Ar Tonelico III trailer overwhelms with epicness

by Andrew Yoon { Oct 26th 2009 at 7:45PM }

The first two Ar Tonelico games on PlayStation 2 barely took advantage of the power offered by the platform. However, Gust is making the jump to 3D for its upcoming Ar Tonelico III for PS3. This new full-length trailer is surprisingly ambitious, showcasing some stunning Gankutsuou-esque anime cutscenes and some epic 3D landscapes. Sure, these graphics are nowhere near the level of Final Fantasy XIII, but it's a dramatic departure for a series that has looked like high-res GBA games thus far.

Ar Tonelico III is rushing towards an early 2010 release in Japan, but no US release has been announced yet. We're pretty certain this will be picked up, though -- adding to PS3's JRPG wealth for the upcoming year. To see how far the franchise has come, see a trailer for the first game after the break.

Tags: ar-tonelico, ar-tonelico-3, ar-tonelico-iii, gust, jrpg

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

MrXile @ Oct 26th 2009 7:53PM

Looking optimisticaly at this.

Chrono @ Oct 26th 2009 7:56PM

Looks good never played the first two, but maybe I try this out when it comes state side

finalstar @ Oct 26th 2009 8:02PM

IT sure is EPIC!!.. im so buying this game.. please localize it NISA!!.. i'll buy 3 copies if you do :P.. hope their reading this lol

RagingStormX @ Oct 26th 2009 8:01PM

Nice...I will pick this up for the off season lol

justsomeKAI @ Oct 26th 2009 9:27PM

/cream jeans.

CH3BURASHKA @ Oct 26th 2009 9:34PM

The first two were on PS2, and the third is now coming to the PS3.

Is there hope, then, for Persona 5 on the PS3?

-Jad- @ Oct 26th 2009 9:55PM

I'm soooo buy it, NISA... u better localize this on US :)

Kenoji (aka Neo Asuma) @ Oct 26th 2009 10:54PM

Nice trailer. The music of the trailer reminds me of the Suikoden III intro.

texaggie117 @ Oct 26th 2009 11:58PM

Ah, Suikoden III, underrated.

I like the intro music, but this surely puts the J in jRPG.

dmd @ Oct 27th 2009 12:07AM

It might be good, but graphically, its very unimpressive.

jahd5000 @ Oct 27th 2009 2:19AM

not a fan of this kind of anime mixes games, but watched the whole trailer and it really made me wanna watch some anime XD...

I must admit i hoped it would look just like Valkyria Chronicles :S just perfect. Best anime to 3D ever. Even something like Burst Limit.

But i guess theres plenty of people that like this stuff (after all PS2 was full of it).

m4a1fox @ Oct 27th 2009 4:01AM

@jahd5000

I believe the game came before the anime.. [VC]

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