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The newest entry in the "Tales of" series, coming to Japan August 9th, 2008, and in North America on August 26th, 2008, exclusively for the Xbox 360.

In celebration of this upcoming game, I've made this thread and will be updating it every few days with pictures and such. XD A lot of the provided info is from wiki.

Video Center
English Trailer
July 2008 Trailer (JP)
July 2008 Trailer (Subbed)
Gameplay 1 (EN)
Gameplay 2 (EN)
Gameplay 3 (EN)
Gameplay 4 (EN)
Battle Gameplay 1 (JP)
Battle Gameplay 2 (EN)
Battle Gameplay 3 (EN)
"Ring a Bell" by BONNIE PINK (Opening song for English version)


Plot
The people of Terca Lumireis rely on Blastia, technology created from Core with a wide array of properties, to carry out their daily lives in peace. For example, cities use Blastia to perform day-to-day processes such as drawing water while knights and guild members use Blastia to kill monsters threatening ordinary citizens. Most importantly, Blastia is used to create barriers. Because monsters overindulge in Eal and become powerful and dangerous as a result, barriers are needed to hold them back from entering the cities. However, because Blastia protects and shelters people from the dangers of the world, it has prevented most citizens from exploring what lies beyond city walls.

Yuri Lowell, because he lives under the protection of barriers, longs to journey the outside world like his childhood friend Flynn Scifo. Flynn is a knight working for the capital, and thus is allowed to leave the city to protect ordinary citizens. Yuri was once a knight with those same ideals as well, but because he disliked the way government enforced things, he retired from being a knight and started up his own guild, Brave Vesperia, to serve the poor using his own sense of "justice". When an important Blastia is stolen, this gives Yuri the opportunity to finally leave the city and explore the world around him. However, it is through this journey to retrieve the stolen Blastia that opens Yuri's eyes to more than just the outside world.

Gameplay
Tales of Vesperia uses an improved and evolved version of Tales of the Abyss's battle system, called the "Evolved Flex-Range Linear Motion Battle System" (EFR-LMBS).

Returning from Tales of Symphonia and Tales of the Abyss is the "Overlimit". Similar to Tales of the Abyss it is in the form of a visible gauge, but it comes in the form of a single bar that can be spread out among the party, or "stacked" up to four different levels to give various effects when used for a single person, such as the ability to cancel any arte at level one, and then becoming invulnerable at level four.

Tales of Vesperia also introduces a new skill system to the series. For this entry, they are found and used through equipment instead, each having a certain number of "Learning Points", or LP. Through fighting battles, you gain Learning Points, which is given to all currently unlearned skills. When enough Learning Points are acquired, that character learns the skills, and can use it without having the weapon equipped, for a certain number of Skill Points (SP). SP is gained through leveling, and if a character has a weapon with a certain skill, they are capable of using that skill without any SP cost. Through skills, characters are also capable of "Skill Changes", an arte or spell that is created when a certain skill is equipped and a certain arte is used. Though using a Skill Change enough times, the character learns that arte or spell and is capable of using it without a skill change.

Another new feature added to the battle system are Burst Artes, powerful attacks performed while in overlimit and using an arcane arte or a spell change. Depending on the Overlimit level, the amount of time increases, allowing you to add in more combos. And like with previous Tales games, players will get to pull off powerful hi-ougis.

As compared to previous Tales games, during battle, players will be given "Fatal Strikes", attacks capable of defeating their enemies with one strike. The attacks are performed through a series of select button combinations.

An added aspect to the game's world is the "Encounter Linking" system. Should a particular enemy within the current battle session spot a roaming enemy walking about the field, the roaming enemy will also join the current battle. Also returning from previous Tales games are also "surprise encounters". Like in Tales of the Abyss, a surprise encounter rearranges the active party when taken into battle.

Tales of Vesperia also makes use of "Secret Missions", special tasks or challenges that can be completed during boss fights for certain rewards.

Like in Tales of Legendia, a previous game in the series, skits will now be voiced by English voice actors.

