
Bandai Namco has announced they will be halting all their overseas development efforts because they failed completely.
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The release of Tales of Graces F, the non-beta version of Tales of Graces, has prompted fans to celebrate with delicious cake.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Nov 24, 2010 06:01 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Comparison, Events, Fujoshi, Otaku, Seiyuu, Tales Series, Video Gallery, Yaoi

The refusal of an excited fujoshi audience to even acknowledge female seiyuu whilst the same crowd hysterically greets their male counterparts with an ear-splitting shriek of enthusiasm has been noted with some disapproval by fans.
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Namco’s team of Wii beta testers (some would call them customers) seem to have done their work well – the “perfect” PS3 edition shows improvements in every area, from graphics to gameplay.
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The PS3 port of not-so-Wii-exclusive Tales of Graces has been given the usual slew of expansions, including a set of Code Geass costumes and even a Hatsune Miku outfit.
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Namco’s practice of allowing users on other platforms to pay for the privilege of beta-testing Tales games for PS3 users seems to have reached its pinnacle with Tales of Graces – comparing the PS3 version (above) to the Wii beta (top) shows some rather stark differences.
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Tales of Vesperia‘s protagonist Yuri Lowell will soon receive a fine looking figure portrayal by Alter.
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International fans of Namco’s blockbuster Tales series of RPGs desperate to see English releases have launched that most effective of pressure campaigns, an Internet petition.
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In a move unlikely to surprise many given its handling of “Xbox 360 exclusive” Tales of Vesperia, Namco has announced a perfect edition of Tales of Graces on the PS3.
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Tales Studio, the Namco Bandai subsidiary responsible for the long running Tales series of RPGs, has been revealed to be in dire financial straits.
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An editorial opining that the JRPG is now a dead genre, and offering 5 reasons why this is the case, has recently been circulating, both in Japan and internationally, and is particularly topical in light of the ongoing controversy ensuing from Bioware’s stinging comments on the matter.
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A very belated but authentically top-heavy figurine of Tear Grants, the noted Tales of the Abyss heroine, has arrived, with some notably tight clothing in evidence, particularly in the chest area.
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