<![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> this game looks fantastic hopefully it be good as the first one and lloyld can beat emil XD

xXshinObidOXx

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I CANT WAIT FOR THIS GAME TO COME HERE
!!!!!!!!!!! hopefully it will be as good as the last one


xXshinObidOXx

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I personally liked the animated bits more than the 3d models...

Reilaos~

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> This is totally my most anticipated game for the Wii. Maybe it'll actually pull me away from the 360 and Eternal Sonata for a bit...

Kortir

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> lol @ all the Kratos fanboys as if he were somehow a better character than Zelos. Zelos had layers and layers of depth, and was overall FAR more likeable and interesting than one-dimensional emo Kratos. For shame @ your tastes.

GOOD that they use the ending where Zelos survives. Hopefully, Zelos plays a big role in this game too.

@Ninja-Z: Fair enough. Kurz still sounds sly and playful to me, and Mao has this tough, worldly women kinda voice. I actually don't know how they stack up to the originals; I firmly believe that a dub can be a different interpretation of a character/story.

Langis

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Looks great. All the original characters are returning. Video is spoiler free aside from everyone surviving.

Do hope there's more cutscenes. I was dissapointed in the lack of cutscenes in the first one.

Project Thanatos

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> No Kratos, no sale!

Infradead

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @smitty1123: Does it really have to be one or the other? :)

Lemming

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Eroim: I'm not even sure on that. Previous talks about the game said that you only get the two main characters, and everything else you recruit are just monsters. It could simply be that it was really early in the production cycle, allowing them to change the format, though.

Lyner

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Langis: Well, Kurz's voice in Japanese actually gave his character a sly, playful edge, which goes along with his playboy demeanor. But in the English dub, he sounds a lot younger and a bit childish. Mao's English voice just grates at my ears.

Everybody else, Sousuke especially, are dubbed well, so I can't complain too much.

Ninja-Z

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> You fight Lloyd? He'd better kick your ass.

Pickens

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> The lack of facial expressions is a little disappointing, it wouldn't have been THAT hard to add some simple ones.

Chances are most of those FMVs are from t he single intro one too.

Erion04

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Krackatoa: You need an excuse?
I don't know about the rest of you but "Flex Range Linear Motion Battle System" sounds like some BS the announcer in an action figure commercial would say.

Erwin

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Nice! Although the "Tales" games are hit and miss for me, I did love the first "Symphonia."

BongoYoda

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Tales of Symphonia = best rpg

Hylian

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @beeporama: Very well said. A good retort to a terrible comment.

@Ninja-Z: How are Kurz and Mao "butchered" in the dub? They sound spot on to me.

Langis

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I have yet to finish the first game..Ugh..
However! Good to see all the returning characters!
Can't wait for it =]

NaryaMithrandir

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Eirias: Yeah, I know, but seeing as it's the only good game on the PS3 / 360 for my tastes, I'm not too keep on spending $300+ just to play it.

I didn't even buy a PS2 until I found out a masterpiece had finally been released on it. The masterpiece called Tales of the Abyss.

Squeek

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> "2 years after the regeneration of the world,
the worlds have become one.
However peoples hearts are grating,
and discord has filled the world.
The world still doesn't know."

I'm really looking forward to this game. Abyss' system was amazing, and this game utilizes it (Meaning you can run around anywhere, instead of a straight line). The game also looks to include costumes, so if the old gang's fully playable (As in, you can control them, not just have them in your party as CPU characters) then I hope to see new costumes for them.

Lloyd definately looks to be "bad" in this. He seems to be a position of power (Someone mentioning "Lloyd-sama's orders are absolute"; probably the guy in yellow armor as he was on screen), yet the main character Emil essentially shouted at someone "That's like saying Lloyd's not wrong", so it seems to be more a case of conflicting interests, than a simple misunderstanding. On the other hand, Genis claims to be friends with Emil, so it's unlikely Lloyd would be an antagonist for too long, especially if the other characters can join you.

