Namco Bandai has
officially announced that they will be bringing Tales of the Abyss to
North America later this year. The game continues the series
free-roaming battle stylings, and is being handled by Namco's Team
Symphonia, with character design from Kosuke Fujishima (artist for the
manga, Ah! My Goddess).
Tales of the
Abyss follows the story of a well to do lad named Luke fon Fabre, who
was kidnapped for several years. Upon finally returning to his
family, the boy has no memory of
his past life,
so his kin help him to relax and slowly return to a normal life.
However, it doesn't take long before it turns out that Luke is at the center
of some ancient prophecy and all hell breaks loose.
At this time,
Tales of the Abyss is slated for a Fall 2006 release date.