Tales of Vesperia

[ronin sparthos]

Still waiting on that second ToS installment... looks interesting.

[Amiel]

which ones do you guys recommend picking up first?

[ronin sparthos]

Symphonia (GC or PS2) or Phantasia (SNES Emulator or GBA iirc)

Both solid Tales games, imo.

[Charismatic]

Did the PS2 version of Symphonia come to the states? I never saw it anywhere.

[ronin sparthos]

I have no idea, i thought it did but perhaps that was an EU version i saw on youtube... the GC version is pretty good anyways.

[Charismatic]

Not when you don't have or want a Gamecube it isn't!

[Amiel]

Not when you don't have or want a Gamecube it isn't!

Assuming no Wii either then? and according to wikipedia.org it says "Japan only".

[Reapz]

and according to wikipedia.org it says "Japan only".

Japan only for the PS2 version of Symphonia or Japan only for Tales of Symphonia 2? Please say the first

[Amiel]

and according to wikipedia.org it says "Japan only".

Japan only for the PS2 version of Symphonia or Japan only for Tales of Symphonia 2? Please say the first

Japan only for the PS2 version. I think ToS for GC came out for JP, EU and NA.

[Vinen]

Did the PS2 version of Symphonia come to the states? I never saw it anywhere.

Far as I know the PS2 version never left Japan. I have a copy of it but never got around to playing it. All it did really was complete the characters Ougi's from what I've read.

Only game EU has gotten that NA hasn't in terms of system release is they saw Tales of Eternia (Tales of Destiny 2 US PS1) released for the PSP.

[Hitoshura]

which ones do you guys recommend picking up first?

Tales of the Abyss.

[Vinen]

I'd say Tales of Destiny 1 or Tales of Destiny 2 (US)... but, they are PS so you'd have to overpay to get your hands on them.

With that in mind, I'd say Symphonia if you have a gamecube. I found it to be more enjoyable then Tales of the Abyss personally. Tales of the Abyss is a very close second though.

If you can read basic Japanese and don't mind not fully understanding a story I'd import Tales of Destiny 1 and Tales of Destiny 2 >.>;; And Rebirth <.< They are better games.

[Maxxthepenguin]

Not when you don't have or want a Gamecube it isn't!

I don't want [system], I just want the games on [system]!

[Kaylia]

which ones do you guys recommend picking up first?

Tales of the Abyss.

Correct answer...I think. Havent played the GC, but The Abyss was pretty good in overall.

[Charismatic]

Not when you don't have or want a Gamecube it isn't!

I don't want [system], I just want a game on [system]!

fix'd!

[Julian]

English trailer http://www.gametrailers.com/player/32914.html

idk how I feel about this, I hope it gets ported to the PS3 or something like Eternal Sonata because I really don't want to buy a 360 just for a handful of games

[Genosync]

I really wish Namco would have stuck with two consoles like it did with GC/PS2 instead of now branching Tales games to the 360, but it seems there's a handful of decent things sitting on 360 at the moment anyway.

Ugh. Money sink.

[Xavier]

Not when you don't have or want a Gamecube it isn't!

I don't want [system], I just want a game on [system]!

fix'd!

Totally understandable, but you're aware that the system actually costs less than the game now right, lol?

(Not that I'd advise you to buy a Gamecube, its just funny)

[Charismatic]

Not where I live it doesn't.
(And I just checked to be sure so I wasn't talking out of my ass)

[Julian]

UPDATE

Tales of Vesperia was added as also having a PS3 release in 2008 on the JP BandaiNamco website, it was removed though a little while after. (Remember how we first found out about 360? kind of the same thing here)

There's still a small chance this might be fake, and there's also a chance we might only get the 360 version, but, FUCK YES

To think I was almost considering buying a 360.. hah (and before someone comes here and flames me, I'm not dissing the console, I just don't see a reason to buy a system that's aimed at games I don't like (GTA, Halo, FPS stuff) just because it has a few games that I do like because the developers decided to be dumb)