Just got Tales of the World: RM...and I want more!!

I love the 'Tales' series, and probably more than I like the Final Fantasy titles, but damn...I can't seem to get enough of these titles. I've put 24 hours of game time into Symphonia (before I had to set it aside for 3 months, then forgot where I was and where I was going), I found Phantasia on the GBA, and just picked up Radiant Mythology yesterday, and I've been trying and trying to get Eternia off Ebay for a decent price. Now I've found out that there is a 'Full Voice' edition of Phantasia and a port of Destiny 2 for the PSP, and Tempest for the DS...and they are only in Japan with more Tales titles on the way for both systems!

I know people complain about not getting import titles all the time, but I never realized it was this bad. There are tons of games that I'll never get to play just because they are in Japanese. So where are all the American exclusives? Show me a game that has not been made available to Japanese audiences (and was worth a damn).

I understand that there are licensing issues in America that prevent certain titles from being translated, such as Jump Ultimmate Stars for the DS, and Sony has said that American audiences will not get ports of older titles unless they have at least 20% new/additional content. Tales of Phantasia has FULL VOICE ACTING! How much more content do you need to get that released here? If the GBA version is what's keeping it from making it's stateside debut, I have one thing to point out -Final Fantasy 1 & 2: Dawn of Souls. That didn't stop the release of the Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary edition for PSP...and it has almost the EXACT SAME CONTENT as the GBA version, except separated into 2 releases with "better graphics". We got the Riviera update didn't we? Isn't that just a full voice version of the GBA title with better graphics too? Sounds like the same thing as the Phantasia update.

It just seems to be a bit of a double standard, releasing some games and not others. I know there are some titles that are made that would not go over as well because of cultural differences, and there are some jacked-up licensing contracts in America that prevent others, but dammit, I want some of these games and I'm sure there are plenty of others who agree. What do we have to do as a gaming community to make it known that there are enough of us out there to warrant bringing these games to English-speaking countries?

i just started playing Tales when it was released on the psp and have to agree with you we need more,not to toss a nagative in BUT what a crap job Namco Bandai did on marketing this PSP gem.Tales is the flagship PSP game to date and Sony should be on the band wagon also.

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i just started playing Tales when it was released on the psp and have to agree with you we need more,not to toss a nagative in BUT what a crap job Namco Bandai did on marketing this PSP gem.Tales is the flagship PSP game to date and Sony should be on the band wagon also.lge777

So right! The marketing strategy was way off...I didn't hear about Radiant Mythology until about a month ago, and that was onlyy because I happened upon some screen shots on Gamespot one day. Hell, I completely forgot about the game until I was in an EB games last week buying my 360 and saw it at the counter. Namco Bandai needs to get with it and really put some muscle behind their products, otherwise they'll never get more than the 'cult following' status. In fact, I had never heard of Symphonia until I asked for a great RPG for my Gamecube several years ago, and someone at the game shop pointed it out alongside the Arcadia title.I'm glad I chose Symphonia.

hell i didnt even know that bandai-namco was even making a TALES OF. . .what a great game. . . it just pisses me off that sony is only STARTING to pick up on good titles that people will play its such a great game console with soo much potential but sony is throwing nickels and dimes into it, giving us some lame ass gimmick like console games ported to psp and disneysratatoullie , you gotta ask them "what the hell sony? "