The only thing that'd have made this better would have been some Houko Kuwashima. Little Presea didn't say a dang word =[

Eroim

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I've been going back and playing Tales of Symphonia for the past few days, as buying a Wii has made me waznt to go through all the nostalgia of Gamecube and play the best of yesteryear. Ikaruga, Super Smash Brothers, Prime.

I've played every Tales game that came to the US. Destiny, Phantasia, Eternia, Legendia, Abyss. But Here's my say on it.

I like Symphonia. But it fights, very hard, to make me hate it. Something agbout it, just isn't good.

I haven't found a way to change from semi-automatic control to manual without starting a new game (unlike the other Tales games). The graphics make my eyes slowly bleed - they seem like pictures taken through an unfocused lens that, rarely, have some semblance of decency. The shading of it, like Steambot Chronicles or Rogue Galaxy, shouldn't do such a thing. I've seen it done right before, the screenshots of the game aren't like this... I thought it was my HD tv using the stock cords - it wasn't. The graphics, while having moments of beauty, are seemingly intended to BREAK my CORNEAS slowly and over time.

I want - I truly desire - Tales to go back to 2D. With HD sprites that are gorgeous. I've seen works of art packaged as games... No more low-poly overworlds with crappy shading. No more semi-rigid whips and unnatural attacks. I know it can be done in 3D. But these people have got to ask themselves, "Why?"

I mean, can they model out in 3D long-shot views of epic spires and a sunset with proper glorious light? Yes. On the Wii? Possibly. Better than a 2D pan of a parallax backdrop work or a render, like games used to do even ten years ago? No. Not yet.

And I'm saying this as a fan... They could make good money by going retro and selling it right. NIS has shown it. I'd kill for a good 2-d fighter with the RPG cojones that Tales had ...

I'd getting an ISO of Tales of Destiny and fighting with my compy until it plays.

drkdmnluck

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Lemming: Tell me about it. What this game really needs is a grizzled space marine who spouts 80s Schwarzenegger one liners and a man-hating chick with huge tits.

smitty1123

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Arf! I thought the first game was balls and stereotypical of JRPGs. I don't even understand Japanese, but I could tell from that trailer all the 1-dimensional JRPG character types are there: Hero kid, Hero kid's woman, Emo kid etc, etc...

Lemming

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @SilentPredator: Woo, another FMP fan! Both versions are pretty good, but I'd personally go with subs, if only because Kurz and Mao are completely butchered in the dub.

As for the trailer, I'm actually very impressed. The change in style seems to have allowed for in-game cutscenes to actually have fluid motions instead of the jerky moves seen in the first game. Seriously, there should have been more anime cutscenes, if not just to hide the fact that a lot of the in-game cutscenes looked awful.

Ninja-Z

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> What's all this crap about Lloyd being in Brawl?

Roto13

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> ZOMG! I loved the last game. I'm totally excited for this. I'l buy a system for whatever this comes out for.

toolverine

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Kia: Newsflash for you, kiddo: I've watched enough anime both dubbed and subbed, and played enough JRPGs, to know what I like and what I don't. Smoothing over some cultural differences can make a game far more understandable to westerners.

I don't have a sense of cultural superiority-- I don't think it makes a game "better" to liberally translate. But it does make it more approachable for a lot of us. I would expect Japanese translators for western RPGs to also do what they could to make the game approachable to that audience.

beeporama (brian.j.parker)

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Squeek: There is no way they are back-porting Tales of Vesperia to PS2. While the platform has not been announced, at least to my knowledge, the fact that it will run in 720p makes me doubt it will be will be on the PS2.

Eirias

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> The Tales series has been one of my favorites since I started playing RPGs - in fact, Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology was the first game I bought for my PSP. I'm wicked happy to see a new one come out - now I just need to track down a copy of Tales of the Abyss at one of the GameStops around me.

God Hand BrynnFlynn

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Jesse7150: To each his own, but this is a really pleasant surprise for me. For me, a good story, good characters and fun gameplay will trump graphics. Every. Single. Time.

StrikerGold

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I can't believe I'm such a graphics whore these days... No thanks. And I loved the first symphonia.

Grumpz®

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> By the time I get around to playing the first Tales game on the GC, this one for the Wii will be out.

