Wii gets Tales of Symphonia Sequal (from IGN)

The latest IGN Wii-k in Review just came out and it looks like they dropped a bomb. From the lips of Matt Casamassina, direct quote:

There is a Tales of Symphonia sequel coming to Wii.Matt Casamassina

So the Wii is getting a direct sequal to one of the best GCN RPG's. YAY!
However, it will apparently be using the same engine as the GCN game and it's not due until late 2008. Boo!

Source:GoNintendo
Hear it yourself:IGN Wii-k in Review. Check at 53:11.

side note.... gotta love the glitches this place has :|-RPGamer-

Hmm... I can't see the Wiimote working too well in 2D fighting. MK Wii wasn't that great.Overthrow

was ToS a turn-based RPG or an action RPG?

[QUOTE="Overthrow"]Hmm... I can't see the Wiimote working too well in 2D fighting. MK Wii wasn't that great.lordlors

was ToS a turn-based RPG or an action RPG?

[QUOTE="Overthrow"]Hmm... I can't see the Wiimote working too well in 2D fighting. MK Wii wasn't that great.lordlors

was ToS a turn-based RPG or an action RPG?

Combat was real time side-scrolling.

[QUOTE="lordlors"]

[QUOTE="Overthrow"]Hmm... I can't see the Wiimote working too well in 2D fighting. MK Wii wasn't that great.Ibacai

was ToS a turn-based RPG or an action RPG?

More like Real-Time Battle sequences.

I never got to play the one on Gamecube (again, thanks to my bovineism) but I hear it was spectacular. I guess this is amazing news.foxhound_fox

It was on the PS2 as well. Fantastic game with an excellent storyline. The acting sucked though, I did not like the lame voice overs and how they did not flow with the scenes.

*yawn* I played and beat that snorfest of an JRPG becuase there was absoulutley no games out on the GC at the time worth getting. Took me 2 years and 52 hours but I beat it and wasnt impressed. IDK why people hail it as one of the best RPG's out there.cyprus646

you can't expect everybody in the world to like everything, all it means is that you are in the minority who didn't like it, everybody else considers it one of the greatest games of all time. Including me.

[QUOTE="Ibacai"][QUOTE="lordlors"]

[QUOTE="Overthrow"]Hmm... I can't see the Wiimote working too well in 2D fighting. MK Wii wasn't that great.cobrax80

was ToS a turn-based RPG or an action RPG?

More like Real-Time Battle sequences.

[QUOTE="cyprus646"]*yawn* I played and beat that snorfest of an JRPG becuase there was absoulutley no games out on the GC at the time worth getting. Took me 2 years and 52 hours but I beat it and wasnt impressed. IDK why people hail it as one of the best RPG's out there.cobrax80

you can't expect everybody in the world to like everything, all it means is that you are in the minority who didn't like it, everybody else considers it one of the greatest games of all time. Including me.

Wait, actually any game is only actually liked by the minority of gamers. The remainder either don't know, don't care, or don't like it.

First Ash DS and now this? Too much JRPGs in one day for me!Eponique

Archaic Sealed Heat has been known offor a long time :?

[QUOTE="cobrax80"][QUOTE="Ibacai"][QUOTE="lordlors"]

[QUOTE="Overthrow"]Hmm... I can't see the Wiimote working too well in 2D fighting. MK Wii wasn't that great.Ibacai

was ToS a turn-based RPG or an action RPG?

More like Real-Time Battle sequences.

The reason i said that was because there are action RPG's where there are no breaks into combat and those are action rpg's, that's why i called it more of a real-time battle sequnce game.

[QUOTE="Eponique"]First Ash DS and now this? Too much JRPGs in one day for me!-RPGamer-

Archaic Sealed Heat has been known offor a long time :?

I just found out today xD

I'm very happy to hear this. The Wii needs some RPG love and what better than a TOS sequel!Ollivander

Your sig is hillarious :lol:

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[QUOTE="cyprus646"]*yawn* I played and beat that snorfest of an JRPG becuase there was absoulutley no games out on the GC at the time worth getting. Took me 2 years and 52 hours but I beat it and wasnt impressed. IDK why people hail it as one of the best RPG's out there.-RPGamer-

you can't expect everybody in the world to like everything, all it means is that you are in the minority who didn't like it, everybody else considers it one of the greatest games of all time. Including me.

Wait, actually any game is only actually liked by the minority of gamers. The remainder either don't know, don't care, or don't like it.

no, it has to be the majority, otherwise franchises woud not sell or be established since less and less people would be buying them.

The reason i said that was because there are action RPG's where there are no breaks into combat and those are action rpg's, that's why i called it more of a real-time battle sequnce game.cobrax80

[QUOTE="cobrax80"]The reason i said that was because there are action RPG's where there are no breaks into combat and those are action rpg's, that's why i called it more of a real-time battle sequnce game.Ibacai

i guess so

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"][QUOTE="cobrax80"]

[QUOTE="cyprus646"]*yawn* I played and beat that snorfest of an JRPG becuase there was absoulutley no games out on the GC at the time worth getting. Took me 2 years and 52 hours but I beat it and wasnt impressed. IDK why people hail it as one of the best RPG's out there.cobrax80

you can't expect everybody in the world to like everything, all it means is that you are in the minority who didn't like it, everybody else considers it one of the greatest games of all time. Including me.

Wait, actually any game is only actually liked by the minority of gamers. The remainder either don't know, don't care, or don't like it.

no, it has to be the majority, otherwise franchises woud not sell or be established since less and less people would be buying them.

