Last Friday we reported on Namco Bandai posting a statement on their Facebook wall responding to the comments for a localization of Tales games outside Japan. What followed was over 100 posts to the company's Facebook wall and over 1,000 votes on a petition on Sony's PlayStation.Blog share for Sony to help localize PlayStation titles in the series, among other things. The company responded yet again, but this time things happened quite differently.
The original statement, which was posted less than an hour ago, read: To all Tales fans! We are ecstatic to see all of your responses. Thanks for your loyalty and passion towards the game. Unfortunately we do not have any plans to localize the series at this time. We’ll be sure to let you know if there are any changes to the plans. Thanks again for your support.
For those who closely looked at the comment, it was oddly noticeable that "series" was used instead of Tales of Graces, as in the previous statement. Just the comment alone sparked quite a few negative posts, as was to be expected. But unlike the previous statement, which still can be seen on the company's wall, this new statement, along with its 30+ comments, is now completely removed.
One has to wonder why the company would remove this comment, as it stated almost the exact statement as the previous comment, save the replacing of the game for the series. Namco Bandai has yet to comment on the removal.
Since the release of Tales of Vesperia on the Xbox 360, which was followed by a Japan-only release of a Director's Cut version of the game on the PS3 which appeared to have been in the works from the beginning, as well as a plethora of Japan-only titles in the series, many have wondered if the company still cared about the series in North America and Europe. Namco Bandai has just made a statement on their official Facebook page about just that.
Earlier today, after receiving numerous fan posts on their Facebook page, as well on other social media websites such as Twitter and YouTube, the latter of which was likely the cause of their comments section being disabled, the company finally responded to their fans with the following statement:
Firstly, thank you all for your excitement around the series. We also love the series here at Namco of America and are working with our Japan counterparts to determine if we'll see US releases for these games. Unfortunately, we don't currently have any plans to bring Tales of Graces to the US. If this changes, we'll let you know as soon as we can!
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.
Dengeki has just revealed news about a new Mutsumi Inomata-themed costume for Asbel Lhant 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 Mutsumi Inomata costumes for Pascal and Cheria Barnes, as well as the costume for Hubert Ozwell, Asbel's costume is very unique, appearing to mesh the ideas of a samurai and a aircraft pilot. According to Dengeki, the DLC will be 400 Nintendo Points and will be released on March 10th starting at 1pm JST (Japanese Standard Time). No information has been given on costumes for Richard or Malik Caesars.
After reports earlier this month that Namco Bandai was working on a bug fix for the various issues in Tales of Graces, the company has announced publicly on their corporate website that they will be issuing a recall. Tales of Graces was released last December and was the first official main entry in the series on the Wii.
The original version of Tales of Graces was ridden with numerous bugs, most of which only appeared when a player went through the game a second time. Due to most of the games in the series requiring a second playthrough, it's not unexpected that the company issued a formal recall.
The website lists ten bugs in total, all of which had been discovered by fans shortly after the game's release in Japan. The specifics on the program weren't announced today, but Namco Bandai did state that the recall would not take place through retailers, instead using a delivery serviced called Hikitoribin, where a delivery person delivers the fixed version and takes the old disc in exchange. In the statement, Namco Bandai apologized for the problems and promised to increase their quality control in the future.
It appears that Namco Bandai has issued corrected copies of Tales of Graces which fix the many bugs that were present. The original version of the game was infamous for having a few bugs which could either freeze the game or stop completionists from obtaining every item.
The original versions of the game had the code RVL-STGJ-0A-0, while the updated version have the code RVL-STGJ-0A-1. While Namco Bandai currently has no replacement plan in place for exchanging a bugged copy for a fixed one, the website linked to in the source for this post shows how to contact the company to get a replacement.
While there has been no announcement of a North American or European release of the game, if there was a localization, it would almost assuredly use this fixed version as a basis for it.
Namco Bandai has revealed a new Mutsumi Inomata-themed costume for Hubert Ozwell in Tales of Graces. 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.
According to the scan, both Hubert's costume (which makes him look like an android) and the previously revealed costume for Pascal will be available on February 13th, each 400 Wii Points.
It is currently unknown if any of the other characters besides Cheria, Pascal, and Hubert will be receiving special costumes like these in the future.
According to the latest issue of OMN (Official Nintendo Magazine, in Europe), Europe will be seeing a localized release of Tales of Graces later this year. Namco Bandai released the game last December and has yet to announce a localization of the title.
The issue stats that the game will be released in Summer 2010 in Europe. Considering the lag that the European versions have encountered in the past, it is possible that this signals a North American versions sometime earlier in the year, or the company could be trying to bring the releases together like Square Enix is doing with Final Fantasy XIII.
This would also make sense considering Spring 2010 is set to be filled with tons of next-gen releases which would drown out much of the possible sales of the game.
As of now Namco Bandai has yet to comment on this news, so this can only be taken as a rumor until we get official confirmation from the company.
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