Tales of Xillia European Release Date Announced

Tales of Xillia European Release Date Announced

Namco Bandai Europe has announced the release date of the long awaited localisation of Tales of Xillia. Coming to European regions on August 9th this year, the 13th main instalment in the Tales of series will be overseas after the 2011 release in Japan for the PlayStation 3. Along with the release date announcement, Namco Bandai Europe also released a press statement and a reveal about two special editions of the game. Tales of Xillia will be the first collaboration between character designers Mutsumi Inomata and Kosuke Fujishima, who designed the characters of previous Tales of games.

Tales of Xillia is the latest episode in the beloved Tales of series. The game follows Jude Mathis, a clever medical student attending school in the capital city, and Milla Maxwell, a mysterious woman accompanied by four unseen beings. Players will be able to choose either Jude or Milla at the outset of their adventure through the world of Rieze Maxia, where humans and spirits live together in harmony.  The kingdom of Rashugal has been experimenting with a powerful source that led to draining the mana from the world.  Realizing the harm it is inflicting on the world, Jude and Milla set off on a journey to destroy it and restore the mana back to the world.

With the latest version of the most dynamic battle system seen in JRPG gaming, the players will have an advantage in the battle by using Linked Combat System to link two characters to team up in terms of attack, defence and support. They will enjoy more tactical battles by changing party members with backup members even during the battle.

The first special edition of Tales of Xillia is the Milla Maxwell Collector’s Edition. This special edition features a host of products and goodies including:

  • A 21.5cm talle figure based on Milla, one of the main protagonists of the game. The figurine itself is based on the original artwork of the game
  • A copy of the Original Soundtrack
  • A hardcover copy of the game’s concept art, character designs and anything arty
  • A copy of the game and a nice package

This edition is very limited, only 10,000 copies of the Milla Maxwell Collector’s Edition are available and can only be pre-ordered and purchased online via http://www.talesofgame.com/.

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The second edition of the game is the Day One Edition, which will be standard across all copies if the base game is pre-ordered or bought on the day of release. This edition is only at selective retailers so be sure to look around. The Day One Edition includes:

  • The official art book – may or may not be the same as the other edition
  • A copy of the Original Soundtrack and
  • A copy of the game

If you pre-order the game, either the Day One edition, the Milla Maxwell Edition or the base game, you will receive exclusive costumes for the main characters Jude and Milla, and a special PS3 theme.

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The Tales of series is a long running Japanese Role Playing Game series with the first game in the series Tales of Phantasia releasing in 1995 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Since then the series has more than 20 games and has sold over 15 million copies world wide. While the game is not well recognised overseas, in Japan it is very popular and highly regarded. The series of games are developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco and Namco Bandai. The games of series was also adapted into numerous anime series, with many of the game’s opening sequences produced by Production I.G themselves.

Tales of Xillia will be heading to European countries and Australasia on August 9th for the PlayStation 3. The game will also be heading to North America on August 6th.
 
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