It’s been a while since we’ve had any Tales of Zestiria news, so I have a bunch of updates for you here.  

A new character named Dezel was revealed for Tales of Zestiria last month.  He uses a pendulum as a weapon and is a wind-elemental member of the Heavenly tribe.

Hideo Baba, director of the Tales series, revealed a new trailer last month at the annual Tales Festival.  The trailer shows off a new character, Zabida, who is described as being mysterious and hot-headed and is a wind-elemental member of the Heavenly Tribe.  The trailer also shows off the newly revealed fusion system that lets Slay combine with other members of the Heavenly Tribe.  One final thing worth noting about the trailer is that it shows that skits in Tales of Zestiria will show full-body art, just like Tales of Graces F.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dhto0CxiZc

Today, Bandai Namco released a series of screenshots that show off some of the characters and locations shown in the trailer.

Tales of Zestiria is scheduled for a worldwide release exclusively on PlayStation 3 in 2015.

For all of the other Tales of Zestiria news, be sure and check out our Tales of Zestiria news hub!

My Opinion:

I’m not sure how I feel about the new characters yet, though they do seem to fit the stereotypical JRPG archetypes.  They will probably end up being fine.  However, I REALLY like the character fusion ability.  I think that will add an awesome new aspect to the already incredibly deep Tales battle system.  I cannot wait!  

---

Courtney Osborn is MONG’s Founder and Editor in Chief.  You can follow him on Twitter, Twitch, and IGN.