Tales of Xillia Interview: Namco’s RPG Series Gets Bigger and Bigger

Posted by Fred Dutton // SCEE Blog Manager -

Good news for anyone who’s been enjoying Namco Bandai’s enormous JRPG Tales of Graces F since its launch back in August: its immediate successor, Tales of Xillia, is on its way exclusively to PlayStation 3 in 2013.
We’ve struggled our way through an hour or so of the original Japanese version, which launched overseas back in 2011, and the 13th entry in the long-running series brings with it a number of significant new innovations for the much-loved franchise. Duly, we took the time to check in with producer Hideo Baba while in Tokyo last month to find out exactly what fans should expect.

[Relientk77]

Can't wait until this comes to the U.S.

[mi_titan27]

I agree ive just gotten into the Tales of games and im excited for this one as well

[Yi-Long]

... then they should start adding the option for the original voices!

I'm not buying any of these games as long as they're english-dub only. I want the original voices with english subs, and many weaboos like me feel the same way.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

So you wouldn't buy an insanely good game because it doesn't come in a language you don't even understand? That's what I call stupid. Personally, I don't mind subs, but if the dub isn't shit (ala ToGf had an awesome english voice over) I would gladly take it in my native language.

[Yi-Long]

... that hopefully DOES have the original voices as an option.

I honestly can stand horrible english dubs. And yes, the majority of the english dubs ARE horrible.

[Ruggadagod]

Oh yes more tales. They are so damn fun.