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Bandai Namco released taser images of the Next Tales of ... title for PlayStation 3. Producer Hideo Baba mentioned that "Tales of Unitia" is not the game name, a title hasn't been decided yet. The game will utilize visual technology that they have accumulated, the game will retain the good points of the series and include new play elements to create a title like never before, and will not be ashamed of calling it as a 15th anniversary game.

As discussed last week, Tales of Graces, the latest game in Namco Bandai's long-running RPG series, is getting ported from the Wii to the PlayStation 3 in Japan, a bit of news that made console warriors pick up their pitchforks and lay waste to gaming forums all across Asia.

Something that got overlooked amid the chaos, though, was Namco Bandai's mention of a brand-new Tales game, one that's due to come out exclusively for the PS3. Developed to celebrate the series' 15th birthday in Japan, the as-yet-unnamed Tales title had its first reveal in this week's edition of Famitsu magazine in the form of six pieces of concept art. The interesting thing about the art: it doesn't seem anime-like at all, instead looking like the sort of traditional fantasy-laden tableaus you'd expect to find in a much older generation of JRPGs.

"The next Tales will be the culmination of 15 years' worth of know-how we've accumulated," series producer Hideo Baba told Famitsu. "The thing I want to emphasize here [in the art style] is the contrast between light and shadow, a new type of expression compared to the anime touches of Tales of Vesperia and the watercolor look of Graces."

Neither Baba nor his employer are revealing any details about this PS3 Tales yet, but they'll have to hurry if they want to be in time for Tales' 15th anniversary -- the first Tales of Phantasia came out December 1995 over in Japan. "Currently we're laying down the structure of the game," Baba said, "building up the gameplay components and expanding on all the little details involved. I can't reveal screenshots or character information yet, but this is being worked on by a motivated staff that's definitely up to the task of producing a 15th-anniversary game, so I'm looking forward to the day when I can show off more. Tales is going to break out of its shell and be enjoyed by the masses!"

Tibarn wrote:...bakit yung tales of symphonia sa gamecube dati hindi nagka problema sa US? natatandaan ko on-schedule release date dati sa states nun. Nung maganda nga sales sa gamecube sa US kaya nagka-port sa ps2 ang tales of symphonia.

TurnBased wrote:Dapat talaga may US release na to...

15th anniversary ng Tales series sabay left out mga US gamers :grrr:

darkwing_uop wrote:highly unlikely, dapat ibigay na nila ito sa Atlus or NIS para ma localize

Khrysler Jerikho wrote:

Tibarn wrote:...bakit yung tales of symphonia sa gamecube dati hindi nagka problema sa US? natatandaan ko on-schedule release date dati sa states nun. Nung maganda nga sales sa gamecube sa US kaya nagka-port sa ps2 ang tales of symphonia.

Kasi ngayon ang laman lang ng utak ng Bamco eh Saiyans, Shinobis saka King of Iron Fists?

Khrysler Jerikho wrote:

Tibarn wrote:...bakit yung tales of symphonia sa gamecube dati hindi nagka problema sa US? natatandaan ko on-schedule release date dati sa states nun. Nung maganda nga sales sa gamecube sa US kaya nagka-port sa ps2 ang tales of symphonia.

Kasi ngayon ang laman lang ng utak ng Bamco eh Saiyans, Shinobis saka King of Iron Fists?