Another blow for Wii owners looking for anything to get excited about outside of Skyward Sword, it looks as if Tales of Graces will not see a Wii release outside of Japan. Tales fansite Kingdom of Tales recently conducted an interview with Tales Studio director Makoto Yoshizumi, and when asked about a Wii localization, he had this to say:
We wish to deliver the best and most complete experience for US and European fans, therefore we’re localizing Tales of Graces f. The game on the PS3 version is on a blu-ray disc. It would be next to impossible to condense all the game’s data on a Wii disc, so unfortunately, there will be no Wii release.
All is not lost however. Tales of Graces f will still be released in the US on the PS3 which will contain an epilogue not found in the Wii original. The content is titled Lineage & Legacies and is said to feature a script three quarters as long as the original story line while adding an additional 10 hours of gameplay.
If you were looking forward to playing Tales of Graces I hope you have a PS3, or a good import shop and a good understanding of the Japanese language.
wow Wii gets less and less relevant as the year goes by.
"Abandon ship!" It's as if a million developers shouted that out in unison after the announcement of the WiiU.
BTW, thanks for all of the GBA articles over the last couple months. I found some real gems in those articles and I even dug up a copy of Yoshi's Island for my first play through (some how I never bought it back in the day).
Wow this is just fantastic. A Wii exclusive goes PS3-only. Didn't even think that was possible but I guess it is.
Sad thing is, this guy teased people asking for a Wii release when he was teasing the localization before the announcement.
Oh well. I'll have Tales of the Abyss on 3DS when it comes out. Looking forward to that.
Hope Nintendo pulls their heads out of their asses and throws us a bone with Xenoblade, Pandora, Last Story, etc.
yep. more and more I feel like auctioning my wii on eBay…
Wait… Is the Wii region-locked??
RPGs are for smart people. Nintendo of Japan think us Americans aren't smart enough for that. Wii in America is for grade schoolers right? Lets make some more games based on cartoon franchises.
You do know the decision made not to export this to the US is the decision of NOA, right? I'm pretty sure Nintendo of Japan doesn't care less if this game comes stateside.
The whole 'can't compress the data onto a Wii disc' thing is an awful excuse though. Come on, you can't honestly think English uses that much space, can you?
@CM30
I think their thinking was that the extra content found in Tales of Graces f would not fit on a Wii disk.
I'm not sure it is NOAs decision or not, but now that you mention it I'm interested to find out.
It's not NoA or NoJ's decision, guys. It's Namco's. Wake up.