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Tales of Phantasia remake, based off the PS1 version
Set for release first is Tales of Phantasia: Full Voice Edition, a PSP version of the 1995 Super Famicom Tales debut title, Tales of Phantasia. As the title suggests, the PSP version will include full voice. Bandai Namco is also adding all the bonus elements that were found in the PlayStation and Game Boy Advance remakes and the ability to load from anywhere on your quest, including towns and dungeons.

The game will also include the Grade Shop system from more recent Tales titles. As part of this system, once you clear the game and start a new game using the clear save data, you're given a "grade" which can be used to purchase various bonuses.

A Japanese release for Tales of Phantasia: Full Voice Edition is set for September 7.
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- Bandai Namco will release a PSP port of Tales of Phantasia in Japan on September 7, 2006, the first game in the Tales series. The PSP version will be based on the PSone version of the game, which includes a new opening movie from Production I.G. and voice acting which were not found in the SFC or GBA version.
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Tales of Destiny 2 (PS2 one, which never came stateside)
The PSP, not to be outdone, will see a port of Tales of Destiny 2. Details weren't provided, but the game is set for release in 2007, prior to the March 31st end of the fiscal year.
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Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology
Finally, the big announcement for the day, Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology for the PSP. Unlike the three other titles announced today, Radiant Mythology is an original entry in the Tales of the World series.

The story of Radiant Mythology takes place in the world of Terejia. Demons from another world have invaded the land, chasing people from their homes and doing damage to the planet. A great tree that brought life to Terejia protects the world and its people for some time, but slowly loses power. Using the last bit of its power, it creates the main character -- you!

Players can create their own character, deciding such things as name, gender, face, clothing and even voice. You start off the game by selecting a job for your character, choosing from such areas of "Fighter Type" or "Magician Type." Based on the job that you select, the quests that become available to you as you play the game change.

As is to be expected of a Tales of the World game, Radiant Mythology will feature characters from other Tales games, but will also include two new characters. Morumo is a mascot character from a different world who hopes to stop the invading demons. Kanosono is a girl who works in a resistance group in the city of Ailily. She lost her memory, including her name and age, and hopes to get it back by traveling with the main character.

Details on the battle system for a new Tales game are usually kept under wraps immediately following the game's announcement, but Bandai Namco was pretty open this time. Radiant Mythology makes use of the Flex Range Linear Motion Battle System (FR-LMBS) that was featured in Tales of the Abyss. You're able to move your character about freely on the battle field. Battles include support for up to four ally characters.
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The Tales of Destiny 2 port is what I've been waiting for, since I've been wanting that game forever, but don't have a Japanese PS2. Originally, I was a little meh about a third ToP remake, until I saw it was based off the PS1 version, which was the best version of the game (The GBA one was the worst). It will probably never come stateside, but I'll import it. I've always wanted a Tales of the World game, but Radiant Mythology definitely looks to be the most interesting. None of them will probably come stateside, so I hope they at least come to Europe. Even if they don't, I'll import all three from Japan.:D

I just hope a Tales of Rebirth port comes along next.
 
None of which will come to the US, and we'll all have to import them from Europe. No, I kid, I kid, these games will probably all see US release if Namco decides to go that path, since none of them are straight up ports of games we got in the US.

I'm excited for Tales of Phantasia, I liked what I played but it could have used an overhaul.

The fact they are remaking Tales of Destiny for PS2, and that you can get ToD 2 (the English version, which was Eternia I guess) for PSP really makes it stupid to pay such high prices for the PS One versions.

Thank you Namco, you saved me a bundle :D
 
So are the PS1 & PS2 Tales of Destiny 2's different?

Technically Sony doesnt like direct ports of PS1 games, so maybe since its a port from the PS2, we'll see it over here. Maybe some additional voices, and an intro will be enough for them to bring Phantasia around here.

Once again i fail to understand why they'll release games like Smart Bomb, but not bring over classic rpgs.
 
[quote name='Bezerker']So are the PS1 & PS2 Tales of Destiny 2's different?

Technically Sony doesnt like direct ports of PS1 games, so maybe since its a port from the PS2, we'll see it over here. Maybe some additional voices, and an intro will be enough for them to bring Phantasia around here.

Once again i fail to understand why they'll release games like Smart Bomb, but not bring over classic rpgs.[/QUOTE]

I think Sony dosen't like ports of games released here... none of these Tales games were released in the US under a Sony platform so I think they'd all be ok for a US release.
 
Holy shit, looks like Tales found its new home on the PSP. This is great news since I've wanted to check out some of the Tales games that were only in Japan and we finally have more of a chance now. And hey, at least we have Europe to rely on for an English version.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']I meant the PSP ones, since this is a PSP forum.

