As early as Summer of this year, the next chapter in the long-standing Tales video game franchise releases in North America for the PlayStation 3. Titled Tales of Xillia, the game's release will mark 15 years of Tales games, which began in 2006 with Tales of Phantasia.
Today it was announced that the gaming and anime industry has lost another beloved artist and creator. Mutsumi Inomata has passed away.
The Tales Of series are some of the best RPGs I've ever played, and the characters are a big reason for that. I don't think I played a single game in the series that I didn't enjoy. Rest in peace.
We're 3 months into the year and I feel like we're taking nothing but L's.
Wow she was the character designer for Tales of Destiny one of my favorites of all time =(
I love the Tales games. Phantasia will always be my favorite. Ironically I felt like as the series progressed the character design became too “anime cliche.”
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“Tales series is considered one of the top three Japanese RPG series next to RPG giants like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.”
How you gonna talk about the top three JRPG franchises and not mention Pokémon, the top selling series in the genre?
This is how the top JRPG series stack up
1. Pokémon - 340M
2. Final Fantasy - 144M
3. Dragon Quest - 78M
4. Monster Hunter - 52M
5. Kingdom Hearts - 30M
6. Souls - 25M
7. Tales of - 20M
Nice interview! Hideo Baba is quickly becoming one of my favorite people in the game industry. His viewpoints on JRPGs and how he doesn't want to betray old fans for new ones is really admirable. Tales games will always be Tales games, which is very refreshing to hear. Cannot wait to support this game by pre-ordering the moment it's available. :]
With more or less two stories to explore, I wonder how long this particular title is.
Cant wait for the EU Release!!! :D