Today was the 2nd annual Tales of Festival, a fan event for the Tales of fans in Japan. Among the news was a great deal of new information about Tales of Graces, which will deviate from the previous games in the series in some key areas.

The seamless overworld that had been talked about earlier isn't quite what we thought it might be. It is similar to past Tales of games in the fact that you still travel from town to town via an overworld, but this time the camera is panned behind the character instead of from a birds-eye view, and the character is proportionate to the elements in the towns and dungeons, making the game seem more realistic while not radically deviating from what fans expect from the series.

New Artes, as well as the official name for the 360 step system, entitled Around Step were also revealed during the event.