I'm sure Namco could get away with releasing the ToD remake on PS2 over here if they wanted to, because it's an all new remake (not a port) and they are Namco.[/quote]

The game really sucks. I hope theyre going to fix things like the fps, world map, changing the battle system from the 2d linear model to 3d one used in Symphonia/Abyss, the unbalanced difficulty etc.
 
[quote name='Msia']The game really sucks. I hope theyre going to fix things like the fps, world map, changing the battle system from the 2d linear model to 3d one used in Symphonia/Abyss, the unbalanced difficulty etc.[/QUOTE]

They wouldn't change the battle system, but I know that in the PSP port of Eternia, everything ran at 60FPS which was an upgrade from the original.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']None of which will come to the US, and we'll all have to import them from Europe. No, I kid, I kid, these games will probably all see US release if Namco decides to go that path, since none of them are straight up ports of games we got in the US.

I'm excited for Tales of Phantasia, I liked what I played but it could have used an overhaul.

The fact they are remaking Tales of Destiny for PS2, and that you can get ToD 2 (the English version, which was Eternia I guess) for PSP really makes it stupid to pay such high prices for the PS One versions.

Thank you Namco, you saved me a bundle :D[/QUOTE]Actually, I think the chances might be higher that it will come stateside, although Phantasia might be the biggest doubt, if Nintendo owns some type of rights to it (Nintendo brought it over for GBA).

Now since the company is Namco Bandai Games, they are now releasing games under both companies. If a game like Legend of the Heroes II (Not a bad game, but still) is being releases stateside (not a very high selling series to begin with), then there's no reason not to release Tales of the World (It should, just by the graphics alone) and the Tales of Destiny 2 port.
[quote name='Msia']The game really sucks. I hope theyre going to fix things like the fps, world map, changing the battle system from the 2d linear model to 3d one used in Symphonia/Abyss, the unbalanced difficulty etc.[/QUOTE]IMO, the 2-D linear battle system and want to see it continue. I liked ToD quite a bit, although I have not beaten it.
[quote name='Bezerker']So are the PS1 & PS2 Tales of Destiny 2's different?

Technically Sony doesnt like direct ports of PS1 games, so maybe since its a port from the PS2, we'll see it over here. Maybe some additional voices, and an intro will be enough for them to bring Phantasia around here.

Once again i fail to understand why they'll release games like Smart Bomb, but not bring over classic rpgs.[/QUOTE]Smart Bomb may have been crappy, but it was an original game for PSP; therefore, it passed. Well, like I said earlier, I don't really see Sony being the problem for Phantasia coming stateside, more so Nintendo, because they released the GBA version stateside.
 
[quote name='Samurai T']Actually, I think the chances might be higher that it will come stateside, although Phantasia might be the biggest doubt, if Nintendo owns some type of rights to it (Nintendo brought it over for GBA).
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Nintendo just published it on the GBA, they probably don't have a say if Namco themselves brought it out on PSP.

I think Sony would actually want Tales of Phantasia to come out here on the PSP, just to really one up the GBA and make Nintendo's versions of games look shoddy by comparision.
 
Originally, I was excited about all the Tales games after Symphonia- which they spent a lot of time on and it showed with such a fantastic RPG. But I quickly felt otherwise. Legendia was ok and the GBA port of Phantasia was crap. Abyss is supposed to be good, which I'm looking forward to.

Namco is quickly becoming like Capcom with these Tales games. Their track record is so inconsistent. I wish they'd make 1 great game rather than 3 average/crappy games.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']Nintendo just published it on the GBA, they probably don't have a say if Namco themselves brought it out on PSP.

I think Sony would actually want Tales of Phantasia to come out here on the PSP, just to really one up the GBA and make Nintendo's versions of games look shoddy by comparision.[/QUOTE]
That wouldn't be too bad of an idea. I liked Tales of Phantasia a lot, but I have to admit it was very shoddy. Mostly, I overlooked it because I finally got to see decent translation. I'd really like there to be good voiceacting in ToP, because that would really make the GBA version shoddy. Not to knock on the GBA any (because I definitely liked it), but there's no denying it was the worst version of ToP, and that's all the U.S. got. :(
[quote name='Vinny']Originally, I was excited about all the Tales games after Symphonia- which they spent a lot of time on and it showed with such a fantastic RPG. But I quickly felt otherwise. Legendia was ok and the GBA port of Phantasia was crap. Abyss is supposed to be good, which I'm looking forward to.

Namco is quickly becoming like Capcom with these Tales games. Their track record is so inconsistent. I wish they'd make 1 great game rather than 3 average/crappy games.[/QUOTE]I liked Legaia, although I'll admit it was definitely not as good as Eternia and Symphonia (to some extent). I heard excellent things about ToD2 (PS2) and Tales of Rebirth on PS2, which never came stateside. Hopefully, the PSP sees Rebirth next, since I really want to play it.

