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Tales of Symphonia Unisonant Pack announced for PS3 [Screens/Videos in OP]

Totally buying this. I loved Symphonia. DotNW... not so much, but it wasn't terrible. It had the best skits and Tenebrae was awesome. So were some of the remixes/music in general.
 

Sandfox

Member
They've done this before though with localizations (Vesperia/DotNW). Especially since there'd be much less work for the Symphonia collection.

The difference is that these are coming out on the same console and they probably haven't even started working on Xillia 2 yet.
 

FSLink

Banned
it's not really a good game. Reusing most towns and areas also, only that theyre worse.

It's decent if you go into it knowing it's a lower budget spinoff instead of a fully fledged sequel. Especially when compared to most of the other spinoffs of the series. I don't think it's a great game at all, but I had fun with it being an extended epilogue of sorts.


Flamfas said:
so now the only question is what they do with the voices when they localize

Get the original cast back for the new PS2 content, or have the DotNW cast re-voice the entire Symphonia?

I can see the DotNW cast revoicing it yeah. It's either that or keep the new content silent.
 

luokyl

Member
Rewatching the stream, the framerate for Tales of Symphonia 1 is so silky smooth. (looks much better than on GC)

I NEED THIS NOW.
 

Sophia

Member
The worst part of Dawn of the New World was the monster system was totally silly when they had such a fleshed out cast at their disposal. That, and the antagonists weren't as good.

I can see the DotNW cast revoicing it yeah. It's either that or keep the new content silent.

I am almost 100% certain we'll get the new cast. Also probably get Soshite Boku ni Dekiru Koto or an instrumental as the opening, seeing as it appears to be based off the PS2 version.
 

Proven

Member
I don't understand why some of you guys are assuming X2 won't be localized just because of this announcement. Am i missing something?
Kayos made a decent argument. Basically, Namco logic.
They've done this before though with localizations (Vesperia/DotNW). Especially since there'd be much less work for the Symphonia collection.
I dunno, that was done at the beginning of a generation and it was years ago...
Didn't Tales of the Abyss 3D and Tales of Graces F come out in the same year over here? Doesn't seem entirely impossible for it to happen again...
Much more recent and better example...
 

vareon

Member
I can barely remember anything from DoTNW besides the main character is Yugi from Yugioh. Kinda wanted to replay it.
 

Rocky

Banned
on one hand full voiced skits , on the other hand the new voice actors are not as good as the old....

Actually, a couple of the voice actors were the same ones as the first. Like Heather Hogan reprised Colette and the great Tara Strong returned as Presea.

However, the other big names that didn't return were sorely missed, especially Jennifer Hale as Sheena. I still enjoyed TOS2 though, the only thing I didn't like was the on-rails feeling of the world map.

This will be a Day 0 buy for me if/when it gets localized.
 

Jaroof

Member
No way... that's awesome!
I loved the original Tales of Symphonia. One of my favorite RPGs..
I have yet to play Dawn of the New World.
 

FSLink

Banned
I am almost 100% certain we'll get the new cast. Also probably get Soshite Boku ni Dekiru Koto or an instrumental as the opening, seeing as it appears to be based off the PS2 version.
Starry Heavens plays in the trailer. I do wonder if we'll get both openings (at least in the JP version) and I wonder how they'll handle it in the US version. Bring back the old US opening or bring the JP opening like they're doing with Xillia.

Can't believe people were seriously expecting a remake. lol.

I was hoping for a Destiny remake like miracle, haha. I'll take this though if it's 60 FPS.
 

Proven

Member
I can barely remember anything from DoTNW besides the main character is Yugi from Yugioh. Kinda wanted to replay it.

You see, I hate this. I manage to avoid linking characters like this. Like right before DotNW first released someone had to tell me that Emil had the same actor doing the same voices as Renton from Eureka Seven (a dub I liked) and Ichigo from Bleach (a dub I hated). I couldn't un-hear it...
 

Sophia

Member
Starry Heavens plays in the trailer. I do wonder if we'll get both openings (at least in the JP version) and I wonder how they'll handle it in the US version. Bring back the old US opening or bring the JP opening like they're doing with Xillia.

