The first commercial for Tales of Vesperia ~The First Strike~ has been released. The movie will be a prequel to the game, focusing on Yuri Lowell and Flynn Scifo's past when they were in the Imperial Knights. Estelle, Raven, and Rita Mordio have been confirmed to have roles in the movie, as well as a unknown red-haired woman who seems to be another Imperial Knight.

There are a plethora of previously unreleased scenes in the commercial, and it has a short glimpse of Tales of Vesperia (PS3) at the end.