Following yesterday's announcement of the European release date for Tales of the Abyss on the Nintendo 3DS the company's North America branch has just announced their release date.

Tales of the Abyss was originally released on the PS2 on December 15, 2005 and was localized in North America on October 10, 2006. The game was regarded as an improvement over Tales of Symphonia, extending that game's multi-line battle system into a battle system which allows players to freely move about the field in battle.

Namco Bandai's North American branch will be releasing Tales of the Abyss for the Nintendo 3DS on February 14, 2012. This will mark the first time Europe has received a worldwide Tales release first.