Hopefully, they'll do something about the voice acting. Argh. I dug the Japanese Coldplay-sounding song with the female singer in the background.

GuyinGA

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Oh god, the last one was a very nice looking game but the rest of it sucked so much as a whole i wouln't even give it the time of day. The story line was the usual JRPG mess with little or no interesting features and the characters were just plain irritating.

Jambolia

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @theovercoatthatsgogol:
It wouldn't be the same overworld anyway. Remember? Both worlds merged at the end.

Tadashi

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @SSJPabs: Tales of Vesperia is coming out in 2008 for one of the more advanced systems, so don't worry. Personally I was more of a Tales of the Abyss sort of person. In the Tales series Abyss was by far my favorite, the characters and dialogue were both of exceptional quality. You know someone is doing something correctly when a room full of people are actually laughing at dialogue. PS: Trailer for Tales of Vesperia... [www.gametrailers.com] Enjoy!

Anemone

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> God, that horrible music made the trailer nearly unwatchable. I liked the first 'Tales' a lot though. Lets hope they don't slap waggle all over the thing though.

ThisCharmingMan

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Tales of Symphonia was fantastic. Tales of the Abyss was better. I eagerly await this and Tales of Vesperia (once it gets ported to PS2. Please get ported to PS2). The series is just a beacon of hope among the billions of turn-based random-encounter garbage out there. The voice acting has always been stellar in Japanese and in English, the plots are generally engrossing, the combat isn't tedious menu-commanding (and it's ridiculously fun), and the replay value is through the roof. Oh and it's multiplayer.

To end this meaninglessly long post I will post a rough translation of the opening text, which is all I've translated thus far:

"The world returned to its origins after the Journey of World Regeneration two years ago. However, the animosity people once had also returned. The world was once again filled with discord. Old trifles are beginning to re-awaken."

Note: I don't claim to speak Japanese or even know the language. I just have resources at hand to help me make sense of their language.

Squeek

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Tales of Symphonia was somewhat fun for the first 5 hours of the game. Then after going through the first disc, i realized that all the puzzles were pretty much the same and boring. The battle system was fun but it was waaaaaaaaaay too easy. I never played a RPG this easy..which is sad...

zombieistired

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Aw they used the storyline route where Zelos doesn't die! BOO!

Naelok

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Volcan: i say throw away that horrible overworld from ToS!!! does anybody have good memories of that lazy jank?

Crazy_Buffet_Happens

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I might have to get a Wii for this.

As long as they let me play it with a traditional controller.

Or they could just save me the trouble and re-release it for PS2/3. That'd be spiffy.

Also, needs more Sheena.

cheez

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Wii totally deserves this as well.

I look forward to another consecutive 84 hours of my life eaten in one fell stroke :3

ShikiMSHTS

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @StormTec:I was afraid someone would say that.

Meh, I find them a bit embarrassing. I have mid-range Moe tolerance levels when it comes to games--let me point to Star Ocean and Suikoden as examples of games that balance cuteness well.

As for relationships.... I can stand O!MG and KOR but other than that I have almost no patience for it because it's everywhere.

SSJPabs

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Tales are cheesy, and that's what I like about it ^^

Finally, a decent RPG on the Wii ^^

Yadamon

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I don't really like the English dub in Tales of Symphonia. It wasn't so horrible, but...it still wasn't good. Plus, it was full of cheesy lines and stuff.

kirstpo

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I'd kill myself if I had to listen to that chipmunk voice for longer than 2 minutes.

Also, it's good to know that KIA will never have a job in the translation industry.

FyreWulff

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I wish this was on something other than the Wii.

WarlordPayne

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Etheo: Tried watching FMA in Japanese once, but it didn't take. I was too accustomed to the English VAs. I find that whichever version I see first, is the version I prefer (although in the case of Full Metal Panic! I find that both versions are quite good).
New Tales, woohoo! I have the game for the 'cube and it was a lot of fun. I still haven't gotten everything for it yet. I really liked the cooking aspect and the character relationships. I never picked Collete, just out of principle (I can't stand her). I was always partial to Sheena, but she is a ninja.