[QUOTE="cobrax80"][QUOTE="-RPGamer-"][QUOTE="cobrax80"]

[QUOTE="cyprus646"]*yawn* I played and beat that snorfest of an JRPG becuase there was absoulutley no games out on the GC at the time worth getting. Took me 2 years and 52 hours but I beat it and wasnt impressed. IDK why people hail it as one of the best RPG's out there.Ibacai

you can't expect everybody in the world to like everything, all it means is that you are in the minority who didn't like it, everybody else considers it one of the greatest games of all time. Including me.

Wait, actually any game is only actually liked by the minority of gamers. The remainder either don't know, don't care, or don't like it.

no, it has to be the majority, otherwise franchises woud not sell or be established since less and less people would be buying them.

What if the sequel sells more, than does that mean that people who bought theoriginal want to play another game off of the franchise?

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"][QUOTE="cobrax80"]

[QUOTE="cyprus646"]*yawn* I played and beat that snorfest of an JRPG becuase there was absoulutley no games out on the GC at the time worth getting. Took me 2 years and 52 hours but I beat it and wasnt impressed. IDK why people hail it as one of the best RPG's out there.cobrax80

you can't expect everybody in the world to like everything, all it means is that you are in the minority who didn't like it, everybody else considers it one of the greatest games of all time. Including me.

Wait, actually any game is only actually liked by the minority of gamers. The remainder either don't know, don't care, or don't like it.

no, it has to be the majority, otherwise franchises woud not sell or be established since less and less people would be buying them.

What? That doesn't make sense. :|

Look at the PS2 for instance, total sales being around 100 million hardware units. Was there any piece of software that even approached 50 million in sales? No. Do that with any piece of hardware (as long as the software isn't packaged) and you'll find the same results.

Being enjoyed by the minority can still be large.

What if the sequel sells more, than does that mean that people who bought the prequel want to play another game off of the franchise?cobrax80

[QUOTE="cobrax80"][QUOTE="-RPGamer-"][QUOTE="cobrax80"]

[QUOTE="cyprus646"]*yawn* I played and beat that snorfest of an JRPG becuase there was absoulutley no games out on the GC at the time worth getting. Took me 2 years and 52 hours but I beat it and wasnt impressed. IDK why people hail it as one of the best RPG's out there.-RPGamer-

you can't expect everybody in the world to like everything, all it means is that you are in the minority who didn't like it, everybody else considers it one of the greatest games of all time. Including me.

Wait, actually any game is only actually liked by the minority of gamers. The remainder either don't know, don't care, or don't like it.

no, it has to be the majority, otherwise franchises woud not sell or be established since less and less people would be buying them.

What? That doesn't make sense. :|

Look at the PS2 for instance, total sales being around 100 million hardware units. Was there any piece of software that even approached 50 million in sales? No. Do that with any piece of hardware (as long as the software isn't packaged) and you'll find the same results.

Being enjoyed by the minority can still be large.

[QUOTE="cobrax80"]What if the sequel sells more, than does that mean that people who bought the prequel want to play another game off of the franchise?Ibacai

That's not what i'm talking about, I just want to know why sequels sell more than the original. Like halo sold less than halo 2.

The latest IGN Wii-k in Review just came out and it looks like they dropped a bomb. From the lips of Matt Casamassina, direct quote:

[QUOTE="Matt Casamassina"]There is a Tales of Symphonia sequel coming to Wii.Hoffgod

So the Wii is getting a direct sequal to one of the best GCN RPG's. YAY!
However, it will apparently be using the same engine as the GCN game and it's not due until late 2008. Boo!

Source:GoNintendo
Hear it yourself:IGN Wii-k in Review. Check at 53:11.

Actually this is old news. They dropped the bomb in an obvious hint a few weeks back during a Wii-k in Review. Review to my post in the nintendo forum:

In the Wii-k in Review podcast IGN puts out they gave a very clear clue to there being another Tales game. They are answering reader questions and one reader asks about RPG's on the Wii. Matt said that there were RPGs coming to the Wii but he couldn't say their names. Instead he gave a very obvious clue "Let me just say there was this game called Baten Kaitos that came out, and there was another RPG that came out with it, if you guys remember it was on Gamecube. I would look forward to a sequel."

That 'other' game is obviously Tales of Symphonia. It one of my favorite GCN game so i am very excited about this. If u want to hear it for yourself u can find it at: http://wii.ign.com/articles/795/795160p1.html" title="http://wii.ign.com/articles/795/795160p1.html">http://wii.ign.com/articles/795/795160p1.html. You can find the quote just before the 32 minute mark.

I jumped for joy when i listened to that. Literally.

Because people expect Sequels to be better.

So i guess that the majority might have at least thought the original was decent enough to care about buying a sequel.

Wii= must buy. TrueReligion_

:shock: I never thought you'd ever say those words.

Anyway I'm so glad that we finally have a "quality" JRPG on the Wii.

Yes Opoona looks intresting but seriously.

Anyway ToS was a big hit selling almost 250,000 in North America alone. That's selling more then most JRPG's on the PS2.

It prooves that being that one special game exclusivly to a console can sell more then if it's multiplat since it gets so much attention as being "that game".

Hopefully this will make it to PAL shores like TOS GCN did.

Anyone who says tales of symphonia is overrated is just giving their opinions! And opinions do not matter on system wars, facts do. And the facts are that Tales of Symphonia is WIDELY considered to be a GREAT game. drewtwo99

How can it be the Japanese have never made any good games.