A Tales of the Tempest preview
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
{ Jan 25th 2006 at 3:33PM }
1up has posted a brief preview on Namco's forthcoming Tales of the Tempest, a new entry in their
famed series designed specifically for Nintendo's portable powerhouse. Though it doesn't divulge as much information as
we'd like (we'd like all of it, thank you), the article does confirm that the action RPG's battles will still
be based on the Linear Motion System, a system where 3D characters move and fight in 2 dimensions. It'll also make use
of the touch screen and, more importantly, the DS' Wi-Fi multiplayer capabilities. Since past Tales games have
done so, we're hoping for some solid cooperative play to be incorporated.The preview also goes into the storyline quite a bit, revealing a world populated by both humans and "Licanths", humanoids that can transform into powerful beasts. Naturally, the main character gets caught up in the growing tension between the two races and soon finds himself exploring the world and battling all sorts of snarling monsters. There may also be an ancient evil, a magical princess and seven sacred yams to be fought, rescued and collected (respectively), but let's not get ahead of ourselves here.
This dose of RPG goodness is currently set for a rather vague "2006" release.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
unreal mccoy @ Jan 25th 2006 5:38PM
I am VERY excited about this.
Khell @ Jan 25th 2006 7:34PM
After finding Tales of Symphonia on the 'cube fairly bland and dull (especially the combat), I can't say I'm particularly thrilled by the idea of a Tales game for the DS.
I also can't help but find parallels between the story information presented here and the story of
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (also on the 'cube), mainly the elements involving the Laguz, humanoids who can turn into various powerful beasts, with the hero of course getting caught up in the growing tension between the races. You'd have thought they could have thought of something a bit more original considering...
Josh @ Jan 26th 2006 4:01PM
I agree with you, Khell, in that the basic premise of the story seems similar to that of PoR, but I'm still very excited about this game...assuming it gets released outside of Japan. For now, I don't want to get too far ahead of myself and start greatly anticipating this game if I won't even be able to buy it, but based on the fact that the DS is very devoid of RPGs and since Tales of Symphonia was such a good selling and simply a great game to play on the GameCube, I want to assume it will be released over here.
For now, anyway, I'm still debating whether or not I should get a DS Lite...