Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World IGN Preview

Magimaster | July 01, 2008 | Previews | Wii

With the Tales of Symphonia sequel being released recently in Japan, the IGN Wii team take the game out for a test to see if it delivers. They seem to be pleasantly surprised with all the changes made by Namco, from capturing monsters to the updated FR:EE-LMBS battle system. From their initial hands-on impressions, the game seems to live up to the original.

The sequel to the GameCube's finest gift to Japanese role playing hit the Japanese Wii today through Namco Bandai. While Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World is due out for stateside release later this year, we decided to brave the crazy kanji with the import, titled Tales of Symphonia: Knights of Ratatosk.

Given how much more successful the Wii has been over the Cube, we imagine the audience for the new Symphonia title will be divided clearly between those who have played the original and those who've never even heard of it. Without giving away any spoilers, the former should be able to get right into Dawn of the New World, as despite the new hero and heroine, the past cast (including former main character Lloyd) play a major role here, right from the start.

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DusktoDawn | July 01, 2008

THIS IS A "MUST GET" TO THOSE WHO NEVER PLAYED THE 1ST ONE.
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Remino52 | July 01, 2008

I've played and beaten the first one. I can't believe it is already out in Japan.
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Livewire_19 | July 01, 2008

Hopefully it will be as good as the first and the story will be better.
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Pyrazor | July 01, 2008

I can't say I'm really fond of the whole raising animals to fight thing. It's like Symphonia mixed with Pokemon.

Is the team that made Symphonia actually making this? I know they're doing Vesperia but I'm not sure about this one.
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Magimaster | July 01, 2008

I'm really looking forward to this game. The original was one of the finest RPGs I've played with an addictive battle system. My only gripe with it was that the camera angle was horrible in cooperative battles. If they could change that then it'd be amazing. But then again since when are RPGs supposed to be multiplayer? Though I suppose it's better having a human player with half a brain than the CPUs for things like boss battles.
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DusktoDawn | July 02, 2008

Don't worry they fixed it in the ps2 one. Most likely the camera will be fixed in this one too.