Earlier today was the second day of Tales of Festival 2010, but unlike yesterday there doesn't seem to be that much news coming, except for the rest of the popularity poll results and some other minor Tales news.
As we reported on earlier, Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X will be receiving a pre-order bonus DVD. The name of the DVD will be Dramatic DVD Tales of Costume!?. There's also rumours that an Asbel costume for Dio will be made available, which would make sense considering he appears on the DVD.
Continue reading on for the rest of the results of the popularity poll.
Earlier today was the first day of Tales of Festival 2010, which brought some new news along with it, along with partial results of the Tales of Popularity poll that was going on at Tales Channel earlier this year.
Namco Bandai has confirmed the rumors that Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X will be having demos. The first demo will hit in early July, which will focus on the improved battle system in the Tales of Phantasia part of the game. Later in the month, a second demo will hit which features the Narikiri Dungeon X portion of the game. The rumored August 5, 2010 release date was also confirmed at the event.
As for the rumored PS3 Tales game, known as Tales of Unitia, the game was a no-show at the Festival except for a mention that this Summer a "major" announcement would occur. It's unknown why they would push the unveiling that far, but they may be putting some extra polish on the game and didn't want to unveil it just yet.
More news as well as the results of the popularity polls can be found in the full story.
Just when you thought there wasn't enough DLC Tales of Vesperia costumes, Namco Bandai has announced more. Since the release of Tales of Vesperia on the PS3 in September 2009, the company has released a various assortment of costumes, ranging from cameos of earlier Tales of games to cameos of older Namco Bandai properties.
This latest batch don't seem to have to do with either one, instead being called the "strongest" costumes. From the pictures shown, it looks like these costumes could be considered as high-level, flashy variations of their normal costumes (think of it as a class change for each character).
Each costume will be released on February 10, 2010 for 300 Yen a piece in Japan. No word has been announced on an localization for either North America or Japan.
Namco Bandai has revealed a slew of new Namco-themed Tales of Vesperia DLC costumes due to be released next year during Jump Festa 2010.
Each character will get one Namco-themed costume, ranging from the company's beginnings to its latest games. The costumes will be released on January 14th, 2010 (no price was revealed). The costumes are as follows:
Yuri: Heishiro Mitsurugi (Soul Calibur) Estelle: Valkyrie (The Adventures of Valkyrie) Flynn: Frederic Chopin (Eternal Sonata) Repede: Character from Family Stadium Karol: Klonoa (Klonoa) Rita: Haruka Amami (The Idolmaster​) Judith: KOS-MOS (Xenosaga) Raven: Heihachi (Tekken) Patty: Mr. Driller (Mr. Driller)
According to an update on Famitsu's website, Namco Bandai will be re-releasing the Tales of the Abyss cameo costumes on the PlayStation Store later this month. Originally, said costumes were only available to those who had pre-ordered the game before it's release earlier this year.
However, these costumes are not exactly the same as the ones that were released before. The hair color and other modifications were made to match the original Tales of the Abyss characters better (the pre-order costumes merely just added the clothing onto the characters), and the "clothing" icon that appears next to DLC costumes is also there now.
Namco Bandai will release these new costumes on December 15th for 150 Yen each as a tie in to mark the fourth anniversary of the original game's release in Japan.
Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of the cameo costumes in Tales of Vesperia, Namco Bandai has just announced that more have just been added to PlayStation Network for 300 Yen each.
As of yet, Namco Bandai has yet to announce a North American localization. The game came out in Japan this September with stronger sales than the Xbox 360 version.
The costumes that are available as part of this update are the following:
Yuri: Creed (Tales of Hearts) Estelle: Elraine (Tales of Destiny 2) Flynn: Lukius (Tales of the Tempest) Repede: Asura (Tales of Innocence) Karol: Milhaust (Tales of Rebirth) Raven: Van (Tales of the Abyss) Rita: Walter (Tales of Legendia) Judith: Richter (Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World) Patty: Mithos (Tales of Symphonia)
New school-themed downloadable costumes for Tales of Vesperia have just been revealed. The game has numerous changes, such as a brand new character, Patty Fleur, the addition of new bosses like the Sword Dancer, Flynn being playable for more that just one battle, among other changes. The game will also be fully voiced and will include new and altered scenes, such as Yuri fighting Don Whitehorse when the party visits Keiv Moc.
The titles will be available for download on the PlayStation Network on October 29th, 2009. The price for the titles is currently unknown, however.
Remember the new Mystic Artes being added to the PlayStation 3 version, such as Rita Mordio's Indignation (one of the staples of the series)? It appears they were initially planned in the Xbox 360 version.
The port includes numerous extras and changes, such as a brand new character, Patty Fleur, the addition of new bosses like the Sword Dancer, Flynn being playable for more that just one battle, among other changes. The game will also be fully voiced and will include new and altered scenes, such as Yuri fighting Don Whitehorse when the party visits Keiv Moc.
It is unknown if these Mystic Artes were cut due to time constraints or cut to include in the PlayStation 3 version (which seems to have started production shortly after the Xbox 360 version went to retail). It is currently unknown if these voice clips exist in a English form. Those wanting to here the voice clips can check out this video on Youtube, which has the three voice clips in a video format.