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[Pooya]

http://www.kingdom-of-tales.net/news-478.html
http://gematsu.com/2011/06/report-tales-series-at-the-japan-expo

pamphlet ad handed out at Japan expo. NA release date must be around same time I think

 

[Trojita]

What's up with that box art.

 

[_Ace_]

Vive Nintendo France.

 

[Frost_Ace]

Awesome! Will be my first tales game B)

 

[ShockingAlberto]

That box seems like it has given up already.

 

[Jarmel]

What's up with that box art.

Nice and simple, just the way I like it.

Now where is the USA release date?

 

[Nocturnowl]

Well this is certainly a pleasant surprise, a much faster release than expected.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Nice and simple, just the way I like it.

Now where is the USA release date?

Haven't you heard? US gets the shaft this gen when it comes to gaming.

 

[RpgN]

That's more like Winter instead of Autumn! It's later than expected, I was hoping around September as that would give enough time until I'm done with Zelda OOT. Oh well, at least November and December will be having more awesome games!

 

[CruxisMana]

D:

 

[Pooya]

that boxart is probably placeholder.

 

[LiK]

What's up with that box art.

it worked for Final Fantasy.

 

[Magicpaint]

Let's hope that's not the box art.

 

[JustAnotherOtaku]

At least it's not another September release! Day one without a doubt, never played it on PS2 and have been meaning to buy it for years.

 

[Special J]

reminds me of the art from Megami-sama

edit: that solves it... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kōsuke_Fujishima

 

[daffy]

BoxartGAF rearing its ugly head

;P

 

[Disguises]

Nice. I've only played Tales of Symphonia on GC, but it was one of my favourite games. Never had a PS2, so I'll probably get this.

 

[wrowa]

What's up with that box art.

It's called "placeholder".

 

[Poyunch]

It's called "placeholder".

But the game's five months away. That stuff should be finalized by now!

 

[Lambtron]

Sigh, great timing Namco.

 

[InternHertz]

It's coming A LOT sooner than I thought it would.
Good for us, but I'm still going with the japanese version anyway. Hoping it arrives soon!

 

[Urban Scholar]

That box seems like it has given up already.

Ahha

 

[Suzzopher]

Love the simple box art, looks like a classic Euro Final Fantasy cover.

Glad to see this is coming this year, it will be my Christmas RPG

 

[CruxisMana]

Love the simple box art, looks like a classic Euro Final Fantasy cover.

Taking the spot that Final Fantasy XIII left.

Spoiler

Bought the LE.

But Xenoblade and this will fill the rest of my year.

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

it worked for Final Fantasy.

Was going to post this. Until FFXIII, every mainline FF had the plain white/ logo boxart. They probably figure it can't hurt to give it a try for Tales.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

November's gonna be intense

 

[grandjedi6]

But the game's five months away. That stuff should be finalized by now!

Namco

 

[Jeels]

This was always set as a 2011 date for every region so I'm not sure why people are surprised by how early it is. If anything, it is later than what I initially thought.

 

[Rekubot]

And... delayed to November 25th, the same day Super Mario 3D Land comes out.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-10-11-tales-of-the-abyss-3ds-delayed-slightly

 

[Erethian]

And... delayed to November 25th, the same day Super Mario 3D Land comes out.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-10-11-tales-of-the-abyss-3ds-delayed-slightly

Actually it comes out one week after Super Mario 3D Land.

 

[Mr. Pointy]

I keep forgetting, but a UK copy of this should play on my Australian 3DS, right?

 

[Android18a]

There's ya PAL box

 

[Rikkun]

Wow, so..
18 Mario
18 Zelda SS
25 TotA

Luckily I'm not a Kirby fan.

Then there's 360..

 

[marc^o^]

Gaf, convince me to buy this game, I've never played a Tales of before.

 

[EhrgeizVII]

I keep forgetting, but a UK copy of this should play on my Australian 3DS, right?

Yes, they're both PAL-region.

 

[Gambit]

Cannot wait. I stopped playing the PS2-version when this port was announced, hoping that the loading times would be less galling. According to J-GAF that is the case, so I shall buy one of the few copies.

And since I am predominantly a handheld gamer nowadays this worked out very well indeed.

Nevertheless, I think it's sent out to die in November. (Had it come out during the drought, it might have been a decent hit)

 

[Tribes of Trusty]

Gaf, convince me to buy this game, I've never played a Tales of before.

The combat system is a little chaotic at certain moments but is very fun and rewarding.
The characters are likeable (Jade is awesome).
The game is long.
I liked the game's scenario.
It's portable.

 

[Oxx]

Hopefully there will still be copies available when I buy a 3DS when they release a hardware revision.

 

[TEJ]

The characters are likeable (Jade is awesome).
.

I can agree with Jade being awesome, but Luke throughout the entire game is one of the most obnoxious RPG protagonists i've ever seen. and then there's guy, who is likeable until you find out his outright stupid secret {which they try to make serious}.

 

[Tribes of Trusty]

Luke is a douche, but it is intentional. I think they way he evolves throughout the game was well done.

As for the other character, well, [SPOILERS] :

Spoiler

you must be talking about Guy, well, again I didn't think it was that stupid. The way it was handled by the characters after the reveal was indeed moronic though

 

[TEJ]

Luke is a douche, but it is intentional. I think they way he evolves throughout the game was well done.

He reminds me of Peggy Hill. Just because it's intentional doesn't make it much better.

And he's just as bad after his "evolution".

 

[Tribes of Trusty]

Well, we have different opinions I guess.

But overall the game is good.

 

[GasProblem]

Bought. Will be nice when I need to take a Skyrim/Battlefield break.

 

[TEJ]

But overall the game is good.

yeah. this version fixes the technical issues the PS2 version had, and I do love Jade.

 

[redlemon]

I really hope I'll be able to get the money to buy this when it comes out. I really enjoyed the ps2 version and it'd be nice to see if no slowdown cuts the game length.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

Gaf, convince me to buy this game, I've never played a Tales of before.

portable RPG, great characterizations, very long game, starving 3DS

this really needed to come out this month anyways

 

[Luigiv]

Cannot wait. I stopped playing the PS2-version when this port was announced, hoping that the loading times would be less galling. According to J-GAF that is the case, so I shall buy one of the few copies.

No need to simply take their word for it. See for yourself.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

No need to simply take their word for it. See for yourself.

holy mother of god...dem loading times

 

[ShellyDeKiller]

No need to simply take their word for it. See for yourself.

WTF?? O_O

 

[Tribes of Trusty]

When I see those loading times, I'm so glad I bought a network adapter to play it on a HDD...