Playable Characters
Yuri Lowell (ユーリ・ローウェル, Yūri Rōueru?)
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Height: 180cm
English Voice Actor: Grant George
Japanese Voice Actor: Kosuke Toriumi
The main protagonist of the game that wields a sword in battle. An empathetic young man, who doesn't give a second thought about helping those in need, but he knows his limits. He is quite sarcastic and cynical but a nice man at heart. He was once a knight, which gave him the freedom of taking brief journeys outside his hometown, but now works as a bodyguard. Envious of Flynn, he decides to leave his city and see the world himself. He hates the nobility and the government. He also yearns for his older brother. He meets Estelle when events lead him to be imprisoned.

Estellise (エステリーゼ, Esuterīze?) Estelle (エステル, Esuteru?)
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Height: 165cm
English Voice Actor: Danielle Judovits
Japanese Voice Actor: Mai Nakahara
The heroine of the game that wields swords and staves. Her real name is Estellise, but she is also called Estelle. She uses healing magic and has pink hair. In the castle, Estelle encounters Yuri. She separates herself from her sad world, and begins to speak out and take action. She was kept in her castle for a long time, where she took up training with the sword. She is also surprised by the many things she encounters in the outside world. She enjoys reading books and takes the knowledge or other info she gains from them very seriously.

Flynn Scifo (フレン・シーフォ, Furen Shīfo?)
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Height: 180cm
English Voice Actor: Sam Riegel
Japanese Voice Actor: Mamoru Miyano
A knight that wields a sword and shield. Flynn shared his childhood with Yuri, though they contrast from one another. He has similar ideals of helping others, but chooses to work them out via politics instead. After Yuri retired from the knights, he began to gain many achievements and was promoted. He neglects those of the nobility, but is more friendly to the common people of the empire. He travels regularly to fend off monsters, a fact that makes Yuri envious.

Repede (ラピード, Rapīdo?)
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Height: 170cm
English Voice Actor: N/A
Japanese Voice Actor: N/A
Yuri's dog, who accompanies Yuri to places and fights with him using a dagger. He holds a pipe in his mouth, which is a memento of his previous owner. He is very close and friendly with those he accepts, but hates it when those he doesn't know try to touch him. He appears to be the calmest of the group.

Rita Mordio (リタ・モルディオ, Rita Morudio?)
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Height: 150cm
English Voice Actor: Michelle Ruff
Japanese Voice Actor: Rika Morinaga
A brunette-haired girl who wears goggles. She is a researcher that studies Blastia, and hates to be interrupted during her research. She is eccentric and has a poor social disposition. In battle she wields a book and is capable of using various magical attacks.

Karol Capel (カロル・カペル, Karoru Kaperu?)
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Height: 135cm
English Voice Actor: Wendee Lee
Japanese Voice Actor: Kumiko Watanabe
A little boy who wields a giant hammer and various other large weapons. He says that he is from the Hunting Blades guild (魔狩りの剣 (Magari no tsurugi, 魔狩りの剣?)). Due to certain circumstances he accompanies Yuri on his journey.

Judith (ジュディス, Judisu?)
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Height: 175cm
English Voice Actor: N/A
Japanese Voice Actor: Aya Hisakawa
A beautiful woman that wields a spear. She is a member of the Kuritea (クリティア, Kuritia?) tribe, a minority race. She encountered Yuri while wandering the world with two companions. She is sensible and speaks of going ahead without taking measures. Because she acts without explaining her actions, she cannot get an impression of the situation. She appears gentle, but she decides without hesitation and pushes onward. She speaks strongly without delay, which makes it difficult to socialize with her. When she goes into battle, she becomes violent, which creates a feeling of mystery about her.

Raven (レイヴン, Reivun?)
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Height: 170cm
English Voice Actor: N/A
Japanese Voice Actor: Eiji Takemoto
A frivolous and shady-looking old man that wears long clothes, and uses a bow and a dagger. He appears before Yuri while he is traveling, and annoys Yuri and his friends through his persiflage. To step back from troublesome things his voice becomes high-pitched immediately, and he becomes defiant to answer with his worried personality. Despite that, he is timid but not aloof from the world, the way someone somewhere cannot hate. As might be expected of someone his age, he strangely implies of past hardships, but the actual truth no one knows.

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