy with the heavy hand of their government. As former Imperial Knight Yuri Lowell, players will explore the complex relationship between blastia, the government and its people, setting..."
"To be released some time this year, Tales of Vesperia the animated film will be helmed by Kanta Kamei, a prolific key animator making his directorial debut. Other information to be found in the blurb was limited to the film's studio (Kadokawa Pictures) and lead voice actor (Kosuke Toriumi, who portrayed hero Yuri in the original game).
[...] one has to wonder if the film isn't being designed to cross-promote something. A PlayStation 3 version, perhaps?"
Well, it looks like Namco Bandai is at it again. News of Tales of Vesperia's downloadable content has hit the internet, and boy is it a doozy.
So, how would you like 5 levels for 200 Microsoft points? Or maybe an even better deal: 10 levels for 300 Points? Or maybe you're short on cash... how's 300,000 Gald for 300 Points sound?
Scamco's holding true to form.
Namco Bandai Games have announced that they are planning on releasing a Special Edition version of Tales of Vesperia for the Xbox 360 that will be priced at $69.99. The Special Edition will feature a Steelbook case as well as a 10th anniversary soundtrack CD.
This is yet to have a release date though it is stated to only be available in limited quantities.
The latest installment in the Tales series of RPGs, the Xbox 360-exclusive Tales of Vesperia, was announced at Microsoft's RPG Premiere 2008 earlier today to have an August 7th release date in Japan, with a North American release to follow later that month. A European release is being scheduled for 2009.
Publisher Namco Bandai has stated that a demo for the game will be available in Japan sometime this month. The demo is assumed to be headed stateside, based on precedent with Eternal Son...
With the new edition of High Definition consoles now in stores and selling rapidly like wild fire, the world of video gaming in of itself, is quickly changing. Not long ago you loomed around lazily playing games with a quality so cringing, you literally wanted to rip your eyes out right then and there. But with the new release of all these astounding consoles such as The Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3, the world of gaming has been brightened up and much, much more energizing.
But now, we ...
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