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Namco Bandai's flagship franchise of RPGs, the Tales Of series, just got a bit more crowded. Earlier today we learned of a new entry to the series on the DS, a highly-anticipated sequel on the Wii, a director's cut of a recent remake, and a port to the PSP.

First off is Tales of Innocence for the DS. The game will ship in Japan before 2007 ends, and is being made by the same team that makes the Radiant Mythology games. Also, the DS has been declared officially as the "lead platform" for the Tales Of series, so we can assume to see a great many more DS Tales games in the future; hopefully they won't be made in the tradition of 2006's universally panned Tales of the Tempest.

In addition to Tales of Innocence, there was an announcement for a director's cut of the PS2 remake of Tales of Destiny, which began life as the second game in the Tales series and the first on the Playstation. We don't know what new features will be present in this re-release of a remake, and it's hard to say when we will; the game has an unspecified 2008 release date in Japan.

Thirdly, there was an announcement for a PSP port of Tales of Rebirth, a 2004 PS2 game that never had a Western localization. ToR is notable for being the first Tales game to use fewer bright colors and more realistic character anatomy than most of its predecessors; design-wise, it essentially bridges the gap between the art styles of Tales of Symphonia and Tales of the Abyss. There is no announcement yet for a Western release of this PSP port, but it is also scheduled for an unspecified 2008 release date in Japan.

Lastly, Namco Bandai announced a sequel that is sure to excite many Tales fans: Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk for the Nintendo Wii. It is set to take place two years after the events of Tales of Symphonia with in the same world, but starring two new main characters. It is unknown what roles the original cast of Tales of Symphonia will play, but it is safe to assume that they won't be completely absent from the game.

So that's four new games announced from this well-milked franchise, including a new stand-alone title and a sequel to one of the series' most popular entries. 2008 looks to be a very busy year for Tales Of.

Source: RPGamer

This post has been edited by laszlow on 25th July 2007 12:45

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Thats Awsome!, I Was always hoping that they would Make a Tales Of Symphonia Sequel

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In addition to Tales of Innocence, there was an announcement for a director's cut of the PS2 remake of Tales of Destiny, which began life as the second game in the Tales series and the first on the Playstation. We don't know what new features will be present in this re-release of a remake, and it's hard to say when we will; the game has an unspecified 2008 release date in Japan.

They'd better give it to us this time. >_> Hopefully they'll release ToR in English too with this port.

More Tales.

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Lastly, Namco Bandai announced a sequel is a sure to excite many Tales fans: Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk for the Nintendo Wii. It is set to take place two years after the events of Tales of Symphonia with in the same world, but starring two new main characters. It is unknown what roles the original cast of Tales of Symphonia will play, but it is safe to assume that they won't be completely absent from the game.

In The Words of the Starcraft II preview"Hell, its about time."

A ToS sequel is what im really looking forward to, now i gotta get a Wii!

A little more Knight of Ratatosk stuff:

The two new main characters, named Emil and Malta
The seven returning characters

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(it looks like the "real" story has Kratos dying instead of Zelos)

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So every other Character is Returning except Kratos? Crap on a Stick.

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So every other Character is Returning except Kratos? Crap on a Stick.

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Well, isn't Kratos rocketing away on the old elven World of Karhlan or however it's spelled? Or did I miss some ending involving his demise?

Anywho, I just beat Tales of Symphonia today, so I'm quite excited by the news. I really think it would be cool to have it have online play, though I'm not sure if that would work with it being an RPG. I hear the first one is 10x more fun with a friend or two or three.

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Well, isn't Kratos rocketing away on the old elven World of Karhlan or however it's spelled? Or did I miss some ending involving his demise?

Well, no. I was a little misleading.

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The preview video has no Kratos, but does have Zelos. This suggests that the "correct" story path is the one where Kratos never permanently rejoins the party and your party doesn't have to kill Zelos. Kratos isn't dead, he just ascended to Derris-Kharlan.

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Tales of Symphonia? Bah to non sprite-based Tales games. If it weren't Wii, I wouldn't spare it a second glance.

Tales of Destiny remake rerelease with new scenario for Leon the pink-caped wonder boy? Now that's news.

Leon = .

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