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[The Alchemist Penguin]

Awesome news. I wasn't expecting to be playing a new Tales game for quite some time, and I had given up on Graces ever seeing an official translation. Day 1, Namco, just make sure to give Europe some love too!

 

[MoogPaul]

Look, can we all agree that no matter what system it gets released for that the best thing about this announcement is that Namco can't get talesofgraces.com because of a fan translation project?

 

[WickedLaharl]

normally i'd be really happy but i just paid $70 for graces last week.

fuck me i have bad luck.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Eh, the sticks feel a little worse but it doesn't really effect the gameplay at all from my experience.

I think you're making a big deal out of nothing. You're just used to the Wii controls, which is something people playing it on PS3 for the first time wouldn't even notice. Most people are used to playing 3d Tales on a PS2 controller or X360 controller.

Exactly.

 

[RPGCrazied]

When Graces F comes out all you PS3 owners better buy 3 each. That way Xillia won't be too far (within the decade).

Oh and that's right I said when.

Steelbook case plz. I loved the ToV one. I kinda miss the Artbooks they usually do for preorders. I have all 2 of them so far. Legendia, and ToS.

 

[Gravijah]

Look, can we all agree that no matter what system it gets released for that the best thing about this announcement is that Namco can't get talesofgraces.com because of a fan translation project?

Could always buy it from the peeps. or get thetalesofthegraces.com instead

 

[kafka rock opera]

normally i'd be really happy but i just paid $70 for graces last week.

fuck me i have bad luck.

Dont feel bad! It will help you learn Japanese which will come in handy when namco doesn't bring over other tales games later on!

 

[Canova]

normally i'd be really happy but i just paid $70 for graces last week.

fuck me i have bad luck.

return that thing. don't encourage Namco's bad practice

 

[Kasumi1970]

i remember reading about a Rumor of Tales of Graces coming to the wii from ign or some website.

 

[Eteric Rice]

i remember reading about a Rumor of Tales of Graces coming to the wii from ign or some website.

IGN.

Lol.

 

[Pooya]

Look, can we all agree that no matter what system it gets released for that the best thing about this announcement is that Namco can't get talesofgraces.com because of a fan translation project?

domain name is not an issue,
well
this is Tales of Vesperia EU official site
www.talesofvesperia.eu/

this is the NA one:
http://www.namcobandaigames.com/games/talesofvesperia/

they don't have any problem here

But those poor guys over at talesofgraces.com... I'm not sure how they feel about this.

 

[Amir0x]

Thank god it's the PS3 version. Now bring Tales of Abyss 3DS Scamco

 

[bubnbob]

But those poor guys over at talesofgraces.com... I'm not sure how they feel about this.

"Thank god, now we can work on Xenoblade awesome!"

 

[Eteric Rice]

Thank god it's the PS3 version. Now bring Tales of Abyss 3DS Scamco

Wait, where did you hear it was the PS3 version?

 

[Sadist]

i remember reading about a Rumor of Tales of Graces coming to the wii from ign or some website.

You mean this one

 

[AniHawk]

Thank god it's the PS3 version. Now bring Tales of Abyss 3DS Scamco

We already got Tales of the Abyss. I already got Tales of the Abyss.

 

[Gravijah]

We already got Tales of the Abyss. I already got Tales of the Abyss.

I didn't pick it up years ago because of supposed bugs/glitches. I regret that. :/

 

[RpgN]

Great news for Tales fans. The Graces F demo was pretty great and I still have the sealed copy somewhere. I hope they're looking into Tales of Abyss DS since it's impossible to import it

 

[Seda]

I didn't pick it up years ago because of supposed bugs/glitches. I regret that. :/

The only technical issue that i remember is that random battles on the overworld took a long time to load.

 

[Reknoc]

We already got Tales of the Abyss. I already got Tales of the Abyss.

We didn't get Tales of the Abyss. But I'm fine with an Eternia situation, that'd be cool as well.

 

[Bel Marduk]

I didn't pick it up years ago because of supposed bugs/glitches. I regret that. :/

There were no bugs/glitches from my nearly 100 hour Abyss experience.

The only technical issue that i remember is that random battles on the overworld took a long time to load.

Like 4-5 seconds.

 

[Gravijah]

There were no bugs/glitches from my nearly 100 hour Abyss experience.

Thus: Regret.

 

[Kasumi1970]

Thank god it's the PS3 version. Now bring Tales of Abyss 3DS Scamco

what.??? is this ture

 

[Amir0x]

Wait, where did you hear it was the PS3 version?

Tales of Graces F is the PS3 version of the game. Superior edition and all that. If the warped image in the op is right - which it definitely seems so - then it is what it is.

We already got Tales of the Abyss. I already got Tales of the Abyss.

If you consider that loading abomination "getting" Abyss, then sure. I on the other eagerly await the 3DS version where I can stomach playing for more than an hour because the loading isn't completely horrendous

 

[Bel Marduk]

Thus: Regret.

It's not too late to buy it now. I bought it a couple months ago...

 

[RPGCrazied]

The world map was pretty choppy in Abyss. Try rotating your camera next time you play.

 

[AniHawk]

I didn't pick it up years ago because of supposed bugs/glitches. I regret that. :/

I still consider it part of my backlog. Bought it in 2006. Put 2 hours into it in 2007 or 2008 and still haven't gotten back to it. Just got lost. Definitely don't remember any bugs or glitches (although it was only 2 hours).

I really need to go back and finish that one. That one and Nocturne.

 

[Gravijah]

It's not too late to buy it now. I bought it a couple months ago...

My backlog is enormous. Fucking gaming! Haha.

