Tales of Graces
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| Tales of Graces テイルズオブグレイセス (Teiruzu obu Gureisesu) | |
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| Japan Release | December 10, 2009 |
| Game System | Nintendo Wii |
| Battle System | Style Shift Linear Motion Battle System |
| Modes | Single player, multiplayer cooperative |
| Theme Song(s) | Mamoritai ~White Wishes~ by BoA |
Tales of Graces is set to be the 12th "Mothership" title in the Tales series, exclusively for the Nintendo Wii. The first information was revealed in a leaked scan of the Weekly Shounen Jump magazine in Japan on April 2, 2009. The character designer for this game is Mutsumi Inomata, despite early rumors that a new artist may be involved in this game. The main character is Asbel Lhant, the "son and successor of a Frontier Lord".[1] This game is confirmed to have a release during Winter 2009. No western release has been announced as of yet, although a trademark has been filed in Europe.[2]
Tales of Graces was codenamed officially as Tales of Ten during development, referring to this as the 10th game produced by Bandai Namco's internal development team, now currently known as the Namco Tales Studio. This excludes the mothership titles Tales of Legendia and Tales of Innocence from the count, since these games were developed externally by Team MelFes and Alfa System, respectively.
At the Tokyo Game Show 2009, several gameplay elements were revealed:
- The enemies have distinct shapes, like in Tales of Vesperia and Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the World, not shadowy figures.
- The battles shift from the world/dungeon map to the fight arena almost instantly without resorting to the screen-breaking loading screen.
- The game features a system similar to the Chain Capacity found in Tales of Destiny, and characters use attacks similar to Blast Calibers.
- The skits resemble those seen in Tales of Rebirth, with the 3/4 cut-out. The JPN version has Japanese voices as well, but English voices have yet to be heard.
- The game supports the Wii Classic Controller as well as the Wii-mote/Nunchuk combo. Whether or not the game uses the pointer like Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the World is yet to be seen.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Protagonists
- Asbel Lhant, an 18-year-old knight from the Lhant Territory in the country of Wendol who takes over the role of Frontier Lord from his deceased father.
- Sophie, a mysterious girl without memories. She was given her name by Asbel, and for reasons unknown, vows to protect him.
- Cheria Barnes, the granddaughter of the butler working for the lhant house(Frederick), she holds feelings for Asbel somewhat, but refuses to tell him.
- Hubert Ozwell, Asbel's brother who is younger by a year. Though he was a quiet and obedient person in his childhood, he has been disciplining his own nature to have a persevering strength. He currently holds the status of Major in Strata's military. He seems to harbour feelings of being depressed when Asbel is around.
- Pascal, A genius technician Asbel meets along the course of his journey. She hides her mood or atmosphere through attacking words from her mouth that others can't read, and seems to be the type who's really hard to read.
- Malik Caesars, Asbel's honored and excellent instructor from the knights' school. He is an adult man who can be both somewhat frank and in composure. He seems to be the type who is able to master a variety of attributes from attack techniques, boasting strong power in attack techniques, no matter what they may be. Asbel looks up to Malik as his "ideal self".
- Richard, The Prince of the Frontier Kingdom of Windol, a man who has the respect of the citizens of Windol, he enjoys peace. Asbel and Richard share a very strong bond. He wields a rapier.
[edit] References
- ↑ ToVS For Real, ToG Info, and ToV for PS3 and Movie?? (No, seriously O__o) Abyssal Chronicles (2009) Retrieved on 2009-04-01.
- ↑ Tales of Graces European Trademark Filed (2009) Retrieved on 2009-10-13.
