Namco Bandai is holding a joint press event with their North American and European branches, but it appears part of the news from that event might have leaked as a press booklet has leaked which reveals an European release date for Tales of Graces f.
Tales of Graces f (the f stands for "future") has an extra post-game story which takes place after the game's original ending. Without spoiling anything, there seems to be an increase in the monster population, which increases the amount of monster attacks around the world. This causes Asbel and his group to set off once again to determine the cause behind the recent disturbance.
Last week, Namco Bandai released a new Tales of Graces f trailer to announce the North American release date. Today they've released the finalized official boxart and a tentative European release date.
Tales of Graces f (the f stands for "future") has an extra post-game story which takes place after the game's original ending. Without spoiling anything, there seems to be an increase in the monster population, which increases the amount of monster attacks around the world. This causes Asbel and his group to set off once again to determine the cause behind the recent disturbance.
Tales of Graces f will be released in North America on March 13, 2012. Namco Bandai Europe also announced alongside the news of the boxart that they will be releasing the game in that territory in Summer 2012 and it will be localized into German and French.
Keep on reading to see Tales of Graces f's official boxart.
This week holds the annual Tokyo Game Show event in Japan and Namco Bandai's European branch has released three new videos to show off the latest localization work in Tales of the Abyss for the Nintendo 3DS.
Tales of the Abyss was originally released on the PS2 on December 15, 2005 and was localized in North America on October 10, 2006. The game was regarded as an improvement over Tales of Symphonia, extending that game's multi-line battle system into a battle system which allows players to freely move about the field in battle.
According to Nintendo Power the North American version won't be coming out till 2012 but these trailers from Namco Bandai's European branch still indicate a 2011 release, so it's not clear what's going on regarding that.
At last week's Japan Expo 2011, fellow French Tales fansite Kingdom of Tales got the chance to sit down with Tales executive Makoto Yoshizumi to talk about the series and the new localization push from the company's North American and European branches, along with a few other interesting tidbits, namely Tales of Graces f's release date in Europe.
For those who don't have the time to read the entire interview (both a French and English version are up as of this moment), below is a synopsis of what went down.
Keep on reading to find out what was revealed in the interview.
Last week Namco Bandai revealed that they would be attending Japan Expo 2011 and would be showing off Tales of Graces f and Tales of the Abyss 3DS, among other titles. We have information about the games thanks to early reports from people who went to the event, including Tales of the Abyss 3DS's finalized European release date.
Tales of the Abyss was originally released on the PS2 on December 15, 2005 and was localized in North America on October 10, 2006. The game was regarded as an improvement over Tales of Symphonia, extending that game's multi-line battle system into a battle system which allows players to freely move about the field in battle.
According to reports, a couple trailers for Tales of the Abyss 3DS were shown off. Tales of Graces f was supposed to receive a trailer but was canned due to technical difficulties, so it was replaced with the Tales of Xillia scenario trailer which received a huge applause when Hideo Baba asked fans if they wanted the game in Europe.
Keep on reading to find out more about the day's events.
Fans have been waiting since the original announcment of Tales of Graces f's localization for the game's release date. Namco Bandai has just announced it at their Level Up 2011 event in Dubai alongside an official announcement of the game's fate in Europe.
Tales of Graces f (the f stands for "future") has an extra post-game story which takes place after the game's original ending. Without spoiling anything, there seems to be an increase in the monster population, which increases the amount of monster attacks around the world. This causes Asbel and his group to set off once again to determine the cause behind the recent disturbance.
According to Namco Bandai, the game will be hitting North America and Europe sometime in 2012 and was confirmed for release on the PS3. No exact date was given, however, along with no trailer as of yet. Tales of the Abyss was also confirmed for a 2011 release in North America in Europe.
UPDATE: According to thesetweets, the 2012 release date was only for Europe. This might mean a 2011 release is in the cards for North America and could be announced next month at E3.
UPDATE 2: Recent press releases for Tales of Graces f and Tales of the Abyss 3DS from Namco Bandai have confirmed a 2012 release for Tales of Graces f in both North America and Europe and a 2011 release for Tales of the Abyss 3DS in both North American and Europe.
Last week we brought word that Namco Bandai would be bringing Tales of the Abyss for the Nintendo 3DS to North America, but with no word on an European release. Early reports from the latest issue of NGamer Magazine indicate that Europe will be getting the game as well.
Tales of the Abyss was originally released on the PS2 on December 15, 2005 and was localized in North America on October 10, 2006. The game was regarded as an improvement over Tales of Symphonia, extending that game's multi-line battle system into a battle system which allows players to freely move about the field in battle.
A post from one of NGamer's staff members, Matthew, indicates that the game has a Spring 2012 release window. Unconfirmed reports indicate a Fall 2011 release date in North America, so it's not too long of a release gap for Europe with all things considered.
After yesterday's announcement of a North American localization of Tales of Graces f, Europeans were likely wondering if Namco Bandai would be releasing the title over on their side of the world. We have an answer from them, and while it's not what most would want to hear, there is a silver lining.
Tales of Graces f (the f stands for "future") has an extra post-game story which takes place after the game's original ending. Without spoiling anything, there seems to be an increase in the monster population, which increases the amount of monster attacks around the world. This causes Asbel and his group to set off once again to determine the cause behind the recent disturbance.
GamingUnion.net reached out to Namco Bandai's European branch earlier today, and while they responded that they currently have no news on the title, but didn't outright deny plans for a release. No other information was given.
Tales of Graces f was released last December in Japan and will be releasing sometime this year in North America. If we find out any other information we'll be sure to let you know.
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