Five new Tales of Graces scans have been released, which seem to indicate that Richard will be the final party member in the game, as well as giving more information about the Nintendo DS downloadable title revealed yesterday. 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.

This image shows off a intricate painting of all of the party members. Usually when this type of image has been revealed in the past, it signals that all of the party members have been revealed, so it is likely that Tales of Graces will only include seven playable party members. The second image features Richard, although the information is essentially the same as what we knew before.

The right-most scan shows off a new feature that builds on the ability to switch characters when you are paused in previous Tales of games. If you check the upper screen in the scan very carefully, you will see that each party member has one direction on the directional pad as their own in battle. By pressing their respective button, you can switch from character to character at will without pausing the game. This is shown by having Asbel switch to Richard to extend Asbel's combo. The other scan shows off a mode called Dualize, which seems very similar to Tales of Symphonia's synthesizing system. Combining two different materials can create an entirely new material. This menu is available when in shops as well (ala Symphonia).

The final image shows off more of that downloadable Nintendo DS mini-game that was revealed yesterday. It is downloadable via Tales of Graces, and any items earned in the game can be brought back over into Tales of Graces. Like we said earlier, this is essentially a game where you hunt down monsters, get items, and level-up the characters so they can fight more powerful monsters. The game can also be played over local wireless, as can be seen in the screenshot near the bottom of the scan.