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Tales of the Abyss Anime Confirmed?

Anise Tatlin - Tales of the Abyss anime?

It seems that unofficial confirmation of a Tales of the Abyss anime is forthcoming by way of a mention of the title in an anime producer’s portfolio of products worked on. Apparently the production staff has already been settled up to episode 7, so an official announcement can’t be that far away. Other details are still lacking. Moon Phase thinks this can serve as reliable confirmation, and Moon Phase certainly qualifies as a reliable source for such matters.

As an aside, the same source reveals the progress of a new Inuyasha title, although details on this are even scarcer.

I can’t help but be enthused by this news, since Tales of the Abyss probably ranks as my favourite console RPG; hopefully they will do it justice. Looking forward to seeing some more of Anise and Ion, and all the others…

  • Artefact commented on June 15, 2008 07:24

    They said episode 7 already has staff, so it sounds too long to be an OVA... 13 episodes is my guess.... More

  • meganeshounen commented on June 14, 2008 22:51

    Kinda amused as well, though there's still no definite answer to whether it's a TV series or an OVA...... More

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Tales of Vesperia Release Date Announced

Tales of Vesperia Release Date Announced

Tales fans, at least the few who own an Xbox360, can rejoice with the knowledge that Namco has officially announced the Japanese release as being August 7th, with an expected price of ¥7,800. The game has been designed with full internationalisation in mind (so forget about a Japanese dub), with an English language version set to follow shortly. No word on the PS3 release, of course.

  • Anonymous commented on January 2, 2009 17:05

    No PS3 or WII? I'm not getting it then.... More

  • 旅人 commented on June 28, 2008 06:09

    Is it confirmed anywhere that there is no JP voice track? The demo has typical painfully mediocre english voices, but I still hold out hope for real JP voice!... More

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Star Ocean 4 Xbox360 Exclusive?

Star Ocean

The latest game in the Star Ocean series, スターオーシャン 4 THE LAST HOPE / Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope, will be an Xbox360 exclusive to be released in 2009, it has been announced.

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  • ryuzaki57 commented on July 13, 2009 05:21

    Same opinion. I hope that with the ridiculous sales of So4 and Tales of Vesparia, Microsoft and their filthy accomplices will let we gamers play those fantastic titles. As for the blockhead who looks down... More

  • Anonymous commented on January 27, 2009 10:53

    If you ask me, Microsoft's battle for Japan was lost the minute they announced Gears of War 2 would not be coming out in the Japanese market. Believe it or not, Gears of War... More

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Soul Calibur IV to Have Strippable Characters

Soul Calibur IV to Have Strippable Characters ("Armour Battle Damage")

It seems one of the new additions to Soul Calibur IV will be the ability for characters to lose clothing (“armour”) as battle damage. The pictures and videos (below) seem unambiguous in showing a variety of characters, male and female, suffering clothing destruction to varying degrees.

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  • Anonymous commented on June 14, 2010 22:01

    Fighting Vipers on the Saturn anyone?... More

  • Azure Xuchilbara commented on June 1, 2009 05:44

    If only they made a guro with it... *licks lips*... More

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Gantz Creator Designs Top Heavy SC IV Character

Gantz Creator 奥浩哉 / Hiroya Oku Designs Soul Calibur IV Character 修羅, Shura

Gantz creator 奥浩哉 / Hiroya Oku has apparently turned his hand to character design for Soul Calibur IV, it has been revealed in the latest issue of Young Jump. His contribution will be one of his trademark top heavy females, a supernatural samurai in the Taki vein, wielding two swords and monikered “修羅”, Shura, cheerily meaning the scene of a bloodbath.

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  • twin blades commented on January 28, 2009 10:05

    gantz rules.... More

  • soloista commented on May 21, 2008 17:10

    Maybe that's what he wanted all this time.... More

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Tales of Vesperia PS3 Confirmed?

Tales of Vesperia PS3 Confirmed?

Any ardent fan of the excellent Tales series of RPGs will already know about the magnificent looking テイルズ オブ ヴェスペリア / Tales of Vesperia, the latest and next generation incarnation of the series, but there has been something of an upset over the bizarre decision to release the game first on the Xbox360, with a PS3 release not even confirmed yet – whilst no denials, and the eminent logic of releasing the game to its main market on the PS3, as well as prior precedents in porting this series and others, all tend to suggest the PS3 release is all but inevitable, no official announcement has been forthcoming, until now… sort of.

It seems some observant soul managed to spot buried in a Bandai Namco financial presentation an entry (now amended) for ToV listed as due for release later in the year for both Xbox360 and PS3, however no sooner had the news got out than the document was amended to refer only to the Xbox360 release; the original page is mirrored below.

Just what kind of mistake this was may only be revealed by the passage of time, but most Tales fans can but hope it represents accidental confirmation of the PS3 release, and hopefully for this year and not next.

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  • Anonymous commented on January 13, 2010 08:01

    I guess this was right, come to think of it...... More

  • ZippyDSMlee commented on January 27, 2009 12:45

    Unless MS is paying them it will hit the PS3 in time, its just easier to dev for the 360. And fankly if they work on polishing the thing up and relase it with a... More

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More Cross Edge Details

Etna will feature

More Details on クロスエッジ / Cross Edge / XEdge, the newly announced PS3 mixed franchise RPG are provided here by Famitsu. When I first heard of this game, I was sceptical, and seeing those screens (which look distinctly PS2 in calibre), and also hearing the somewhat mixed reception in the Japanese blogosphere has done nothing to allay my concerns, even if it does include Etna.

Including a bunch of popular characters from a variety of games and then letting the player dress them up might cut it for a dojin game, but my suspicion is that such a pastiche of characters will not result in a rewarding story. Perhaps it could more accurately be thought of as charcter goods. Still, it remains to be seen how this will turn out; the developers involved can hardly be keen for their characters to be involved in a licensing debacle (or can they?).

  • meganeshounen commented on September 1, 2008 22:07

    Hmm.. didn't realize that this also includes characters from Idea Factory's other games, like Blazing Souls (I see Zeros in one of the screenshots), and of course, Mue. Wonder if they'll put in Hiro (of Spectral... More

  • Artefact commented on May 11, 2008 04:35

    It reminds me of a cross between the Tales remakes (with the 2D side scrolling) and Agarest Senki (battles)... Will be interesting to see how it turns out, but it had better have a sense... More

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