During this year's Tales of Festival we got our first look at Tales of Xillia's official boxart, which featured two currently unannounced characters. This week's scan reveals one of those characters --- specifically the man in the upper right who was just recently featured in the latest trailer for the game.
Tales of Xillia will utilize the contrast between light and shadow, which will lead to the game having a different art style direction than Vesperia's anime-style graphics or Graces's watercolor-style graphics (it could be more of a hand-painted or oil painting-like feel if the concept artwork is any indication). Baba stated that when he saw some of the concept artwork images running on actual hardware he was very impressed.
Keep on reading to find out more about the new character.
Almost a month after the last batch of scans for Tales of Xillia, new leaked scans revealing new game features and costumes for the upcoming game have surfaced as part of a four-page spread in the latest issue of Famitsu.
Tales of Xillia will utilize the contrast between light and shadow, which will lead to the game having a different art style direction than Vesperia's anime-style graphics or Graces's watercolor-style graphics (it could be more of a hand-painted or oil painting-like feel if the concept artwork is any indication). Baba stated that when he saw some of the concept artwork images running on actual hardware he was very impressed.
The main feature of the scans is a new grid-based ability system. Each character appears to have their own grid which allows them to learn new Artes and upgrade their attributes, which is done by using points which are gained in battle. Much like Final Fantasy X's Sphere Grid, players can determine how a character develops, so one could have a magician be more attuned to attacking if they so wish.
Keep on reading to find out more information about the new scans.
UPDATE (7/6): The full version of the scan has been added and the partial images have been removed.
The last time we heard news about Tales of Xillia, it was when the Tales of Festival 2011 trailers went live. This week we have a new batch of scans which showcases some new characters and gameplay mechanics.
The game will utilize the contrast between light and shadow, which will lead to the game having a different art style direction than Vesperia's anime-style graphics or Graces's watercolor-style graphics (it could be more of a hand-painted or oil painting-like feel if the concept artwork is any indication). Baba stated that when he saw some of the concept artwork images running on actual hardware he was very impressed.
The first two scan shows two of the characters that were present in the trailers from last week. The first character is the older man with the cross-shaped scar. His name is Nachtigal I. Fan and he is voiced by Hōchū Ōtsuka. He is the current king of La Schugall. The other man is named Ibal and is voiced by Showtaro Morikubo. He is a servant of sorts for Milla.
Keep on reading to find out more about what's revealed in the new Tales of Xillia scans.
Yesterday, we found out about a new playable character in Tales of Xillia via a partial scan. A small version of what appears to be the rest of that scan has leaked which shows off the game's skit system and what appears to be some of the battle HUD.
The game will utilize the contrast between light and shadow, which will lead to the game having a different art style direction than Vesperia's anime-style graphics or Graces's watercolor-style graphics (it could be more of a hand-painted or oil painting-like feel if the concept artwork is any indication). Baba stated that when he saw some of the concept artwork images running on actual hardware he was very impressed.
As can be seen, in addition to the regular box-based skits we've come to know and love in previous Team Symphonia-handled Tales titles (this time called Long Chat) there are two new types of skits. The first is Fighting Chat, which are textless, non-animated and only voiced. This can be trigger when you switch out one party member for another (not one currently on a field, but one of the members in reserve).
Keep on reading to find out more about these new skit systems and what appears to be the new battle HUD.
UPDATE (12:14pm): Added a new scan and a higher-quality version of the original scan. New information about the skits and the battle HUD were also added.
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