It doesn't really bother me they continue to release Tales series. I still like everyone they release, and I'll continue to buy them. As long as they never turn out to be as bad as a game like Lunar Dragon Song, I'm mostly happy.
 
On a side note: I'm hoping that VP:Lenneth does really well in the US. I say this because if it does, then Sony/Namco might change their minds and port the tales series to the US. Then I'll be able to get it here.

My .02 of course.
 
The fact that those never got a US release wont matter to sony, as they rejected Devil Summoner (japan saturn only)

The PSP Phantasia would have to be retranslated, as nintendo did the GBA version. And namco or ubi still have to bring tales of eternia over to the US first.

I think the Tales of Destiny remake has the best chance of getting a US release, espically if it is in 3D. Tales of Destiny 2 will depend on how much is redone.

Finally so far all the Tales game on sony system has been a failure in the US. And while ToAbssy is consided the best Tales game so far, it is up aganist a strong lineup this fall.
 
[quote name='62t']The fact that those never got a US release wont matter to sony, as they rejected Devil Summoner (japan saturn only)

The PSP Phantasia would have to be retranslated, as nintendo did the GBA version. And namco or ubi still have to bring tales of eternia over to the US first.

I think the Tales of Destiny remake has the best chance of getting a US release, espically if it is in 3D. Tales of Destiny 2 will depend on how much is redone.

Finally so far all the Tales game on sony system has been a failure in the US. And while ToAbssy is consided the best Tales game so far, it is up aganist a strong lineup this fall.[/QUOTE]Actually, Devil Summoner on Saturn was extremely dated (It was an extremely bad looking Saturn game with horrid 3-D graphics). The PS2 versions of ToD2 and ToR never came stateside because the Tales series wasn't very popular in the U.S., before Symphonia came out.

Eternia doesn't haven't to come over to the U.S. (on PSP), because the story has NO relation to any of the Tales announcements earlier today. I might have mis-understood you though.

Actually, the problem with the ToD remake is, ToD sold very poorly on PS1, so who knows if Namco wants to translate that again. I hope so.

Most Tales will continue to come to Sony platforms, because that's where they sell in Japan. Tales of Symphonia was expected to sell 500k in Japan, for GC, but sold 300k. The PS2 version, released later, sold 400k in Japan, so that's why the series has pretty much remained on Sony's platform, even if doesn't sell well in the U.S. Also, the reason ToS sold so well on GC, in the U.S., mostly has to do with the GC lacking an original, single player RPG, compared to PS2 being flooded witht them.
 
How much you guys know about these games is scary. Like parents basement scary.

What Tales game was Eternia a remake of for the Playstation? I thought it was Tales of Destiny 1, if so, is this Destiny 2 the true sequal? I know the sequal we got here was not the true sequal.
 
Pfft, skip the remakes and go directly to the newer Tales games like Rebirth. The Hi-ougi animations I saw for that game were incredible and I get the feeling that the rest of the game is great too.
 
Sorry, I usually just lurk on these forums for deals, so this is my first post. I'm a huge fan of all the Tales games and I've given up hoping for US releases of most of the games. It seems that Sony has a issues with non 3d games. In my opinion Tales of Rebirth was much, much better than Tales of Legendia even though is was 2d and had a fairly meh story line. Yet regardless of this fact, Tales of Legendia made it stateside. Tales of Destiny 2 for the PS2, the true sequal to the Tales of Destiny, was a stellar game but it was also all 2d and never made it to the states. They probably just looked at how well Working Designs did with Growlanser and said screw it. At any rate, Tales of the Abyss is coming out stateside and I've played through import already. Look forward to it because it is one of the best games I've played. My only hope is that it doesn't get over shadowed by Final Fantasy 12 which I think is scheduled to come out within a week of Abyss.
 
[quote name='b3b0p']How much you guys know about these games is scary. Like parents basement scary.

What Tales game was Eternia a remake of for the Playstation? I thought it was Tales of Destiny 1, if so, is this Destiny 2 the true sequal? I know the sequal we got here was not the true sequal.[/QUOTE]

The Tales of Destiny II (PS1) we saw here was really Tales of Eternia (PS1 and PSP) in Japan. The real Tales of Destiny II (PS2) was only released in Japan.
 
[quote name='b3b0p']How much you guys know about these games is scary. Like parents basement scary.

What Tales game was Eternia a remake of for the Playstation? I thought it was Tales of Destiny 1, if so, is this Destiny 2 the true sequal? I know the sequal we got here was not the true sequal.[/QUOTE]

I'm not sure I completely understand the question, but I'll attempt it anyway: Eternia was an original game on the playstation. It was called Tales of Eternia in Japan, but they called it Tales of Destiny 2 in the US release because we Americans like sequels. Tales of Eternia is a completely stand alone game in the Tales series. Tales of Destiny 2 in Japan was the game that came out on the Playstation 2 and it is the true sequel to Tales of Destiny which is a sequel to Tales of Phantasia (IIRC.) It has never had a stateside release of any sort.

