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Tales of Xillia Allows Swap Between Characters In And Out Of Battle

Tales of Xillia introduces two new features to the series: the characters' HP/TP/AC gauge bars arranged in a cross in battle, and switching between characters in and out of battle.

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NewMonday5179d ago

Great, about time they did this, it gives more value to the whole party.

I also want multiplying encounters like in Vesperea

Redempteur5178d ago

i'm glad it happens but this will probably means tougher ennemies from now on .

not that i'm complaining ..it i don't see any fan of tales of complaining ...the possibilities of combos will really go up now with the faster pacing of battle they took with xillia

PirosThe4th5178d ago

That reminds me of Final Fantasy X. You could swap characters on the fly. XD

banjadude5178d ago

Which I think is great, b/c it can help alleviate the grinding needed to level up characters.

All RPGs should do this, or at least, let the characters "sitting on the bench" share in on the exp.

PirosThe4th5178d ago

I guess. I was just playing Lost Odyssey and I had to keep on swapping characters before fights to level them up evenly. You can change the formation but It doesn't let you change any characters though. That game would benefit from that option.

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Beloved Tales Of Character Designer Mutsumi Inomata Has Passed Away

Today it was announced that the gaming and anime industry has lost another beloved artist and creator. Mutsumi Inomata has passed away.

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banger88464d ago

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.

Snookies12463d ago (Edited 463d ago )

Damn, that sucks to hear... His designs were always wonderful.

H9463d ago

RIP, sheade some great designs, man it's one after the other this year

FinalFantasyFanatic462d ago

We're 3 months into the year and I feel like we're taking nothing but L's.

autobotdan463d ago

Wow she was the character designer for Tales of Destiny one of my favorites of all time =(

scorpio_2049463d ago

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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Did Tales of Xillia Write a Smarter Thanos?

There's a surprising amount of overlap between Marvel's Mad Titan and a lesser-known Tales villains -- but which is the better baddie?

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The 10 Best Games in the Tales Series

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!

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PhoenixUp2152d ago

I’ve been hooked on the series ever since playing Tales of Xillia

jznrpg2152d ago

I hope they remaster or port a lot of the older games of the series to PS4/PS5

Immagaiden2152d ago

“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