- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Feb 23, 2010 20:57 JST
- Tags: Bugs, Marketing, Namco Bandai, Ports, PS3, RPG, Tales of Graces, Tales Series, Wii

Bandai Namco has finally announced a humiliating official recall of its notoriously buggy Wii title Tales of Graces, a mere three months after release.
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Bandai Namco has announced a 31 billion yen loss for fiscal 2009, after previously predicting 8.5 billion yen in profits; the company announced its intent to sack almost 10% of its 7,000 strong workforce to stem the flow of red ink, some 630 people.
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Namco Bandai has consigned international fans of Tales of Vesperia to eternal beta tester status, saying it has no intention of releasing the PS3 version of the game in the US (and presumably in less important places too).
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The controversy surrounding the recent release of decidedly linear RPG Final Fantasy XIII has caused some to make unfavourable comparisons with a previously released Flash game parody RPG, “The Linear RPG,” playable below.
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Fans of Tales of Graces have been pained to discover the title has dozens of bugs, some severe enough to crash the console and other locking players out of various parts of the game; with the game being released on the Wii, which lacks any hard drive, the impact is doubly severe as no patches will be forthcoming.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Oct 30, 2009 16:48 JST
- Tags: Cosplay, DLC, Lolicon, Ports, PS3, Seifuku, Tales of Vesperia, Tales Series

Namco’s notorious business practices have been brought to the fore with the news that it is charging a shocking ¥300 each for the opportunity to view the Tales of Vesperia cast in upskirt fashion, with all 9 costing ¥2,700, practically the cost of a game…
However, Namco knows its marks well and it seems likely many will succumb; the panchira, such as it is, is visible below:
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The burgeoning selection of DLC available for the perfect edition of Tales of Vesperia is now set to include a series of (for some) alluring school uniform costumes, from the Saint Vesperia Private Academy.
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The furor surrounding the Xbox 360 beta version of Tales of Vesperia refuses to abate, with the Namco developers responsible pouring oil onto the flames by thanking the “players” for their contributions in allowing a better PS3 version…
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The latest Tales “mothership” title Tales of Graces is due for release just in time to be slaughtered by Final Fantasy XIII, but with the announcement of a Tales of Graces Wii bundle some have begun wondering if this might not signal a (PS3) port is in the offing even now…
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The latest “mothership” Tales title is Tales of Graces for the Wii, due for release soon and by the looks of the trailers featured below one of the most impressive Tales games to date.
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The PS3 version of Patty RPG Tales of Vesperia has sold more copies in its first week than the beta edition sold since release, also handily beating the top selling Japanese Xbox 360 title to date, Star Ocean 4, itself shaping up to be beta material.
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Bandai Namco has been caught in a rather embarrassingly brazen lie to upset Tales of Vesperia beta testers, adding further to the controversy surrounding Microsoft’s efforts to secure Japanese exclusives for its console.
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