Namco Bandai has announced the next mothership title in the Tales Series. As people predicted by the trademarks, the name is Tales of Zestiria.
It is the 20th anniversary title in the Tales series and is said to go back to the roots of old tales games. The Zest in the title represents enthusiasm and passion. A Dragon is used as the main symbol in the title and is more than likely important in the story.
Two characters were unveiled during the reveal. The main character is a man who wields a ceremonial sword named Slay. The second character is a Princess Knight who wields a long spear as her weapon of choice. Her name is Alicia.
Slay is described as a "pure hearted" person who uses his mind to his advantage.
Like many Tales games, Zestiria will feature a war between two continents or Kingdoms. It will be similar to all Tales games as usual. One will want war, etc.
The game takes place on the continent Greenwood.
TOZ will feature a grand storyline and will be the first tales game ever to have a worldwide release.
It will return to the fantasy setting Tales fans all love.
Tales has been anticipated by not only Japan, but overseas as well! This is why Hideo Baba feels that a worldwide release will be the perfect way to get everyone interested in Tales. This is very good for the series in general.
He says, "This is Tales of!" Perhaps he means that Tales will be going back to something similar like Symphonia?
No release date has been announced for either continent.
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I thought it would be on ps4. I guess I have more time to keep my ps3 now that I know the next tales will be staying on that. There could be a possible ps4 version along the way but only time can tell. Anyhow, this really excites me given that I am a huge fan of this series. Anything going back to the original tales roots is good in my book. Does anyone else like the style? It looked a bit like Vesperia to me at first.