Bandai Namcoannounceda new special stream for the 25th anniversary of JRPG seriesTales Of, with “the latest information on the series”, meaning we could be gettingTales of Arisenews. The stream will be held on December 15 at 0600 ET (Click here for a time zone conversion table). YouTube and Persiscope pages for the stream will be up at a later date.The stream will also include new information on upcoming goods, events, and for the mobile gamesTales of Asteria,Tales of the Rays, andTales of Crestoria.The stream will also include multiple developers of theTales ofseries looking back and sharing exclusive development stories. Lastly, multiple musical performances will be held.
TheTales of25th anniversary stream will feature:
Moreover, four key and longtime developers of theTales of Serieswill be present:
Shinichiro Okamoto. One of the main creators of the series sincePhantasia.
Makoto Yoshizumi, One of the Producers of the series. From May 2002 to 2007, when he then switched to “General Producer”.
Yoshito Higuchi, Director onDestiny 2, Symphonia.Chief Director onAbyss, Vesperia.
Tatsuro Udo, 2D map Programmer onPhantasia.Battle Programmer onEternia, Destiny 2, Rebirth, Destiny PS2 Remake, Graces.Lead game Designer onZestiria. Battle Game Design onBerseria.
Here’s our analysis on what kind of announcements thisTales of25th anniversary stream could contain:
Overall, this looks like a talk show to have fun reminiscing about the series, rather than a place where we’ll get big announcements.Tales of Arisecurrently has no release date estimate. I doubt we’ll hear one on this stream. However, we could learn a bit more on the game.
Most notably, seeing so many artists will be on stream, it’ll very likely the theme song of eitherTales of Ariseor another game will be announced. It’s possible Bandai Namco will announce the trademarkedTales of Luminariaand reveal its theme songs.
Bandai Namco didn’t announce yet who is handlingTales of Arise’s OST. It’s possible both Motoi Sakuraba and Go Shiina are working on it.
Even if the stream includes no new information onTales of Arise,it’s very likely Yusuke Tomizawa will at least share a quick development update.
Lastly, we could get announcements or hints towards remakes or remasters of past games. There are plenty ofTales ofgames who never left Japan too.Bandai Namco teased announcements for the 25th anniversary after all.
Whatever happens, we’ll be here with a full summary of the stream, so stay tuned.
Tales of Arisewasfirst announcedat E3 2019. The game is, for now, planned for PC, PS4, Xbox One. First planned for 2020,Ariseended upindefinitely delayed, but then wastrademarked in Australia.Several goodshave been launched for the 25th anniversary. In related news, Hajime Kanzaka and Rui Araizumi’sSlayersis having a collab crossover event withTales of The Rays.
