Tales of Zestiria Localization Announced For The US and Europe
Namco Bandai Games Announces Tales of Zestiria For The PlayStation 3
Namco Bandai Games is proud to announce the Japanese 20th anniversary commemorative title, Tales of Zestiria, the latest entry in the famed Tales OF role-playing game franchise from Namco Bandai Studios, will be available in North America, South America and Europe for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system.
Players will delve into a grand storyline and discover the “zest” of adventure with brand new characters, magical lands and action-packed gameplay that the Tales OF franchise is known for from fans around the world. Tales of Zestiria returns to the series roots of a fantasy setting with character designs being handled by all four series designers; Mutsumi Inomata, Kosuke Fujishima, Daigo Okumura, and Minoru Iwamoto. ufotable Inc. will also return to create the game’s animated cut scenes and opening movie.
“Over the past few years the Tales Of team has taken great strides to strengthen our relationship with players across North America and Europe,” said Tales Of series producer Hideo Baba from Namco Bandai Studios “To respond to their love and support I am honored to open a new chapter of the Tales Of series together with Japanese and overseas fans.”
“2015 marks the 20th anniversary for the Tales Of franchise in Japan and I would like to thank all the fans who have supported us for the past two decades from the bottom of my heart,” said Makoto Yoshizumi, Tales Of Chief Producer from Namco Bandai Games “In recent years we have received anticipation for the series not only from Japan, but from overseas fans as well. Because of this I feel that the Tales Of series has more potential than ever before. For this reason we are taking this opportunity to announce Tales of Zestiria as a worldwide title. This title will be going back to the roots of the series and boldly exclaim to the world ‘this is Tales Of!’”
The Tales Of franchise has seen a strong resurgence of popularity among RPG gamers throughout Western territories in recent years. 2013 saw the series’ 15 anniversary in North America with the release of Tales Xillia and the announcement of 2014’s Tales of Symphonia Chronicles and Tales of Xillia 2; all of which are exclusive to the PlayStation 3 system.
《情热传说》官网正式开放确认将推出欧美版
在《传说》系列20周年纪念作制作发表会上,NBGI公司正式公布了该系列的最新作《情热传说(Tales of Zestiria)》。而日前本作的官方网站也正式公开,虽然目前并没有公开具体的游戏情报,不过NBGI在该网站上提到,他们将于2013年12月21日在官网中公开发表会上所播放的第一弹PV。而在12月21日及22日举行的JF2014中,他们也将放映该PV影像。官方公式 - http://toz.tales-ch.jp/
在日本德岛于2016年5月3日~5月5日举办的动画活动“マチ★アソビ vol.16”期间,可乘坐眉山观览车听到来自TV动画《热情传奇 the X》的米克里欧&莱拉的引导语音,这是下屋则子所配役的莱拉声音首次公开。原本在游戏中担当角色莱拉配音的声优松来未祐于去年10月27日因病去世,因此动画版则改为由下屋则子担当,可以感受一下新版莱拉的感觉。
传说系列20周年纪念TV动画《热情传奇 the X》预定于2016年夏季开始放送,动画制作由ufotable担当,主题歌与《时空幻境 狂战传奇》游戏一样为Flow。
Bandai Namco公布将于7月7日推出《时空幻境 热情传奇》廉价版,对应PS4/PS3平台,价格为普通版(PS4)3800日元、下载版(PS4/PS3,PS3版仅发售下载版)3400日元(以上均未含税),这是TOZ首次在日本国内发售PS4版。而由ufotable担当制作的TV动画《热情传奇 the X》则将于7月开始放送。