Tales of Festival: Day 2 News

Sun, Jun 6th, 2010, 2:03 pm (EST) by Shawn

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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.

Even More Tales of Vesperia Costumes

Sun, Feb 7th, 2010, 12:53 pm (EST) by Shawn

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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.

New Namco-Themed Tales of Vesperia DLC Costumes

Sun, Dec 20th, 2009, 7:34 pm (EST) by Shawn

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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)

New Cameo Tales of Vesperia Costumes Hit PSN

25 November 2009 by Shawn

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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)

School-Themed Tales of Vesperia DLC Costumes

26 October 2009 by Shawn

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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.

Tales of Vesperia PS3: New Attachments Revealed

28 August 2009 by Shawn

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New attachments have been confirmed to be in the PlayStation 3 version of Tales of Vesperia according to a new article on Famitsu's website.

The PlayStation 3 port of Tales of Vesperia 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.

Repede gets a Flynn Overdrive Doll (in the Xbox 360 version, he had one for each of the permanent party members), Estelle gets a butterfly mask, Raven gets shogun-like hair, Judith gets fox ears, Karol gets a monocle, and everyone gets a straw mask (that covers their entire face). Screens of the cameo costumes are also at the end of the article, but it's nothing we didn't already know.

Tales of VS. Has Some Impressive Combos

22 July 2009 by Shawn

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A new Director's Corner Video has been added to the official minisite for Tales of VS. on Tales Channel, the Japanese hub for the Tales of series. The game will pit the various Tales of characters in a fighting free-for-all, using their well-known Artes, locations from the different games, and even items from the various games, as well as each character's unique Mystic Arte.

Like most of the videos, this iteration shows off Presea Combatir (Tales of Symphonia) sparring off against Rita Mordio (Tales of Vesperia). The director uses Presea's attacks to knock Rita into the air, then uses Artes to keep juggling her until he knocks her to the other side of the arena.

Later, Judith (Tales of Vesperia) spars off against Shing Meteoryte (Tales of Hearts). The director uses Judith's attacks to knock Shing into the air, then uses her aerial Artes to keep him in the air until he ends with a Mystic Arte (if you remember, Judith excelled at aerial combat in Tales of Vesperia).

The video can be found in the full story.