Eternal Sonata hits Japan in September, features tons of new content

by Andrew Yoon { Jun 26th 2008 at 5:30PM }

The PS3 version of Trusty Bell (also known as Eternal Sonata in the States) is hitting Japan on September 18th, more than a year after its original release on Xbox 360. Sales of the 360 original were respectable, but it's clear that the PS3 version will attract a largest audience, especially in the RPG-hungry Japanese territory.

To make up for the long delay, new content will be exclusive to the PS3 release. New event scenes, which flesh out the story, will be thrown on the Blu-ray disc. A new quest will be added, and unlike the original release of the game, there will be multiple endings. This new "director's cut" should alleviate some of the biggest complaints about the original. Joystiq's Alexander Sliwinski had this to say about the ending of the original Eternal Sonata: "It was like the team gave up, knew they still had to pack in a 40 hour experience and just rushed through the rest. And unless you're a pretentious philosophy major, the ending makes no kinds of sense."

While the PS3 version of Eternal Sonata is confirmed for release this year, the fate of a potential US release has been undetermined.

Tags: eternal-sonata, trusty-bell

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

doc j @ Jun 26th 2008 5:46PM

I'd buy it... and add to the "largest" audience

Ishimaru @ Jun 26th 2008 5:57PM

+1 so will I :D From Japan no less.

H2Os @ Jun 26th 2008 6:03PM

I hope we get this in NA. I've been interested since it was released on the 360. Lets cross our fingers.-

Amos @ Jun 26th 2008 6:05PM

Hopefully they'll have an Asian version with English subtitles or something so that if the boneheads at Namco Bandai don't bring this to the U.S., I'll still be able to play this great game.

-Jad- @ Jun 26th 2008 6:21PM

Exactly!. I really hope the game get localize it for the PS3 on US. If not... import is the only solution. We need to wait until E3 in case Namco/Bandai announce something.

-Jad- @ Jun 26th 2008 6:22PM

Exactly!. I really hope the game get localize it for the PS3 on US. If not... import is the only solution. We need to wait until E3 in case Namco/Bandai announce something.

glitched @ Jun 26th 2008 6:08PM

isnt the ps3 version also supposed to have customizable characters?

-Jad- @ Jun 26th 2008 6:23PM

Yeah... outfit and weapons.

Popfrogs @ Jun 26th 2008 6:24PM

Has anyone ever figured out why RPG games always take 3 or 4 years to get released? Seriously. If SquareEnix released 3 games every 5 years I'd have a heart attack.

Vcize @ Jun 26th 2008 6:55PM

Trust me, you don't want new event scenes.

Alternate endings is very good though. I still don't know what the hell happened in the original ending.

And finally, customizing outfits and weapons. I always wondered how the original version was able to call itself an RPG without this option.

Neil @ Jun 26th 2008 7:19PM

For sure I'd love to see a US verion released....I'd buy it without much hesitation.

Kellian @ Jun 27th 2008 7:22AM

I'd pick it up in NA if they release it.

Dorito876 @ Jun 27th 2008 10:48AM

For the 2 weeks I had a 360 I dl'd this demo and enjoyed it more than I ever thought I would have. Reminds me a bit of folklore because of the atmosphere though they both take it in different directions.

borg222 @ Jun 27th 2008 3:37PM

I'm pretty confident there will be an english verion of this released. It would be incredibly stupid business wise not to do it. You already have the game for ps3, all you need to do is put english in it and WHAM, you potentially double or triple the sales. Don't worry we'll get it.