[News] Namco announces three more "Tales of" games

PS2 - Tales of Destiny (complete remake with full voice acting)
PSP - Tales of Phantasia (PS1 port with full voice acting)
PSP - Tales of the World (based on Narikiri Dungeon)



I'm definitely getting all three, especially Destiny, it has one of the best stories next to Phantasia.

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Anything more legible than a thumbnail sized scan that nobody on earth could make out? If this is true, that's pretty awesome though. ToD was always my favorite game of the series overall; a remake (if done right) could easily make it worth replaying to me. I just can't stand the slow paced battle system of the original anymore or I'd replay that. :/

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Could this be related to that surprise that was supposed to be announced tomorrow on the Tales website?

Cool information, though. I hope they keep Phantasia's original graphics this time; I wasn't a fan of the Gameboy Advance version's graphics (they weren't bad, but I much prefer the rustic look of the Super Famicom version). Never got a chance to play Destiny either, so this will be a good opportunity to grab it.

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another version of ToP? I do think they are gettin a little carried away with that version.

I'm all for a ToD remake though, lets just hope it gets localized here

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Refresh my memory, have we actually seen Tales of Destiny in some form released in the US, or was it a Jap only game?

If we haven't seen it yet, I'm interested in it, not so much in the other ones since I don't have a PSP, and because I have already played ToP more than enough.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Enkidu

Refresh my memory, have we actually seen Tales of Destiny in some form released in the US, or was it a Jap only game?

If we haven't seen it yet, I'm interested in it, not so much in the other ones since I don't have a PSP, and because I have already played ToP more than enough.

Tales of Destiny was released on the PSX in the US (and I believe Europe) as *drumroll* Tales of Destiny. Yeah. They also released & renamed Tales of Eternia to "Tales of Destiny 2" to cash in on the obvious popularity (haha, really; what were they thinking?) of ToD overseas.

Yeah, that last part was a joke incase you didn't catch it.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Why the hell are they remaking ToD for PS2? Why don't they just hold out for PS3 or put it on the 360?

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Because that would increase the chances of a stateside release. xD

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Originally Posted by Miles

Because that would increase the chances of a stateside release. xD

That, and I'm sure they just plan on rehashing one of the Tales engines they already have on the PS2.

I'm indifferent though. If these end up being released outside of Japan for once, I don't care which remake they are on, it's all new to me.

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well that's really a good news to me, because tales of destiny and tales of Eternia was my favorite Tales of up to date, and we already have a port of tales of eternia and now weMll have a fully remake! i'm very exited with that! and having played tales of phantasia only on a snes emulator, I'm pretty happy to have a remake ^^ I just hope that they will keep the character designer Mutsumi Inomata for those remake ^^

and sure there will be 2 remake (well one port and one remake) on the psp, but after a DS title a new original psp title was expected, I think going portable now is god, be cause we are in the transition of the next-gen, and when all next-gen console will be install, it will be ok to get a new ps3, 360 or maybe Wii Tales of. I just hope that they will always keep they game in 2D or cell-shaded like tales of symphonia...

and I like the "new" way they are naming they game. Tales of the Abyss, Tales of the tempest, Tales of the World... ^^

and for god sake, make a f****** Tales of Rebirth port! I want this one so bad ; ; (the "real" Tales of Destiny 2 on ps2 interest me a little too ^^)

and I like how some people complain with a new ToP port/remake when we clearly have the same thing with all the FFI to FFVI and they don't complain much about those >.>

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Yeah, it's fucking ridiculous to try to decipher anything in that scan. Still, by zooming the crap out of it, you can see Stahn in the top-right corner and a blue "Tales of Destiny" logo near the top left.

The screens are complete blurs, but the colors remind me of Tales of Rebirth. As retarded as that sounds.

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Well, the scan comes from Dengeki PS2 or something like that, whoever took a picture of that deserves to die, but that said, it's good to know the information regarding the new Tales games before Namco's official website makes an announcement.

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I'm glad it's 2D, and I'm super happy about its 2D battle system... 2D >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3D anyday.

