Tales of Vesperia is the tenth main title in the
Tales series. It was developed by
Namco Tales Studio and published by
Namco Bandai Games for the
Xbox 360.
The title was announced on December 22, 2007 at Jump Festa, and was released on August 7, 2008 in
Asia, and on August 26, 2008 in North America. On June 26, 2009
Tales of Vesperia was released in
Europe making it the fifth game in the
Tales series to be released there.
Tales of Vesperia's characteristic genre name is
RPG to Enforce "Justice" (「正義」を貫き通すRPG, "Seigi" o tsuranukitōsu RPG?). The game's character designer is
Kōsuke Fujishima, the chief director and producer is Yoshito Higuchi (who previously worked on both
Tales of Symphonia and
Tales of the Abyss), and the animated movies were done by
Production I.G. The game's theme song is "Ring a Bell"
(鐘を鳴らして, Kane o Narashite?) by
Bonnie Pink.
[5] A special limited edition was released in North America, including a metal case with unique cover art and a 22-track soundtrack.
[6] In April 2009 it was announced that those who purchased the special edition would be mailed a second 10th anniversary soundtrack CD.
[7] A prequel to the game in the form of an animated film called
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike was released on October 3, 2009. A
PlayStation 3 port was released including material not present in the original Xbox 360 version, such as a new playable character, named Patty Fleur,
[8] on September 17, 2009.
