Windstar
[13] Hero
Not much known at this point, but here's a brief trailer that they always show when the reveal a Tales game.
The male hero's name is Slade (or Slay depending on how you read the kana) and the heroine's name is Alisha.
Zestiria will feature the works of four artists who've worked on the series in the past; Fujishima, Iwamoto, Inomata and Okumura.
The game takes place on the continent of Greenwood. Two kingdoms, the Lawrence Empire and the Highland Kingdom are at war. Caught in the middle are a number of towns and independent cities each with their own cultures and customs. Among all of them, however, is a reverence for the mysterious Sky Dwellers or People.
Dragons will play a big part in the story. Some are good, some are evil.
A new perspective in battle and apparently a new sidestep feature makes an appearance (might be Around Step from Graces or Xillia 2).
Fields appear to be larger, but nothing confirmed yet.
Ufotable will be doing the cutscenes and opening again.
My speculation:
The artists are probably in charge of each of the major factions revealed so far. Slade/Slay was drawn by Fujishima and Okumura designed Alisha. My guess is that Slade/Slay is a Sky Dweller/Person and Fujishima is designing that specific faction. Okumura likely designed the Highland or Lawrence Empire characters with Inomata designing the opposing while Iwamoto, whose history has been designing monsters for the Tales series will be doing the dragon faction.
Fields will probably be an illusion of open-ness. I doubt we'll see anything truly open world and something more like Xenoblade or DQ8.
The battle system may revisit Abyss' FOF system.
So anyone else interested in the recent Tales announcement? We'll be getting an official trailer and webpage opening on the 21st.
The male hero's name is Slade (or Slay depending on how you read the kana) and the heroine's name is Alisha.
Zestiria will feature the works of four artists who've worked on the series in the past; Fujishima, Iwamoto, Inomata and Okumura.
The game takes place on the continent of Greenwood. Two kingdoms, the Lawrence Empire and the Highland Kingdom are at war. Caught in the middle are a number of towns and independent cities each with their own cultures and customs. Among all of them, however, is a reverence for the mysterious Sky Dwellers or People.
Dragons will play a big part in the story. Some are good, some are evil.
A new perspective in battle and apparently a new sidestep feature makes an appearance (might be Around Step from Graces or Xillia 2).
Fields appear to be larger, but nothing confirmed yet.
Ufotable will be doing the cutscenes and opening again.
My speculation:
The artists are probably in charge of each of the major factions revealed so far. Slade/Slay was drawn by Fujishima and Okumura designed Alisha. My guess is that Slade/Slay is a Sky Dweller/Person and Fujishima is designing that specific faction. Okumura likely designed the Highland or Lawrence Empire characters with Inomata designing the opposing while Iwamoto, whose history has been designing monsters for the Tales series will be doing the dragon faction.
Fields will probably be an illusion of open-ness. I doubt we'll see anything truly open world and something more like Xenoblade or DQ8.
The battle system may revisit Abyss' FOF system.
So anyone else interested in the recent Tales announcement? We'll be getting an official trailer and webpage opening on the 21st.