Gaming Front: "Previously scheduled for release on December 11th, Namco-Bandai have announced a new date for the latest installment of the Tales franchise. Tales of Hearts for the Nintendo DS will go head to head with Final Fantasy Dissidia on December 18th in Japan."
Total worldwide shipments for the Tales of series have topped 16 million, Bandai Namco announced.
The Tales of series began in 1995 with the launch of Tales of Phantasia. There have been 17 main entries and the next, Tales of Berseria, is slated to launch for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 in Japan next year. If you missed it, watch the latest trailer here. There have also been a number of spin-offs.
16 million sales for 17 games, that's not a lot.
... But if Namco are happy, then keep it up.
More than half of those titles are Japanese excusives, so those are good numbers, considering the budget of JRPGs and all.
Gratz Bamco. If only more people would give "Tales of" series a chance instead of listening to websites that downplay those wonderful games.
I cant wait for Tales of Berseria
Siliconera: While Namco Bandai is giving the Tales series a big push, we missed out on a bunch of games. Speaking with Siliconera, Tales of producer Hideo Baba said Tales of Phantasia was one of the most important games since it started the Tales series.
Siliconera: Namco Bandai hasn’t forgotten about Tales of Hearts. In fact, they took an extra step to protect the title in North America by filing a second trademark for Tales of Hearts on February 17, 2012.
