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Isn't Vesperia PS3 not allowed in the US because of some exclusivity thing with Microsoft or something?

I always just assumed Vesperia didn't come out on PS3 here because theres little reason to waste time and resources on releasing a port instead of new games.

Plus, Eternal Sonata for PS3 bombed in sales compared to the 360 version, so they likely saw it wasn't worth it to do Vesperia as well. If you were really interested in the game you likely woulda played it already.

I loved Vesperia and I would have loved to play the extended edition, but I also understand the facts. Voicing tons of new stuff and localizing all of that probably isn't worth it for 50-80k sales.

You have to take into account that most of it is already voiced with the exception of the new arts, Patty and Flynn stuff.

Also, Graces F only sold around 80K and that had more voicing in it than Vesperia is needed. What really saved the Tales series is the DLC for costumes. Buying all costumes is around 200 dollars per game and even if only half the people who bought Graces F bought it, it's still enough to localize more. Vesperia did not have DLC that was not already in-game. However the PS3 version has over 80 new costumes for all the characters, that's more costumes than Graces F has. So if they charged the same amount for the costumes as they did Graces F, it would easily surpass Graces F's sales in terms of both DLC and initial sales.

Plus, Eternal Sonata for PS3 bombed in sales compared to the 360 version, so they likely saw it wasn't worth it to do Vesperia as well. If you were really interested in the game you likely woulda played it already.

Not pictured: Dragons

Will we see North American releases for the fighting game Tales of VS. or the battlefield brawler Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave, as they're more action-oriented?

Actually, the battle system of VS. is based on the original Tales battle system, so it's a bit different from what the action-game players in the U.S. might expect. One of the major selling points is that the player can control their favorite Tales characters.

It's a difficult question to answer, but if I need to pick one, it'd be Leon Magnus from Tales of Destiny. I'm very impressed with how he spent his life.

Those with a low anime-eye threshold will be repulsed within pages, though some amusing departures break up the flow of Harada-brand cute.

It's not compatible with Gamecube titles or controllers (no surprise there, since the most recent Wii model wasn't either), and it can't connect to the Internet.

Jesus Christ...and people say only American companies have absurd amounts of DLC.