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Tales Broadcast Announced for December 16 (Switch Announcement?)

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Dec 012017
 

Bandai Namco has announced a “Tales Room” broadcast on December 16 to celebrate the series’ 22nd anniversary.

The broadcast will include a look back at 2017 as well as information about content currently in development.

This is exciting news, not only because we might get an announcement of the next Tales game, but also because we should find out what Tales game they’re bringing to the Switch.

Back in May, Bandai Namco announced that they were working on a Nintendo Switch Tales game for this fiscal year, but they haven’t said anything about it since. We don’t know if it will be a port, a remake, or the next mainline game.

On the other hand, they could use this broadcast to discuss the mobile games and nothing else. Still, if they plan to have a Tales game out for the Switch before the end of the fiscal year, you’d think they’d announce it soon.

What do you think? Will we learn what the Switch’s Tales game is on December 16? And what sort of game do you think it will be?

Tales of the Rays is Now Out!

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Aug 022017
 

Tales of the Rays, the mobile Tales game that actually looks like a Tales game, is now available in the West for iOS and Android devices.

I got it, although since it’s one of those games that requires an Internet connection to play, I haven’t gotten very far yet. However, so far it seems interesting.

A lot of fans wondered how the typical Tales combat system would work with a touchscreen, and Tales of the Rays uses a simplified system that lets you attack using taps and swipes.

It’s too early for me to judge the plot, but there definitely is an original story here. It seems as though the main characters, Ix and Mileena, will be visiting other worlds where past Tales characters live.

My track record with ongoing mobile games isn’t great. I quit Tales of Link, only played a little bit of Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, and recently stopped playing even Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ, because I got tired of all the filler. But who knows! Maybe Tales of the Rays will be the one that holds my attention.

And a Tales of Zestiria event starts tomorrow in Tales of the Rays. Maybe I’ll be ready in time to participate in that.

Have you started Tales of the Rays? If so, what do you think of it so far?

Tales of the Rays is Coming West This Summer

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Jul 032017
 

Tales of the Rays is coming West this summer, and its English website is now open.

We discussed Tales of the Rays once before. Even though it’s a F2P mobile game, it looks like it has the potential to feel like a full Tales game.

Tales of the Rays follows two original characters named Mileena and Ix, as well as characters from across the Tales series.

However, while it has gacha elements, fans who played the Japanese game have said the gacha system is only for upgrades (weapons and Mirror Artes). You can get every character by playing normally.

Screenshots on the website also show Tales-like gameplay, and it has a story by the writer of Tales of Symphonia, Tales of the Abyss, and Arc Rise Fantasia.

In short, although Tales of the Rays is a mobile game, it sounds like it might be worth looking into. It will be out in the West this summer.

Meanwhile, localization has been announced for a ton of visual novels, a PR company might have accidentally confirmed a Western release for Dragon Quest XI, and PlatinumGames may or may not have teased Bayonetta for the Switch. It’s been an exciting few days!

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