Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition Coming Winter 2018

<p><em>Tales of Vesperia Definitive Edition<&sol;em> was announced earlier at Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s E3 press conference&period; Slated for a winter 2018 release&comma; Bandai Namco later confirmed <em>Tales of Vesperia Definitive Edition<&sol;em> will not be Xbox or Xbox timed-exclusive&period; The beloved JRPG launches on all platforms simultaneously&period; Check out the embedded trailer to see it in action&period; Amazon is currently accepting pre-orders at &dollar;49&period;99&period; Bandai Namco&&num;8217&semi;s European Twitter also confirmed <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;BandaiNamcoEU&sol;status&sol;1005947718617821184">dual audio support<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Tales of Vesperia<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><em>Tales of Vesperia<&sol;em> originally launched as an Xbox 360 on August 7&comma; 2008&period; The North American release followed later that month with Europe waiting until June the following year&period; A PlayStation 3 port released exclusively in Japan in September 2009&period; More than a mere port to another platform&comma; the PS3 version contained extra content which has been withheld from the west until now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The PlayStation 3 version contained the following extra content&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Two new playable characters in the form of Patty and Flynn<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Exclusive costumes<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>New bosses<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Full voice acting<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Additional scenes and skits<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>New end-game dungeon<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Additional mystic artes<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Overlimit increased to 8<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>At one point&comma; Bandai Namco had no plans to release the PS3 port overseas&period; Eight years since that statement&comma; the tables have turned&comma; as the remaster will feature all of the PS3 version&&num;8217&semi;s extra content&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4>Tales of Vesperia Plot Synopsis<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><em>The game&&num;8217&semi;s story takes place in the world of Terca Lumireis&period; This world is largely sustained by &&num;8220&semi;blastia&&num;8221&semi;&comma; a technology from an ancient civilization which can be used to perform a variety of tasks including powering the barriers which keep cities safe from monsters and helping knights in battle&period; After a war ten years ago&comma; the world has settled into a more or less peaceful state consisting of the Empire which rules the land and various guilds which formed for those wishing to live outside the Empire&&num;8217&semi;s rule&period; <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>The main character in the story is Yuri Lowell&comma; a former Imperial Knight who now helps solve peoples problems in the lower quarter&period; After a blastia which regulates water flow in the lower quarter is stolen&comma; Yuri attempts to catch the thief&comma; however&comma; ends up being thrown in jail instead&period; He then meets a mysterious girl named Estelle while escaping&semi; she is coincidentally searching for Yuri&&num;8217&semi;s childhood friend Flynn&comma; and from here their adventure begins&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;