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In case you guys haven't heard, there are two versions of Tales of Hearts: one featuring CGI cutscenes, the other with those same cutscenes in an anime style. For you Japanophiles, a new Tales of Hearts trailer showcases the anime scenes, illustrated by a company called Production I.G. The exact same trailer, with CG scenes, lies beyond the jump.
Personally, the anime style seems sort of flat, while I find the CGI to be pretty resonating. Other people find the 3D renders a bit creepy and unnerving, but you can compare for yourselves.
One may question Namco Bandai's decision to offer to SKUs of the same game (albeit with aesthetic differences), but they obviously think there's a market for it. There isn't, however, a market of people that want to buy $62 DS games.
With the new trailer comes news that Namco Bandai have set the MSRP of both versions of Tales of Hearts to 6,650 yen (roughly $62), the standard price of a console game. Of course, the price may change between now and its December 11 release date, but popular RPGs generally get a bit of a price bump. Luckily, you can snag Tales of Hearts from Amazon for 5,375 yen (assuming you speak Japanese) or about $50 (if it ever comes to the U.S. -- mum's the word).
By now, my interest in Tales of Hearts doesn't lie so much in what kind of game it actually is, but rather in the bizarre marketing experiment that Namco Bandai seems to be conducting. Are any of you guys willing to shell out $62 for a portable game?
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12:02 AM on 09.09.2008
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2D Anime for me. :o)
I'm doubting we even get it though. Last two DS Tales games haven't come out here and it took them about a month to turn around Vesperia and get it over here from the Japanese release date. If this gets announced for over here, pretty much can see it meaning Innocence and Tempest aren't coming over. Then again Tempest apparently isn't much of a loss.
I'm getting ready to almost import Innocence as we speak though.
Sadly they'll probably only send the CGI version over here -- Americans love their 3D!!!!! Ugh. Give me Rebirth already, what do you have to lose?
also, the look of it is remeniscent of saga frontier.
I would gladly pay full console-game pricing for a portable RPG if the game was really that good. I paid more than that for Chrono Trigger when it first came out on SNES (anyone else remember when games were MORE than $60?), and I never regretted that one, either.