I still consider it part of my backlog. Bought it in 2006. Put 2 hours into it in 2007 or 2008 and still haven't gotten back to it. Just got lost. Definitely don't remember any bugs or glitches (although it was only 2 hours).

I really need to go back and finish that one. That one and Nocturne.

I need to finish Nocturne myself. I tried jumping into my save file a year or two ago and I couldn't figure out where the hell to go.

 

[StuBurns]

Happy for the fans, I guess this means Xillia is more likely now, which is cool.

 

[Quixzlizx]

Does HDLoader significantly help the TotA loading times?

 

[Rpgmonkey]

what.??? is this ture

The logo is definitely for Graces F. That means at least one of the platforms this is going to be on is the PS3.

For now there's nothing to suggest that it'll be for anything else.

 

[Jerk]

Does HDLoader significantly help the TotA loading times?

Very much so.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

I hope it comes out on both systems so everyone can frolic happily with their tales, rather than rage at each other.

Come on Namco Bandai, release it on both system.

When you say both systems you mean PS3 and 360, right!?

 

[QuiteWhittle]

Finally, this is great news. Will be the first game I buy day one this year.

 

[Eteric Rice]

Tales of Graces F is the PS3 version of the game. Superior edition and all that. If the warped image in the op is right - which it definitely seems so - then it is what it is.

Ah, I see the F. Though, they probably could port the extras to the Wii. It's all the same resources I believe.

But when it comes to Bandai Namco, always expect the worst. lol

When you say both systems you mean PS3 and 360, right!?

Nope, Wii and PS3.

Though it wouldn't bother me if they ported it to the 360 as well.

 

[Big B]

excited! still want vesperia though.

 

[kiryogi]

See how this continues to drag on. I have to say, fuck you namdai for waiting until 2011 to say something. I made a bet last year with Pancakes about this getting localized within 2010 and that didn't happen. I now owe him a copy of jp Graces F or similar, it was for 100$ D:

 

[RPGCrazied]

Rich doesn't post on Gaf does he? Who is this john.tv, does he work for Namco?

 

[Quixzlizx]

Rich doesn't post on Gaf does he? Who is this john.tv, does he work for Namco?

8-4, the localization company that has handled the last few Tales games to come over.

 

[radcliff]

Don't know the system, but it looks like Tales of Graces F. You can see the loop from bottom of the "F" at the bottom of the image. Looks like the moved the white circle containing the "F" (from the original TOG F logo) to the center of the image. Could this be the PS3 version, or the rumored Wii version with the extra PS3 stuff? Hopefully both.

 

[kiryogi]

Rich doesn't post on Gaf does he? Who is this john.tv, does he work for Namco?

He's part of 8-4, the folks that localized most of the Tales games in the west.

 

[RPGCrazied]

8-4, the localization company that has handled the last few Tales games to come over.

Awww. Wasn't his last post saying it was fake? I think he was joking, but I don't even remember what he posted.

 

[Dead]

Considering I finally got Vesperia 360 as I gave up waiting for the PS3 version, and already put 40+ hours into it, I'm glad it looks Graces might be the next Tales to hit our shores

 

[QuiteWhittle]

Awww. Wasn't his last post saying it was fake? I think he was joking, but I don't even remember what he posted.

He was joking.

 

[nincompoop]

Fun fact: Tales of Symphonia by itself has sold more than 1.5 times as many copies in the US as every Tales game released on a Sony platform COMBINED.
Leaked NPD numbers:
Symphonia - 465k through Jan 08 Feb 07?
Legendia - 74k through Jan 08
Abyss - 68k through Jan 08
Radiant Mythology - 30k through Jan 08
Destiny - 68,614 through 2005
Destiny II - 56,864 through 2005

Even Vesperia and the god-awful Dawn of the New World sold twice as well as any of the Playstation Tales games. The series just doesn't sell on Sony platforms in the US for whatever reason.

 

[Amir0x]

Ah, I see the F. Though, they probably could port the extras to the Wii. It's all the same resources I believe.

But when it comes to Bandai Namco, always expect the worst. lol

Well if they're gonna bother translating it i don't see why they shouldn't bring the Wii game in addition to the PS3 game

The series just doesn't sell on Sony platforms in the US for whatever reason.

Neither does Tales sell on any other platform in the USA. Symphonia was a fluke, a right-time, right-place for the RPG starved Gamecube market. Symphonia II sold like shit.

 

[RpgN]

Happy for the fans, I guess this means Xillia is more likely now, which is cool.

This is scamco. They're never consistent and it doesn't matter wether they released a previous Tales game before or not

 

[Sohter.Nura]

Has this been confirmed? I am _SO_ pumped. Haven't played a tales game since Symphonia 2, and previous to that ToV.

Can't wait D:

 

[Eteric Rice]

Well if they're gonna bother translating it i don't see why they shouldn't bring the Wii game in addition to the PS3 game

Because they're Namco Bandai.

 

[Rpgmonkey]

Fun fact: Tales of Symphonia by itself has sold more than 1.5 times as many copies in the US as every Tales game released on a Sony platform COMBINED.
Leaked NPD numbers:
Symphonia - 465k through Jan 08 Feb 07?
Legendia - 74k through Jan 08
Abyss - 68k through Jan 08
Radiant Mythology - 30k through Jan 08
Destiny - 68,614 through 2005
Destiny II - 56,864 through 2005

Even Vesperia and the god-awful Dawn of the New World sold twice as well as any of the Playstation Tales games. The series just doesn't sell on Sony platforms in the US for whatever reason.

I wouldn't say it sells well on any platform!