"I've never had any encounter with having to alter our games in any way to try and cater to a western audience. This is not something I would ever go through with, but there have been some instances where people will say something like, "Well, western audiences really enjoy Skyrim. Maybe we should try to make a Tales installment that's very similar in its style of gameplay to Skyrim." This isn't something I would ever agree with. I feel like doing something like that would be betraying our loyal fan base. We'd be creating a game that isn't what they're looking for. We feel like we want to maintain the flavor of our franchise. If you look at the Tales franchise, or the Elder Scrolls franchise, they all have their own flavor, and we feel like it's important to maintain doing what we do best."

^ Respect. I'm not even a fan of the Tales series, but I wish all series' had leadership like this.

"I feel that same way about the Tales franchise. If we changed it too drastically, then people would lose faith in us. We don't want that to happen."

Are you taking notes, Tsuyoshi Sawada?

I have high respect for Baba actually. I just wish SE has the same thinking. Look at Ni No Kuni, it doesn't have Western written all over it yet it borrows familiar mechanics that cater to many audience types.

Square Enix could learn a thing or two from Tales series on making quality JRPGs.

He introduced Silent Protagonist in the series so this guy is HUGE in my book, i hope the next Tales to have a Silent Protagonist.

Baba you will forever have my respects for your statements now bring over those Tales games to the English speaking market and take my cold hard earned cash!