Joystiq: "The Tales franchise has grown by leaps and bounds over the years, going from bona fide cult favorite to one of the most successful JRPG franchises this side of Final Fantasy. Unlike its competitors, the Tales series has been mostly content to stay the course over the past ten years or so. That remains the case for Tales of Xillia, which will please its now very vocal fanbase, even if it won't make many waves outside of the RPG community."
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.
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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The Tales games may be less recognizable than the Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy games, but that doesn't mean that they aren't worth playing!
“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
Baba is just amazing, he is now one of my favorite people in the game industry. He knows you should honor the fans that made your games such a success by not betraying them and changing too much in the past games they loved. (I'm looking at you Final Fantasy) "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." is the term I'm looking for here.
Tales games are really fun in their combat, and the character interactions are just the highlight of the games. I always want to find every little scene with every single character just to spend that little bit of extra time with them in their world.
As long as Baba stays in charge, I will be purchasing Tales games day one for as long as the series continues from this day forward.
I really have high hopes for this, Tales of Graces F was awesome!
Ni No Kuni first and i'm planning to buy Graces F after
cant wait.. Enjoying Ni No Kuni for now & then i will buy this day 1.. I really REALLY hope tales of hearts r gets localized for vita