The Official Tales of Symphonia Thread

[Werewolf]

Nice figs, I want those too now ... and much cheaper then those cold-cast ones I've seen

Any word of a release date for this game yet?

[AaronChance]

Ironically, I searched for this thread only a few days ago because I just got Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 GBA and was looking for some tips on how to play since the only faq in english is... not really in english. I've played the game so much over the weekend that now the thread is bumped I don't need any advice on the game, I've figured it all out myself.

The figures look cool, but I'm not into that sort of thing. My place is cluttered enough as it is.

[Johnny Nighttrain]

Any word of a release date for this game yet?

June.

[ferricide]

Did Tales of Destiny II (J) for PS2 make the trip over? I can't remember. I know Eternia did, and I'd like to check it out once I beat Destiny.

in my ... not 100% educated opinion, as i only screwed around with TOD2 (PS2) for about an hour or two, but i feel that eternia is the superior game of the two. since that is out here, that's what you should be aiming for anyway.

[Rocca]

4 bucks???? I'm down!!!

[Frogacuda]

2 new Tales games on the way:

Tales of Legendia will be the successor to Symphonia. It will be 3D, cel shaded, and once again feature art by Kohsuke Fujishima, and will take place in the same universe as Phantasia and Symphonia. It's headed to the GameCube

Tales of Truthia (worst. name. ever) will be 2D, for the PS2, and will take place in the Destiny universe.

http://www.jeux-france.com/news2792.html

[NoFace]

They're running out of names that end in -ia quite obviously. I suggested Tales of Nokia for the N-Gage... but I don't think Namco will bite.

In all seriousness I'm very happy to see a sequel to Symphonia, which looks fantastic. Too lazy to read this thread, can someone say what the word is (or isn't) on a U.S. release for Symphonia please?

Edit: Ok I'm not lazy enough where I can't read three or four posts up. Looking forward to June now

[Frogacuda]

They're running out of names that end in -ia quite obviously. I suggested Tales of Nokia for the N-Gage... but I don't think Namco will bite.

I laughed out loud at that one.

In all seriousness I'm very happy to see a sequel to Symphonia, which looks fantastic. Too lazy to read this thread, can someone say what the word is (or isn't) on a U.S. release for Symphonia please?

Edit: Ok I'm not lazy enough where I can't read three or four posts up. Looking forward to June now

There's two conflicting stroies here. EB says it was pushed up to early May. Nintendo are saying Q3. EB is generally more reliable for namco dates than Nintendo, so I'm inclined to favor the May date.

[Damian79]

They're running out of names that end in -ia quite obviously. I suggested Tales of Nokia for the N-Gage... but I don't think Namco will bite.

In all seriousness I'm very happy to see a sequel to Symphonia, which looks fantastic. Too lazy to read this thread, can someone say what the word is (or isn't) on a U.S. release for Symphonia please?

Edit: Ok I'm not lazy enough where I can't read three or four posts up. Looking forward to June now

It's not that they are running out, they just don't want to use a lot of them like Tales of Nymphoria etc.

[Frogacuda]

Pretty nice stuff. I think most people in the US are going to like this box more than the japanese one. Loyd looks like a badass. Anyone with access to the Namco press box want to hook us up with a larger image?

Also, it sounds like the localization is coming along well. In this months Nintendo Power, they promised that they would not be removing any speech this time, and that they're using talented professional voice actors. I also got an email (for some reason) from Namco assuring me that they're handling this localization with the fans in mind. I'm actually optimistic about the localization now.

Oh yeah, and:
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