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The Future Of Tales Is In The West (Part 1)

Tales Union writes: "Late last month Namco Bandai's Japanese branch revealed a series of new Tales games, one of which being Tales of Graces f, a PS3 port of the original Wii version which includes a plethora of new additions and updates. After a small number of fans posted on Namco Games, the branch of the company responsible for causal mobile and PC releases, the company posted the following response on their wall..."

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mephman5020d ago

Certainly an interesting viewpoint, and people in the West seem crazy enough about Tales on PS3.

N4GAddict5020d ago

The demand is there but Namco hates money for some reason.

maniacmayhem5020d ago

The demand is only a small niche and probably won't cover the cost it takes to translate and publish over here.

As great of a game Vesperia was, it didn't do so well on the west side.

ShawnCollier5020d ago

@maniacmayhem: It met their quota for the series (100,000-125,000), although it wasn't gangbusters obviously.

silvacrest5019d ago

isn't it fair to say that vesperia was released on a console where the fanbase was else where in the west?

i'm not saying it would have sold 1 mil+ had it been on the PS3 but it would have been in line with other tales titles

Hardedge5020d ago

Yeah I'm sure there's more than enough of a following in the West. NISA and Atlus both publish pretty niche games, would be cool if Namco would do the same with Tales.

I'm still sad Radiant Mythology 2 hasn't been localized ; ;

ShawnCollier5020d ago

Same thought here.

The first RM had its faults, but the second game seemed to fix a lot of the issues.

Hardedge5020d ago

It was definitely a blast to play.

N4GAddict5020d ago

Namco should let other publishers handle it.

ShawnCollier5020d ago

I'd have my reservations against that, TBH (the second half of this article will deal with that exact issue).

Baka-akaB5020d ago

i can't wait to hear why you'd have those personally . It's not like namco ever did a stellar job with voices and translation , and they offer barely anything extra , unlike nis , atlus or even xseed .

Girlgamer1165020d ago

If You guys bought tales of vesperia,
We wouldn't be in this situation!

silvacrest5019d ago

for releasing a niche RPG on a console where most gamers are not interested

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JadedWriter5020d ago

Hey Namco I have money and I'm pretty sure you want it. Bring those Tales games to the states already. I'd love to play the full version of Vesperia (currently need to get back to the beta version) and Tales of Graces.

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Tales Of Graces Ƒ Retro Review – Holding Out For a Hero

Gary Green said: Namco Bandai heard the call of many fans asking for the PlayStation release of Tales of Graces which was originally released seemingly exclusively for the Wii back in 2009. If you’re acquainted with the Tales series then Graces f won’t be something entirely new to you, yet if you’re a newcomer then you’ll find a plethora of gameplay mechanics and nuances that distinguish this series from other JRPGs. While the game finds itself following the traditional archetype of JRPGs, such as a somewhat clichéd story, Graces has something to offer to both veterans and newcomers alike.

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GoodGuy0917d ago

Odd this and the xillia games still haven't gotten remasters yet.

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"Let Me Solo Her" Receives A Special Award From Namco Bandai For His 1000th Victory Against Malenia

Immersed Gamer writes: "Let Me Solo Her is a legendary Elden Ring player who mastered one of the most infamous bosses to help his fellow tarnished via co-op. And for his service, he received an award from Namco Bandai to commemorate his 1,000th victory. The reward in question is a real, and extremely dope, custom-made sword.

Malenia is regarded as the hardest boss in Elden Ring, and the relentless Tarnished has defended literally thousands of hosts against this malice. Let Me Solo Her apparently passed 2,000 Malenia kills a while back, but it’s hard to measure the exact count he is at now. Bandai Namco sent the gift his way when he was at around 1,000 kills. But due to the nature of the object, it got stuck in customs for a while!"

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shaenoide665d ago

Nice to see an healthy online behavior to be recognize by the dev teams.

But man.... How many hours did he spent playing Elden Ring? Not sure it's that healthy in real life 😂

But still kuddo to him :)

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‘Tekken Tag Tournament’ and ‘Tekken 4’ Gets Vinyled

Laced Records has teamed up with Bandai Namco for the release of a triple vinyl-set featuring music from retro-classics Tekken Tag Tournament & Tekken 4.

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Terry_B1156d ago

Are you Okay??? The thumb is from Tekken Tag Tournament 2.

SDuck1156d ago

At least it's the right franchise

fr0sty1156d ago

TTT is one of my all time favorite games, but I always found its soundtrack to be terrible. I'd mute the music and put my own on.