English screenshots for the upcoming GBA Tales of Phantasia game

[edczxcvbnm]

Right. I know enough Japanese to understand the nuances of the language, and I could understand the name changes-- All of them, if those who are translating had nothing more to go on than the katakana itself.

However, that's not the case. The manuals of the Playstation remake, and the GBA port (And I would assume the Super Famicom's as well) have printed romanizations of the characters names. Not only that, but you can also find them in various ToP artbooks. I find it difficult to justify changing of the names so drastically when there is already official material out there.

Just as you find it hard to believe they would do something like that, I find it hard to believe that anyone would care enough to mention it or make any sort of deal out of it. Whether that deal is a BIG deal or a small deal. They are just names and don't change anything in the games story or gameplay.

[MecaKane]

Also you can change cless and Klarth's names.

[Dreddz]

Looks good, shame I dont have a GBA
( good thing I got a PSP though hehehe )

[Vyk]

Ah I found the information I wanted. It's already been established that Tales of Phantasia was the originator of the series, and is just being ported to GBA. Tales of Eternia is being ported to PSP (it was released on Playstation as Tales of Destiny 2 in America). Then of course Tales of Legendia on PS2... the only new Tales game, is still on its way.

[Skarr]

There goes another $50 bucks outta my wallet.

[Necronopticous]

I wonder how much gald this is going to cost when it comes out.

[Ultima_Weapon]

I wonder how much gald this is going to cost when it comes out.

probably somewhere around 40 to 50....

[Aphelion]

Ah I found the information I wanted. It's already been established that Tales of Phantasia was the originator of the series, and is just being ported to GBA. Tales of Eternia is being ported to PSP (it was released on Playstation as Tales of Destiny 2 in America). Then of course Tales of Legendia on PS2... the only new Tales game, is still on its way.

And unfortunately, we haven't heard of a Tales of the Abyss release in North America, as well as Symphonia's PS2 version (only released in Japan...with extras).

I'm not sure I'm buying the GBA version. It does look good (better than the previous versions, that's for sure), but other than the visuals and the more friendly battle system (from what I've heard, at least - it's easier to move your character around) there's no major improvement. I'll save my money for TotA if importing is the only way, thank you very much.

[Vyk]

Haven't even heard of that one. The title sure sounds interesting though.