Shortly afterTales of Arise’s reveal at E3 2019, Producer Yusuke Tomizawa mentioned that he will bring us frequent development updates on the game through the Tales Channel Plus blog.
In the blog’s newest update, Producer Tomizawa first elaborated about the nameArise, repeatinghis comments shared through Famitsuwith more details. In short,Arisemeans to “rise up”, reflecting the main characters' rise to free the people of Dahna from slavery. “Arise” was also the game’s development code name, reflecting how it’s a new evolution for the series and an ambitious challenge for the development team. Lastly, on how the initials overlap withTales of the Abyss, Producer Tomizawa specified that it’s not like they’re planning to stop theTales of Seriesonce they run out of letters to use. And it’s not like they purposely avoid picking initials that they already used. Future games might or might not use a letter they already used.
Tales of Arisehas two main characters revealed so far:Alphen from planet Dahna, and Shionne from planet Rena. While they work together, Shionne looks down on Alphen for being from Dahna. A lot of previousTales of Seriesgames similarly dealt with racism. As such, many fans are wondering ifTales of Arise’s story will be linked to one or more previous games. Producer Tomizawa revealed thatTales of Arisefeatures a new original story, unlinked to previousTales of Seriesgames.
Producer Tomizawa also stated the different reasons behind this choice. This is to makeTales of Ariseaccessible to all, with no prior knowledge required to fully understand the story. A brand new story set in a brand new world also fits the fact that the game is striving to become the series' next step.
More development updates onTales of Arisewill be coming soon.
Tales of Arisewill launch in 2020 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