Silent Predator

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I can't wait for this!! It's nice to see the old cast back in more than anime cutscenes!!

Lets just hope that stupid wii controls aren't just bolted on to this promising game.

Grocerspride

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @StormTec, Etheo: Yep thats her doing the voice of the main chick it seems. I checked the main site and confirmed it.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I recognize that Japanese girls voice...Isn't it the voice of Shana in Shakugan No Shana?

DrLight

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I really like what they are doing with the facial animation, especially in the lip-syncing dept. It looks good for the style, just like in Wind Waker, or Phantom Hourglass...simple swapping of textures. I hope to see more of this technique done in future stylized games.

opt2not

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @StormTec: Thank god I'm not the only one who noticed her voice, I felt like a huge nerd when I instantly yelled "ALPHONSE KUN!! SHANA CHAN!!!"... deep in my heart. But yeah Rie Kugimiya's voice is so damn unique she pops out of everything.

That aside, this game looks good, and it reminds me I still have yet to finish ToS on my cube =_=

Etheo

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Nice, a RPG "sequel" that really includes the elements of the previous one ... cough cough Final Fantasy cough ...

Shteve

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I'm looking forward to inviting my friends over to play.
"Hey, you want to come over and have a Flex Range Linear Motion Battle?"

thomasav

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Langis: That very terrible characterization, almost a staple of all the Tales, has made me dislike the game more than a whole lotta people.

Seriously, it's like they just quit trying to be interesting halfway through.

CommentatorHatman

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Holy Hell! Greatest news I've heard in a long time! I've pretty much maxed out on my excitement for Brawl a while ago.

DONNYchiban

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Great.

I get to yell "Demon Fang!" at the top of my lungs 4500 times again.

Krackatoa

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I hope that the English voice work is done by the same people who did the first game. It was top-notch stuff.

@Torgen thinks AAA has lost all meaning: Maybe not, but if you played through the second halves of either Symphonia or Abyss there's a whole other hell to "sit through." Namely, the town-hopping, back-tracking, and oftentimes terrible characterization.

Langis

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Ghede: There were no random battles in TOS since you could see the monsters wandering around on the world map.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Ghede: It's been a while, but weren't the 'random' battles visible on the overworld map, and even outrunnable?

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> lots of fanservice (in terms of showing us the old characters). I'm going to pick this up eventually, but I want a Tales of the Abyss 2 T_T

goldwings

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @SSJPabs:

It would be nice to tone down some of the annoying "Japanese" relationship tropes and the perv-ness at least a little bit.

But those are the best bits =(

StormTec

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Kia:

Not when it's done right, my friend... *points to the localization of the Phoenix Wright games*

StormTec

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @ExiledVip3r: ... The first thing that popped into my head was God-of-War-Kratos next to the rest of the cast, whose names I can't remember as I simply detest random battles and lose interest in the first five minutes of any game that has them.

Ghede

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> No Kratos? :(

ExiledVip3r

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Based on what I'm seeing here, I guess the ending/outcome I worked so hard to acquire is the non-canon one. Oh well, maybe they'll pull a Metal Gear style dual-canonization of both story branches.

Captain Internet

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @tim_sama:

Yeah, how is Lloyd not a good guy?

ephesus3

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Kia: What about Lunar, Kia? Those are hillarious masterpieces.

It would be nice to tone down some of the annoying "Japanese" relationship tropes and the perv-ness at least a little bit.

SSJPabs

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Symphonia is my favorite Tales game, so I'm really excited over this. I'd love to see Kratos in this, although anyone that played Symphonia all the way through knows that it's unlikely we'll see him in Symphonia 2.

ephesus3

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I like the style of the first one better, and the lack of an overworld is annoying, but I'll still buy this for the battle system alone if it ever gets over here.

If it wasn't for Christmas I'd be playing through ToS again right now.

Volcan

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Can't wait! It was cool seeing those characters again in a new game, I loved the original. I think I kinda miss the cel-shaded graphics though...

jaymac

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Torgen thinks AAA has lost all meaning: I'm suing you too. I'll see you in court.

Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Aurvant: Every time someone makes a WiiS2 game, God kills a kitten.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @NeoDude0: Tear is from Tales of the Abyss for the PS2, which is also the game where the Flex Range Linear Motion Battle System originated from. :D My first Tales game.

ThreeLeafIvy

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @jkingsowner: Lloyd in Brawl = WIN.

@Langis: That's true, and probably the reason why I love Symphonia so much, because I played it through the first time with my brother.

From the sound of it (according to the tales.namco.com/forums/ people), though, Lloyd is less than a good guy this time around. I'm not quite sure how I feel about that yet.

tim_sama

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Wii exclusive? Wonky controls and wasted potential for everyone!

No no...I kid I kid...why isn't this on PS2 again?

Aurvant

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Sounds like we get a somewhat more... composed heroine this time, although Colette wasn't a bad character. I do want to know what weapon she's using, though. Some of the Techs look interesting, too.

Part of the reason I bought Tales of the World was for Lloyd and company; I really liked ToS. A lot. (And now, thanks to TotW, I need to play whatever game Tear is from. She looks like an interesting character.)

NeoDude0

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> i'm afraid for this game because the in battle mechanics are fairly well sorted on a gamepad... please just make this game GC controller compatible. =)

epionx111

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Raynre: There's five copies of BGaE for GC at a local gaming store around my area, no guarentee about the condition.

As for the games on my list...I really can't justify buying a game for a system I don't yet own, and will more than likely still won't own by the time Brawl comes around.

Also, Vista and Nintendo Wi-Fi need to get along better than what it's doing right now...my DS is stranded, and the Wii wouldn't be better off >_< I know of the latest wi-fi patch that's supposed to work with Vista, but it actually doesn't quite work (i.e. kicked off the internet every two hours or so...on a T1 line. Uninstalled it and it works fine again)...

masterage

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> *crosses fingers* I want this game.

EmeraldDragon

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Kia: Unless the game is called Paper Mario or Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time... those games wouldn't be half as funny without the geniouses at treehouse

pikachumariachi

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> oh my sweet baby jebus....this is the best news evar!

Loved the first tales of symphonia...you know a game has to be good when you can get behind a hero named lloyd.

djudd

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @masterage: How about you just buy it now, save you the trouble? (I'm still struggling to find Beyond Good and Evil for the Gamecube...)

Raynre

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I still need to finish the first one on the cube *looks at stack o' unfinished games*.

Not to say that will keep me from picking up the new one.

weasl

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> loved the first, glad to see returning characters too, but the graphics disappointed me... I loved the style of the first.

sc00t420

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> This game will be made of win and awesome.

MUST HAVE NOW.

Raynre

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Huh? What? What happened to knights of ragnarossok or whatever it was called?

dirtnap

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Winner Video.
This makes two games coming out in '08 that will make the Wii a must buy for me XD (not forgetting '07 and it's stellar games...hopefully I can find Zack & Wiki when I do buy a Wii)

I've got a lot of catching up to do...


masterage

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @beeporama: Newsflash, ace. Americanization is a BAD thing.

Kia

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Awesome. Awesome awesome awesome. If Namco leaves us hanging like they do with nearly EVERY OTHER TALES GAME I'm going to hunt someone down.

Kia

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> :/ You'd think they would improve the graphics just a bit since its coming out on a new system. And I really hate the high pitched voice of the main girl character. But its a Tales game and I've liked em all so far. Hope it comes to North America.

Soriya

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Looks like Mithos and his sister are in the game.. Wierd.

Scuba Steve

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I NEED THIS GAME TO LIVE.

Green-clad Gamer Dude

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Everyone knows about the Baldur's Gate games, but Tales Of Symphonia was another of the small handful of games you can usually get a non-gaming S.O. to play co-op in. My wife and I had a lot of fun with this. We'd mostly play together, but occasionally I'd do sidequests or level grind when she didn't feel like playing.

I also think it's one of the best translation jobs I've seen in an RPG; they weren't afraid to "Americanize" it so it wasn't so culturally bizarre, and the voice acting was mostly great.

