One developer sees $42.1m in profits, credits 3DS game sales

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 at 9:40pm by Eugene

You would have thought that the enormous price cut that Nintendo’s newest handheld just received would indicate that third party developers would be experiencing the same lackluster sales, but for one developer, that is not the case. (more…)

Tales of the Abyss 3D finally has an English trailer! Um…how do you turn on the Japanese dubs again?

Thursday, July 21st, 2011 at 11:12pm by Eugene
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Fresh from the San Diego Comic-Con comes the first English trailer for Tales of the Abyss 3D. The game seems to be fairly unchanged from the PS2 original aside from the new features exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS such as assignable touch screen artes selection and new 3D animations for mystic artes. 

If you have already experienced the PS2 title, the redone skits may be enough to constitute a re-purchase. Tales of the Abyss is one of my favorite JRPGs due to the story and great pacing, so replaying the game on the go should be fantastic.

I have always felt that portables are the perfect systems to play RPGs, so I will gobble up this title up when it releases later this year.  Head past the break if you’re interested in English screenshots of the game.

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Tales of the Abyss 3D headed to North America

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 at 9:31pm by Eugene
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I have a soft spot in my heart for the Tales franchise ever since Tales of Symphonia helped me scratch my JRPG itch when it first released on the Gamecube. Something about these Namco Bandai made RPGs really resonate with me. If you enjoy these type of games and have a 3DS, I have some good news for you.

Nintendo Power has revealed in this months issue that North American gamers will be enjoying Tales of the Abyss 3D this fall. Yes, the game is a port of a PS2 game released in 2006, but hey, now it’s in 3D! Who can say no to a 50+ hour RPG on a portable system anyways?

Check out the Japanese trailer for the game embedded above.

Who’s 3DS will this be popping in later this fall?