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wow after checker those the remake for tales of destiny look so good!!! look at those sprite! it's awesome! The remake for Tales of phantasia lok quite good too, more like a tales of eternia.

and i see that this new tales of the World will be in 3D and could it be a cross-over? because i'm pretty sure i,m seeing Rayne from tales of Symphonia and Arche from Tales of phantasia in the battle screen...

I was speaking idiomatically.

I'm going to have to assume you've never heard of the Tales of the World series if you're only suspecting that it's a crossover title.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

The towns & out-of-battle sprites look in the exact style of Rebirth so we're seeing some game engine & artist rehashing here.

I'm probably one of the few who hope the battles will be more similar to ToD2 than ToR... with a few exceptions. I just thought they were faster and more fun.

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It appears to be only one line of combat, but I don't see any SP gauge. Maybe they're going back to the old old battle system.

That'd be repetitive as hell, though.

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Originally Posted by Generic Badass

It appears to be only one line of combat, but I don't see any SP gauge. Maybe they're going back to the old old battle system.

That'd be repetitive as hell, though.

There's still numbers above each character's face, we aren't sure what that is yet.

Either way, I still enjoyed Legendia which had very simple combat compared to the other games. As long as it's not like the original it'll be fine.

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I actually prefer the old classic LBS more than the others, ToD2's battle system is innovative, but it's too annoying in the sense that not only does good spells come from extensions, but it also limits your MP, so healing outside battle is a pain the butt even with the TP reduction ring equipped...

Since this is a remake, I'm certain the battle will be at least as fast as ToD2.

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It looks nice, even if it does look like it is rehashing the Rebirth engine. Rebirth looked good, so if they have to rehash at least they are rehashing that. I do agree that the battle screen doesn't look like it's adding anything new but I'll wait for some videos to make a real opinion on it. Or at least more than a single screenshot.

Anything is better than the engine the game originally used, though. Heh.

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Originally Posted by Generic Badass

I'm going to have to assume you've never heard of the Tales of the World series if you're only suspecting that it's a crossover title.

oh yeah now that you mantion it, I heard about it but really doesn't know anything about the series...

and for me the best tales of combat system was in tales of eternia, the tales of Symphonia was kind of fun too but I hate what they have done to summon...

I never played tales of destiny 2 since it never came out here... I heard that the Rebirth one was quite good too ( I saw some video someday of some special attack and god they look cool)

anyway as long as it's not like the tales of legendia one, I'll be happy. I so hate what they have done to the system, now you only need to bash the x button to finish the battle in like 30sec >.> what's the fun when a battle doesn,t give you any challenge and doesn't even last a full min >.< I don't know even if eternia is almost the same as Legendia there something more fun to it (like the fact that battle seem to last longer and yu have time to really enjoy them)

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I'm glad that I'm not the only one who didn't like the Legendia system that much. It was just a bit boring to me, and rahter easy (even on hard); Aside from that, I was rather disappointed in the small portion of the game that I played, mainly because I really didn't like the graphics, which is a shame because the designs looked pretty cool.

Originally Posted by Inhert

and I like how some people complain with a new ToP port/remake when we clearly have the same thing with all the FFI to FFVI and they don't complain much about those.

I complain about every remake, unless it's one that improves on the original (Wild Arms Alter Code F, Final Fantasy III).

I was speaking idiomatically.

Tales of Phantasia? Fuck yeah, best game on the SNES. Now all I have to do is pray that it gets localised. Same goes for Tales of The World. I don't want to see the west get screwed over again.

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Awesome. About time there were some more RPG's on the PSP. I've only got Tales of Eternia. These all look absolutely fab. Essential purchase me thinks! The graphics looks gorgeous on all three. Can't wait!

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This is great news! ToD was one of my favorite PS1 RPGs and I think the screenshots provided look very nice. I never attempted to do that secret dungeon at the end though. Did anybody ever get the secret character?

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What, you mean Lillith? I've hacked her in before. She seemed abusable, as I recall. Oh, one new screen:



Also, as I'm sure some of you have heard, there's also going to be a port of the real Tales of Destiny 2 to the PSP. Due sometime in 2007 for Japan.

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