And of course Sheena is my fantasy girlfriend.

beeporama (brian.j.parker)

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I'll cross my fingers in hoping I don't need to flail my arms to play this with a Gamecube or Classic controller option available. I still haven't finished the first one, but I'll give it another go sooner or later after seeing this.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I don't know how well this game will do with the "casual" centric Wii sales in the US, so I am not expecting a quick localization (could be totally wrong of course).

I figure mid '09 should be a reasonable US release date projection. By then I might actually go ahead and re-buy a Wii for games like this. By then they'll have to have more than a handful of worthwhile titles.

Lackshmana

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> The first one was great, my friends and I spent many hours playing it inbetween rounds of melee. Will get when it comes out.

BassForever

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Looks good. Need a RPG on the Wii.

Looking more forward to Vesperia though. That looks fantastic.

Saint Anima

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> best christmas present ever! even if it is a little late

foolycooly3900

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Yay for some Namco love on the Wii!! When do we get Riiiiiidge Racer??

Aegis: Gentleman mercenary for hire...

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Well this looks promising!

PatMan33

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> An RPG? On Wii? Looks like Christmas 2008 comes early next year! Here's hoping they'll double-or-nothing and bring one (or both?) of the DS Tales games stateside as well.

TomSkylark

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> hot. I'm glad to see they brought the vets back! Can't wait to play this!

amost

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> i just got my hands on tales of symphonia recently. gotta play it soon. the new tales for PS3 also looks empressive. maybe i'll have to get a PS3 sooner than i thought.

Himiko

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> This looks great. I just hope that they made it less "kiddy" than the first one, which is one reason why I didnt like it as much as I should have. D:

The new characters look good. Should be interesting to see how they will combine the stories.

If it can beat my love for Tales of Destiny 2 Ill be impressed, since that was one damned fine game with a great story.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Lloyd for Brawl confirmed.

jkingsowner

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Lloyd is in Brawl, btw.

jkingsowner

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> For me the Tales series was fun when it looked good. Running around hacking and slashing with gorgeous characters is what I enjoy about battle systems the most but I guess you don't get that on the Wii.

I'll hold out for the S04 battle system on the PS3/360.

SSJPabs

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Forgive me for the vulgarity, but...

FUCK. YES.

Raynre

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @ZerozakiIshiki:

The voice acting's about as good as.. well, any other anime-styled Japanese RPG. Actually, I recognise one of the voices in there as being Rie Kugimiya, who's had leading roles in a couple of popular anime series already.

I haven't actually played a Tales game in ages. I never owned myself a Cube to be able to play the first one. Though from what I heard about the first game from a friend, it's somewhat of a simple RPG plot-wise.

StormTec

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I'm picking up a Wii for this. Tales of Symphonia was one of my favs on the 'Cube.

blackadvent

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Prepare for the Second Coming of Lloyd! One of my all- time favorite games, mostly because of the unconventional names of the characters....

GammaPoweredSuperApe

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> @Langis: At least you don't spend a bunch of time waiting for the computer to take its turn, or sitting through summons/specials.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> I liked Symphonia, but for me, the Tales games are only fun when played with 1-3 other people. As single-player RPGs, they quickly become boring grindfests.

I'll probably end up getting Symphonia 2 if it comes out in North America.

Langis

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Quite liked the first one so I'll be sure to pick this one up.

Rhys

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> if the last one is any indication, we'll get this in the US sometime in '09

thomas c

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> C'mon, announce it for NA already!

tim_sama

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Nice! Love me some Symphonia. Now all I need is some more of the anime to be released...

smitty1123

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> The original Tales of Symphonia didn't have that many anime cutscenes. I'm expecting this one to be the same--the variety will probably be from the title screen video, like before.
Not to naysay the entire game, since I did like the first one.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Some terrible voice acting in there.
I love the bit where the kid slits his throat with his own collar.

Zerozaki Ishiki

]]> <![CDATA[Tales of Symphonia 2 Japanese Trailer]]> Can't wait! Tales of Symphonia is one of my favorite games! Seriously, this is my most anticipated game after Brawl!

Janaff

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