After some speculation, Namco Bandai has officially confirmed that it’s taking PlayStation 3 owners on a trip to the fantastical world of Rieze Maxia, as the hotly anticipated Tales of Xillia is finally set to journey overseas.
The RPG – which released in Japan late last year – explores the escapades of Jude Mathis and Milla Maxwell. While the former is little more than an eager medical student, the latter is a mysterious woman accompanied by four unseen beings. You’ll be able to choose between either of the characters, before embarking on an adventure that sees you rescue the world from a dangerous device that’s consuming its mana.
Namco Bandai’s Oliver Comte said:
The recent success for last autumn’s release of Tales of the Abyss and the anticipated release of Tales of Graces F and its exclusive European Edition has helped make localizing Tales of Xillia for the western market one of the easiest decisions we have ever made.
The latest game in this prolific series gives gamers a brand new world and cast of characters to adventure with along with its celebrated battle system that has yet to be rivalled by other Japanese RPGs.
The game's set to release next year. Meanwhile, Japan is psyching itself for the recently revealed Tales of Xillia 2. Always ahead of the curve, those guys.
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Bamco have been dealing out some good news lately haven't they? Keep it up please!
2013 is shaping up quite nicely. If it proves to be the last year of the current gen, this generation will go out with a bang.
Also, I hope that the success of the Tales franchise abroad proves to both developers and distributors that there IS a market for JRPGs in the West and that a lot of people miss the genre and wish to see more titles like this.
It's also coming to the US, just so everyone knows. I was so afraid it was a European-only thing for a moment.
Anyways, this officially made my year, and now I can die happy.
@Mickeymac I reckon you'd rather play the game before you can die happy, no?
This is true.
Really excellent news! I love the Tales of series so I can't wait to play this one.
Yes yes a million times yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm soooo gonna enjoy playing Xillia!!!!!! {I knew my prayers would be answered at some point.} ^-^v
love this game!
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