Tales of the World coming to America
We've complained about our lack of Tales of the World a lot on the Fanboy. Well, it looks like Namco Bandai is finally listening and giving English-speaking gamers what we want: a localized version of Tales of the World. This PSP-exclusive RPG is a fan-service feast for Tales fans, featuring characters from previous Tales games, such as Tales of Symphonia and Tales of the Abyss.
In an interview with IGN, Namco Bandai revealed that "players will be able to use Grade Points they have earned in battle to purchase special items or equipment ... the US version of Tales of the World will be slightly more tuned than the overseas version."
While that's certainly good news, we can only hope for more in the future: "Although I do not have details as to whether other PSP Tales titles will be reaching the shores of the US at this point, I can say that such possibilities do indeed exist." Tales of the World will hit American shores later this year.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tristan @ Mar 14th 2007 12:55AM
What do they mean by slightly more tuned?
Lulu @ Mar 14th 2007 1:41AM
YES! I've been waiting to hear this since the announcement of the game.
Mark @ Mar 14th 2007 9:22AM
Yes Yes Yes! great news, a great 3D rpg for our PSP... since Valkyrie Profile Lenneth i haven't seen a good role-playin' on my handheld... now waiting for Rezel Cross to be good, Crisis Core, FFT, and Valhalla Knights. Nice!
Marco Cano Jr @ Mar 14th 2007 11:08AM
Well its a wee bit too soon to call this game great. I mean I thought Monster Kingdom was going to be awesome based on gamebrink's review (9.0) and because of Monster Kingdoms developer history but it ended up being mediocre in the end.
Don't get me wrong, I am very happy about this announcement. I too have been waiting for this moment for a while now, thanks to PSPfanboys hype. But as I said before, its too soon to call this game or ANY game for that matter great.
wukong @ Mar 14th 2007 1:17PM
.........*click*...
JESHHHHH!!!! Time to buy another PSP! As a Tales fanboy now, I must buy it. Of course, I would also hope it would go to the PS2 in the US but beggars, sadly, can't be choosers.
andyscout @ Mar 14th 2007 1:51PM
mmmm, me like. i've never fully played any of the Tales games, but i keep meaning to. maybe i'll finally jump in with this one (the trailers looked aweseome!!!)
Leingod @ Mar 14th 2007 2:07PM
Well I agree with you... dunno if this game's gonna be good or not, but at least it LOOKS good. And as a TALES fan I can't help but being happy to read the announcement...
Let's just hope the game's a good game.
Oh, BTW... Monster Kingdom isn't a bad game at all. It has fine character design and art, great music, acceptable voice-acting, and nice battle-engine. The only complaint I have is, the game starts really slowly plot-wise. But it gets interesting later!
Oh. and I kinda missed town and world roaming.
Just as most reviews say, the game does some stuff right, but some other stuff isn't as hot.