Well, Namco has been using the actual openings in recent years. So I guess there's a slim possibility we might get Starry Heavens.
 

alexein

Member
best news ofor tales fans, but i'm afraid because it will go out when theres already next gen and if its sell bad were once more doomed.
 

Yazuka

Member
I feel like I am getting overhyped right now! Best news I've had gotten for a while.
Damn, I am so happy right now. Glad we'll be getting it.
 

HawthorneKitty

Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
You see, I hate this. I manage to avoid linking characters like this. Like right before DotNW first released someone had to tell me that Emil had the same actor doing the same voices as Renton from Eureka Seven (a dub I liked) and Ichigo from Bleach (a dub I hated). I couldn't un-hear it...
He has a name; a godly name.
 

FSLink

Banned
Well, Namco has been using the actual openings in recent years. So I guess there's a slim possibility we might get Starry Heavens.
I think it's a high chance actually. They've been keeping them outside of lower budget titles like DotNW. I just wonder if we'll get the US opening too.

You see, I hate this. I manage to avoid linking characters like this. Like right before DotNW first released someone had to tell me that Emil had the same actor doing the same voices as Renton from Eureka Seven (a dub I liked) and Ichigo from Bleach (a dub I hated). I couldn't un-hear it...

Lloyd's original VA was Robin from Teen Titans. :p (With Presea sharing hers with Raven from Teen Titans).

He has a name; a godly name.
Paging Aeana.
 
best news ofor tales fans, but i'm afraid because it will go out when theres already next gen and if its sell bad were once more doomed.
I wouldn't worry too much about that. Sony consoles have very long lifespans even after their predecessors come out.
 

Kincaido

Got 99 problems and only one of them is a waifu
This would be the greatest port ever if you could mute Colette for the whole game or kill her off.
 

Flamfas

Member
I can see the DotNW cast revoicing it yeah. It's either that or keep the new content silent.

Or attempt to get the old cast again. I think the issue with getting them back for DotNW is that they went union with Symphonia but not with DotNW. Maybe they will be willing to go union again? From what I can tell, Xillia's VA job might be union.

But yeah, who knows what they will do. Hoping the get the originals, but I'm expecting the new cast or silent extras.
 

zeopower6

Member
Starry Heaven ver 2013? The hell? Didn't Day After Tomorrow stop in 2005?

Either way, that's pretty awesome.

I think it's credited to Me/misono instead of day after tomorrow since they don't exist anymore. :p Would be really odd if they got back together just for this though...

You know, if they played the 2013 version of the song, it certainly doesn't sound all that different tbh even though it's supposed to be a new arrangement.
 

Seda

Member
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Expected response.
 

FSLink

Banned
I think it's credited to Me/misono instead of day after tomorrow since they don't exist anymore. :p Would be really odd if they got back together just for this though...

You know, if they played the 2013 version of the song, it certainly doesn't sound all that different tbh.

ToS2's opening is ver.2013 as well though.
 

FlynnCL

Unconfirmed Member
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Gamecube version of Symphonia ran at 60fps yet the framerate in the PS2 port had to be cut in half. The graphics were cut back a bit, too.

I wonder if that'll change in this HD upgrade...?
 

FSLink

Banned
Yeah, but Ninin Sankyaku was always attributed to just 'misono' so it's not as weird, I guess.

Yeah but it's still weird to add "ver.2013" when it's already credited properly.
The instruments sound a bit different too for the songs but it might just be the quality of the stream.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Gamecube version of Symphonia ran at 60fps yet the framerate in the PS2 port had to be cut in half. The graphics were cut back a bit, too.

I wonder if that'll change in this HD upgrade...?

The game looks smoother from the trailer, but it's hard to gauge with a low quality trailer from a stream. The textures look much better at least, and I'd expect the awful load times to be fixed from the PS2 version too.
 

duckroll

Member
I think it's credited to Me/misono instead of day after tomorrow since they don't exist anymore. :p Would be really odd if they got back together just for this though...

You know, if they played the 2013 version of the song, it certainly doesn't sound all that different tbh even though it's supposed to be a new arrangement.

You don't need to get a band back together to make a new remix of an old song. The vocals are probably not going to change.
 
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