Tales of Festival: Day 1 News

Sat, Jun 5th, 2010, 2:06pm EDT by Shawn

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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.

New Tales of Graces Mutsumi Inomata Costume For Malik

Sun, Mar 28th, 2010, 11:50am EDT by Shawn

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Dengeki has just revealed news about a new Mutsumi Inomata-themed costume for Malik Caesars in Tales of Graces. Tales of Graces is the first mothership (the official series term for non-spin off games) for the Wii. The previous Wii Tales of title was Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, which was classified as a spin-off sequel.

Like the previous Mutsumi Inomata costumes, including Pascal, Cheria Barnes and Asbel Lhant, Malik's costume is very unique, a samurai design with some animal printed on the front of it.

According to Dengeki, the DLC will be 400 Nintendo Points and will be released on March 31st starting at 1pm JST (Japanese Standard Time). The only character yet to have received a custom costume is Richard.

More Tales of Graces DLC Costumes Incoming

Thu, Dec 17th, 2009, 10:25am EST by Shawn

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New DLC costumes for the male characters in Tales of Graces have been revealed, as well as a video showing off Sophie's Hatsune Miku-themed costume. This game is the first mothership (Namco Bandai's term for non-spin-off games in the Tales of series) game for the Wii. The previous Tales of game for the Wii, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, was classified as a spin-off sequel.

The costumes will be released on December 23rd (same day as Sophie's Hatsune Miku DLC costume), but each costume is 400 Wii Points. There is one for Asbel, Hubert, and Malik. It's not currently known if purchasing all three of the costumes will net players a special after-battle skit like the Idolmaster-themed costumes.

The video can be found after the jump.

New Tales of Graces Character Videos: Sophie, Malik, Pascal

Fri, Nov 27th, 2009, 12:00am EST by Shawn

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Three more character videos have been added to the official website for Tales of Graces, revolving around Sophie, Malik Caesars, and Pascal.

This game is the first mothership (Namco Bandai's term for non-spin-off games in the Tales of series) game for the Wii. The previous Tales of game for the Wii, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, was classified as a spin-off sequel.

The videos can be found after the jump.

New Tales of Graces Promotional Video (PV)

Tue, Nov 10th, 2009, 12:00am EST by Shawn

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A new Tales of Graces promotional video (also known as a PV) has surfaced (appears to be from the Nintendo Week video on the Nintendo Channel on Japanese Wii consoles).

While the beginning of the video is nothing new, the latter half has some stuff we haven't seen before. We can see what seems to be some of Pascal's family members (they have the same white/red hair style as Pascal), Malik facing off against Kurtz, the man who was in the recent Character Video from the game's official website, some green-haired lady who looks like an antagonist, and a clearer shot at that monster who appears in the cavern when the characters are kids.

Even More Tales of Graces Character Videos

Fri, Oct 30th, 2009, 12:00am EDT by Shawn

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Three new character videos for Tales of Graces have been released, featuring Sophie, Hubert Ozwell, and Malik Caesars.

This game is the first mothership (Namco Bandai's term for non-spin-off games in the Tales of series) game for the Wii. The previous Tales of game for the Wii, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, was classified as a spin-off sequel.

Sophie's video shows her with Asbel and Hubert when they are children. Hubert's video shows him encountering Asbel, Sophie, and Cheria while he is commanding a group of soldiers. Malik's video shows him running across what appears to be an old acquaintance.

The videos can be found in the full story.

New Tales of Graces Character Videos

Thu, Oct 22nd, 2009, 12:00am EDT by Shawn

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Three new character videos for Tales of Graces have been released, featuring Asbel Lhant, Malik Caesars, and Richard.

This game is the first mothership (Namco Bandai's term for non-spin-off games in the Tales of series) game for the Wii. The previous Tales of game for the Wii, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, was classified as a spin-off sequel.

Nothing that important, mostly just cutscene videos. Each character will eventually appear to have three since each character page has three slots available.

The videos can be found in the full story.