Earlier this month, Amazon.com accidentally leaked some information about a possible Tales of the Abyss 3DS release in North America. Thanks to Nintendo Power, that rumor can now be validated, as a localization has just been announced.

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 will be releasing the game in Japan next month on June 30, but Nintendo Power's article doesn't list any date for the North American release. The article also confirms that the unvoiced skits in the PS2 version will remain unvoiced due to difficulties in rounding up the original voice actors.

Namco Bandai's North American branch is set to announce something cool next week, so we might get more information on the release date then, along with possibly some information about Tales of Graces f.