Tales of Xillia Is Headed to the US This June

They had already ported the game to PS3 in Japan and had done a lot of translation work for the North American version on 360. People theorize that Namco was paid to keep it exclusive to 360 in NA, but who knows? You could be right. It's just a shame, is all.

I should really look at things before I submit them haha. I meant Versperia might not have sold enough to warrant them making the extra effort to port Xillia. Agreed though, definitely a shame.

I can't get over the absolutely poor lip syncing or well... lack thereof.

I'm hoping the VA in Xillia is closer to Vesperia than Graces. The acting in the trailer seems ok but I'll wait and judge it in full.

@yummylee: If you actually only played an hour of Tales of Graces F, I guess that means you never made it past the point where you're kids. If that's so, and you still have the game, I suggest you try playing until you've gotten at least a little into the adult arc; that's where the combat gets the most interesting and carries the game like SomeJerk says. The dualizing system, though confusing at first, is also pretty addicting.

SomeJerk's also right about there being a good deal of stupidity in the game; the universe the game is set in is never explained in depth or particularly well, and the main villains are mostly just cheesy. That said, there's also plenty of charming stupidity in the skits and other interactions among the party members that makes the game worth playing too.

As for being uncertain if you only enjoyed Tales of Symphonia so much because you were younger, I obviously can't tell you to what degree that's true; but, having replayed the game a number of times myself, each at least a year apart, I've been able to see that the plot and characters are more generic than I initially thought, but they're also well-paced and well-written. Graces definitely doesn't reach the same levels Symphonia did, but it's reminiscent enough of the game's style to benefit some from nostalgia in addition to its own merits.

Twelve-year olds are going to love this.

I don't know about that voicing acting or maybe it's just dialogue.

@branthog: Most of the games are in their own continuity, except for Destiny 2, Symphonia 2 and the recently released Xillia 2. They're stand-alone titles set in their own worlds, much like Final Fantasy, so you have nothing to lose story-wise if you jump right in at Xillia.

Haha wow yeah. That voice actress either just doesn't get it or is trying something new and failing horribly.

Yes.

Substitute "nanomachines" with "spirits".

I'm eagerly awaiting Brad's review.

I love the Tales franchise, but man, that trailer is terrible.

I liked vesperia, it had a few moments that made we wince, but i enjoyed it enough to play through it 3 times.... the only thing i didn't like was the recolored enemies.

as for xillia. I am pumped up hardcore for it, i don't care, i want it and i want it hard. ive been a tales fan since my early teens. and i started the series BEFORE symphonia (not that that means anything but i see a lot of people saying theyre tales fans and they started with symphonia.)

Well, he is Giant Bomb's resident anime expert.

Looks great! But the English dub sounds horrible. T_T

That trailer leads me to believe that maybe, just maybe, this is a JRPG.

Woot! A new Tales games! Awesome!

Too bad the english dub is TRASH! Ugh!

I heard really good things about it on the importers' grapevine, for whatever that's worth to anyone.

I hate to say it, but I have to echo all the comments about how awful the VA work is in this.

Vesperia and Abyss are two of my favorite modern JRPGs, and I've always loved what the Tales of series has tried to do with JRPG combat, but it's a shame that Namco is often so willing to be lazy/cheap about localization.

How the hell did he dodge that?!?