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Project Judge, New Kingdom Hearts 3 Trailer, Vesperia Date, and More!

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Sep 102018
 

I was planning to review King’s Quest VI today, but I woke up to such an explosion of video game news, we need to cover that first.

Not too long ago, we heard news that the development team behind the Yakuza series was working on a new IP, and today they announced Project Judge. Not only that, but it’s already been confirmed for localization in 2019.

Project Judge looks a lot like a Yakuza game, except it follows an ex-lawyer who becomes a private detective.

From the story trailer, it looks like it will have an intense main story, and the gameplay trailer also teases the sort of wacky sub-stories found in the Yakuza games. It also features investigations, since you’re playing a detective.

All in all, the two trailers made Project Judge one of my new most-anticipated games. It looks fantastic!

Square Enix also came out with a ton of exciting news today.

First, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles is being remastered for the Switch and PS4. I played the original Crystal Chronicles on the GameCube, but I never finished it. I’ve actually been thinking about it lately, so this remaster is great news.

Even more exciting, they released a new Kingdom Hearts 3 trailer that shows the Big Hero 6 world for the first time, along with some tiny story teases.

And this isn’t even the full trailer! Apparently an extended version is coming on September 18.

Finally, Square Enix also showed the first teaser trailer for Project Prelude Rune, which we just discussed recently. While it starts with concept art, it also includes a short glimpse of the game and a character who is presumably the protagonist.

And moving on from Square Enix, Bandai Namco revealed the release date for Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition. It will be out on January 11, 2019.

I was hoping for a 2018 release date, but this is fine (although a bit too close to Kingdom Hearts). A special edition will also be available.

There was a lot more news besides this, but these are the highlights that stood out to me. What do you think?

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Tales of the Rays is Shutting Down in the West

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Apr 022018
 

I didn’t post on Friday because of the holiday, but now I’m back to discuss the impending shutdown of Tales of the Rays.

Tales of the Rays came out in the West last August, and since it actually looked like a Tales game despite being mobile, I was more interested in it than in most mobile games.

It used a simplified version of the Tales combat system, told a new story despite having characters from across the series, and restricted its gacha system to mainly weapons/equipment.

I didn’t get too far, but I intended to go back to it eventually (especially when I learned Mithos had been added as a playable character in Japan).

Unfortunately, it’s shutting down in the west.

Tales of the Rays will be shut down outside of Japan on May 29. From what I understand, it will finish out the first story arc, but there’s still plenty of story content that will never make it to the west. And since it’s an online game, you won’t be able to play it at all once it ends.

It sounds as though not enough people played it to make it worthwhile. The non-intrusive gacha system might have contributed, too. Whatever the reason is, it’s disappointing news.

Some fans did start a petition to keep Tales of the Rays active, if you want to join one final effort to save it. Aside from that, you have until May 29 to play the Tales of the Rays content we did get.

Did you play Tales of the Rays? How do you feel about the global version being shut down?

Where is the Switch Tales Game?

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Feb 212018
 

Back when the Switch was revealed, the Japanese website included the “Tales of” logo among its list of upcoming games.

A few months later, Bandai Namco’s financial report presentation listed a Tales game for the Switch among their plans for that fiscal year. For Bandai Namco, that means sometime before March 31, 2018.

I wasn’t the only one who expected an announcement during their December 16 broadcast, but it came and went without anything.

Now that we’re nearing the end of February, the end of March seems awfully close.

We never knew if the Switch Tales game would be a new entry or a port, but if it’s still planned for the time frame they initially said, a port or remaster seems most likely. They wouldn’t announce a new main entry without more time to promote it.

But if it’s a port, what of? Tales of Innocence R? Tales of Vesperia, like many fans are hoping after Bandai Namco’s recent Repede tweet? Tales of Berseria? Tales of Symphonia Chronicles?

Then again, at this point, maybe their plan has changed and we won’t see a Tales game on the Switch for a while yet.

What do you think? Will we hear about the Switch Tales game soon, and if so, what will it be?

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