Late last year we got the first unpainted version pictures of Alter's Rita Mordio figurine. Today we have our first glimpse at the painted version as well as news of two more of the company's figurines.
As can be seen in the pictures on Alter's blog, the painted version does keep the minature chibi version of Rita which we previously saw. Pre-orders for this figurine will begin on January 25, with the exact release date still unknown.
In other figurine news, Alter is also re-releasing their Yuri Lowell figurine. Pre-orders can be found here, although the exact date they'll be releasing is unknown.
Keep on reading to find out more about the new Alter Tales of figurines.
Earlier this month we posted about the release date for the upcoming Alter Luke fon Fabre figurine. Pictures taken at the recent Megahobby Expo 2011 Autumn event have revealed that Alter has another figurine set for release in 2012: Rita Mordio from Tales of Vesperia.
Tales of Vesperia was the first next-gen HD entry in the long-running Tales series and brought Tales of the Abyss's battle system into the next-gen consoles with numerous enhancements, including new Artes called Burst Artes which dealt more damage than any normal attack. In Japan, there was a PS3 port of the game with additional content, but that version hasn't been announced for a North American release.
No specific release date was announced for the figurine except for a ETA 2012 release date. It appears that a smaller chibi version of Rita will accompany the figurine on the same base, if the in-progress model stays true.
Keep on reading to see the screenshot of new Alter figurine.
For those who didn't already know, 2011 is the 15th Anniversary of the "Tales of" series in Japan. Namco Bandai is known for releasing tons of merchandise and the like around these types of celebrations and this event is no exception as the company will be re-releasing some of the franchise's previous games at a budget price.
Each game will come in a special 15th anniversary sleeve and each copy will come with a code that can be used to download a PS3/PSP Tales of Xillia-themed theme from the PlayStation Store. It wasn't stated specifically but the PSP games will almost likely get the PSP code while the PS3 games will get the PS3 code.
Keep on reading to find out which games are included.
Ever since Namco Bandai announced their Tales of Graces f localization two months ago, fans have been wondering what Namco Bandai's plans are for promoting the game. Thanks to a short interview with OXM, we might have gotten some news on that front.
OXM's article, which mainly detailed Namco Bandai's digital Xbox 360 Games on Demand release of Tales of Vesperia in Europe, did have some words from Lee Kirton, marketing director for Namco Bandai UK. Some of the snippets from the article can be found below:
Keep on reading to hear what Namco Bandai's European branch had to say about the Tales series.
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