Fighting games featuring characters from various Japanese role-playing games within a series are so vogue these days. Even better than being in fashion, though, it means I can blast Lloyd with lighting from space.
Tales of VS. (versus — all caps) is Namco Bandai’s PSP fighter, populated with characters from its Tales franchise.
Somebody likes to wear white, Stan loses to Cless and Japan’s deep-seated obsession with pirates somehow ties into space and kabobs.
Today, at a press conference in Tokyo, Namco Bandai announced an action title that brings together 35 characters from the 13 Tales of games. Characters from each title exist in the same game universe.
The latest weekly issue of Japan’s Jump Magazine contains a veritable flood of Tales of news from Namco Bandai, announcing Tales of VS, Tales of Graces, and Tales of Vesperia for the PlayStation 3.
You keep buyin’ ‘em, Namco Bandai’s Tales Studio is gonna keep makin’ ‘em. The Tales Of series of role-playing games, that is. The publisher of said series has registered trademarks for two new entries.