Yeah, the amount of knowledge some people have about the Tales series is scary... it's definitely more convoluted than the Final Fantasy naming schemes.
 
[quote name='Samurai T']Actually, Devil Summoner on Saturn was extremely dated (It was an extremely bad looking Saturn game with horrid 3-D graphics). The PS2 versions of ToD2 and ToR never came stateside because the Tales series wasn't very popular in the U.S., before Symphonia came out.

Eternia doesn't haven't to come over to the U.S. (on PSP), because the story has NO relation to any of the Tales announcements earlier today. I might have mis-understood you though.

Actually, the problem with the ToD remake is, ToD sold very poorly on PS1, so who knows if Namco wants to translate that again. I hope so.

Most Tales will continue to come to Sony platforms, because that's where they sell in Japan. Tales of Symphonia was expected to sell 500k in Japan, for GC, but sold 300k. The PS2 version, released later, sold 400k in Japan, so that's why the series has pretty much remained on Sony's platform, even if doesn't sell well in the U.S. Also, the reason ToS sold so well on GC, in the U.S., mostly has to do with the GC lacking an original, single player RPG, compared to PS2 being flooded witht them.[/QUOTE]

What I am saying if they decided not to bring a game that is fully translated (eternia), it is even likely they will do new translation for a game like Phantasia.

At the same time Namco is very big on 3D graphics, which is one of the reasons they bring Legendia over.

Also Tales of the Tempest on DS still need a US publisher. I am gussing we wont know anything until the games are released in Japan.

Edit: There is also the Tales of Eternia Online (MMORPG). I think a few people has played the open beta. That also has little chance of a US release.
 
[quote name='Chacrana']I'm not sure I completely understand the question, but I'll attempt it anyway: Eternia was an original game on the playstation. It was called Tales of Eternia in Japan, but they called it Tales of Destiny 2 in the US release because we Americans like sequels. Tales of Eternia is a completely stand alone game in the Tales series. Tales of Destiny 2 in Japan was the game that came out on the Playstation 2 and it is the true sequel to Tales of Destiny which is a sequel to Tales of Phantasia (IIRC.) It has never had a stateside release of any sort.

Yeah, the amount of knowledge some people have about the Tales series is scary... it's definitely more convoluted than the Final Fantasy naming schemes.[/QUOTE]
Exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks!
 
[quote name='62t']What I am saying if they decided not to bring a game that is fully translated (eternia), it is even likely they will do new translation for a game like Phantasia.

At the same time Namco is very big on 3D graphics, which is one of the reasons they bring Legendia over.

Also Tales of the Tempest on DS still need a US publisher. I am gussing we wont know anything until the games are released in Japan.

Edit: There is also the Tales of Eternia Online (MMORPG). I think a few people has played the open beta. That also has little chance of a US release.[/QUOTE]Actually, I think Tales of the Tempest will have Namco Bandai Games logo on it, but Nintendo will either pay for or do the translation. But, I'm thinking an announcement will be made after it's realeased in Japan (since the game has been delayed a bunch of times). I don't think the game will be published by anyone else but Namco or Nintendo, since Namco normally doesn't want anyone else brining their games stateside.
[quote name='Adrei']Sorry, I usually just lurk on these forums for deals, so this is my first post. I'm a huge fan of all the Tales games and I've given up hoping for US releases of most of the games. It seems that Sony has a issues with non 3d games. In my opinion Tales of Rebirth was much, much better than Tales of Legendia even though is was 2d and had a fairly meh story line. Yet regardless of this fact, Tales of Legendia made it stateside. Tales of Destiny 2 for the PS2, the true sequal to the Tales of Destiny, was a stellar game but it was also all 2d and never made it to the states. They probably just looked at how well Working Designs did with Growlanser and said screw it. At any rate, Tales of the Abyss is coming out stateside and I've played through import already. Look forward to it because it is one of the best games I've played. My only hope is that it doesn't get over shadowed by Final Fantasy 12 which I think is scheduled to come out within a week of Abyss.[/QUOTE]I heard that publishers like Mastiff, Atlus, etc. all expressed interest in ToD2 (PS2) and ToR (PS2), but Namco didn't want anyone else bringing their games stateside, except for them. Also at the time, especially for ToD2, there was no way Namco was going to release another Tales game stateside, after how badly ToD and ToE did stateside. But, since Nintendo piad Namco to do the translation on Tales of Symphonia and helped advertise it, that's the reason it came stateside in the first place, causing some more popularity in the Tales series.

From what I've seen in Legendia, the game wasn't directly developed by Namco Tales Studio (There name isn't anywhere), so that's probably the reason it may not have been as good as the rest.
 
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