Now that Tales of the Abyss 3DS has been confirmed for North America, Nintendo fans can continue to wonder about a different game in the franchise, Graces F. Back in February, Namco Bandai shared encouraging news that the title will be brought overseas, but didn’t say much anything about the Wii version. The status of the Wii edition is still up in the air, though Makoto Yoshizumi told Nintendo Power that we’ll be hearing more about the game soon.
Q: At the time of this interview, Tales of Graces F has been announced for Western release, but no platform has been specified. Is there any hope for the release of the Wii version?
A: You will be hearing more about Tales of Graces F very soon.
This information comes from Renegade Kid’s Jools Watsham…
“I just sent off some Mutant Mudd assets to a magazine for the reveal. The issue hits newsstands the first day of E3. Am I excited? Yes!”
Well, this is pretty exciting! We now know with 100% certainty that Mutant Mudds is back. We just have to wait roughly one month to find out what Renegade Kid is doing with the project.
Namco Bandai is being very supportive of the “Tales of” series as of late. The company announced a North American release of Graces a few weeks ago (the Wii version’s fate is unknown currently), and now there’s another reason to be happy: Tales of the Abyss 3DS is coming to the states. Nintendo Power confirmed the news in their May 2011 issue. We’ll have details from the magazine soon.
Thanks to Jake for the tip!
01. / 00. [NDS] Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS (Pokemon Co.) {2011.04.21} – 59.363 / NEW
02. / 03. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 – Professional (Square Enix) {2011.03.31} – 45.397 / 337.166 (-47%)
03. / 01. [PSP] Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Wars Z: Hakai-hen (Bandai Namco) {2011.04.14} – 44.973 / 351.992 (-85%)
04. / 04. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami) {2011.04.14} – 27.931 / 99.195 (-61%)
05. / 02. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami) {2011.04.14} – 24.365 / 110.851 (-72%)
06. / 00. [NDS] Detective Conan: Aoki Houseki no Rinbukyoku (Bandai Namco) {2011.04.21} – 19.786 / NEW
07. / 00. [PSP] GachiTora! Abarenbou Kyoushi in High School (Spike) {2011.04.21} – 13.560 / NEW
08. / 00. [PS3] SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs 4 (SCE) {2011.04.21} – 12.613 / NEW
09. / 06. [3DS] Pilotwings Resort (Nintendo) {2011.04.14} – 10.675 / 37.228 (-60%)
10. / 00. [360] Otomedius X (Konami) {2011.04.21} – 10.502 / NEW
11. / 05. [PSP] Persona 2: Innocent Sin (Atlus Co.) {2011.04.14} – 10.400 / 73.122 (-83%)
12. / 00. [360] Monster Hunter Frontier Online (Forward .1 Premium Package) (Capcom) {2011.04.20} – 10.393 / NEW
13. / 13. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {2010.12.01} – 8.558 / 4.446.505 (+2%)
14. / 00. [NDS] Original Story from Fairy Tail: Gekitotsu! Kardia Daiseidou (Hudson) {2011.04.21} – 8.376 / NEW
15. / 08. [PSP] Earth Defence Force 2 Portable (D3 Publisher) {2011.04.07} – 8.207 / 88.900 (-51%)
16. / 00. [PS3] Clannad (Prototype) {2011.04.21} – 7.466 / NEW
17. / 12. [PSP] Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (Square Enix) {2011.03.24} – 7.369 / 171.311 (-18%)
18. / 11. [PSP] Amagami (EBKore+) (Kadokawa Shoten) {2011.03.31} – 7.016 / 109.463 (-25%)
19. / 16. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} – 6.748 / 1.860.133 (-3%)
20. / 15. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends (Nintendo) {2011.02.26} – 6.303 / 196.242 (-15%)
Thanks to Jake for the tip!
– Published by Atlus
– Fantasy RPG
– Shigeo Komori is the producer for the game (directed Etrian Odyssey II and III and worked on the scenario for Devil Summoner and Princess Crown)
-Scenario is from Shinichi Yoshiike of Atelier series fame
– Character designs are from Yuji Himukai (Etrian Odyssey)
– Music from Michiko Naruke (Wild Arms, Riz-Zoawd)
– Background story involves a legend called Tenperina, passed down in the countryside
– Legend says that a witch named Vierra (misty forest witch mentioned in the title) resides in a nearby lake
– Main character Nora comes to the Misty Forest to master her trade
– Nora is suspected of being a witch
– Nora decides to help the people of town to show her innocence
– Nora is sixteen years-old
– Full name: Nora Brandoll (voiced by Ayana Taketatsu)
– Nora practices some sort of trade
– She can control time and use it in an alchemy-like way to make new items out of old ones
– Time connection makes it different from alchemy
– Lutz Anelius: voiced by voiced by Kenichi Suzumura, 16 year-old adventurer, dreams of making a fortune by offing the witch
– Keke: voiced by Ikue Ootani, boy of the Tik race, came to town with Nora, race looks like a mix of beast and human
– Gameplay: Atelier-like mix of quests, item creation, and battle
– Earn items by completing quests
– Nora can use these items to convert them into more precious items
– Battle system layout looks like Atelier Mari
– Project came to be thanks to an idea that Yoshiike proposed to Success
– “slow life RPG”
– 85% complete
– Releasing July 21
– ¥6,279
Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!
