Just when you thought they ran out of words to pair withTales of…, Namco Bandai officially announcesTales of GracesandTales of Versus.

Tales of Gracesis a Wii game of a new…genre, says1UP.  “The RPG In Which You Come To Know The Power To Protect” is what they call it.Riiight.

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In this game, due out in Winter in Japan, expect a seamless world, where towns and dungeons run into each other. The talented animators at Production I.G. are working on the cutscenes and character design will be done by Mutsumi Inomata. The new Style Shift Linear Motion Battle System will allow characters to switch battle styles on the fly. And forget waggle: game play was demonstrated with the Wii Classic controller.

Also announced at the same time wasTales of Versusfor PSP, a 4-playerSmash Bros. styleTales-based fighting game. A story mode will also be included. While the game will have 35 characaters, all we know now are four: Yuri fromVesperia, Luke fromAbyss, Shing fromHearts, and Richter fromSymphonia.

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I’m interested in both titles. How about you?

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