Talk:Tales of Rebirth

Sony policy

This might sound a little dumb, but what does it mean when it is said that Sony won't port the game due to some sprites policy? I can't find any more information about that policy on wikipedia than that.

Basically Sony's logic is that any game released on their system here in the states has to exhibit "next-gen" graphics or it won't make a good impression on the American market and people won't buy it. Anything relying predominatly on 2D sprites and backgrounds has to be packaged with at least one additional game or we won't even see it. I haven't run across any official info on this either, but this certainly isn't the first time this has happened to Namco. Tales of Destiny 2 (the real one, not the PS1 title) was denied release in the states several years back, and Namco X Capcom, which had a slew of copyright issues to sort out anyway, wasn't even considered for any kind of international release. It's apparantly a pretty lax policy though, since other 2D sprite games like Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 made it here in tact even 5 years after its original Dreamcast release. This makes me wonder if the final descision to not bring a game here is really Sony's or the publishers themselves, and maybe this "policy" is really more of suggestion that 2D games on the PS2 generally don't sell very well compared to next-gen titles and should be bundled. Whatever the case, Namco has a pretty bad track record with giving PS2 owners 2D games, so it's even doubtful that we'll see the Tales of Destiny remake they're planning for Japan later this year, but here's hoping! Nall 06:03, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Are you sure that's an SCEA policy? if so, please cite a source, I'm highly skeptical given the popularity of the Atlus/Nippon Ichi strategy games that were released stateside. Lilinka 18:47, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

What about Alien Hominid? Its graphics were entirly based on 2D sprites and it was released in the US. That policy is odd. ( -- Tetsuya)

Also, many other "sprite" games for Sonys systems, such as "Disgaea: Hour of Darkness" and other Nippon Ichi games have been released in both the US and Europe. Please don't just expect people to believe such an unlikely policy without a belivable source. (-- Neesha)

As a console game developer in Europe, I've never heard of that policy. That statement in the article is flawed anyway, since it specifically says "Sony Computer Entertainment America", but also says that policy is enforced upon "Europe". Thus there's definitely something wrong with that statement, even if it's only that it's both SCE America and SCE Europe.

Well if this policy isn't really the issue, what is? Why are some many games, even popular games like Tales and FF, still not being brought over? (Kokayi5)

Serious Image Problem

The artworks of characters are oddly placed and do not match their descriptions' positions, badly aligned. In fact, one of them even pushed himself in the next section. This needs fixing. --Delf 20:02, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Inspired by Yugoslavia?

Considering the game hasn't been officially translated to english, and this article is very inactive, this is probably unlikely, but can anyone provide a source for this? There is a source currently, but it's entirely in Japanese and from a hardcopy source, so there's a number of things keeping me from verifying its accuracy. Can anyone verify the source or provide an English one? Thanks! Sergecross73 msg me 14:35, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Exploration description is wrong

It says here that the game is explored in a side on view where the camera zooms in and out. This is not true, any footage of the game disproves this.

Secondly it says there’s no explorable overworld map, when there is. Any footage from the game disproves this.

The citation for this miss information is a broken link to an article that was written before the game released. 81.111.197.91 (talk) 11:19, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

I haven't played the game, nor do I have access to check, but the best way to fix this would be to find a new replacement source and rewrite it to whatever that says. Alternatively, the broken link is to a website that is still online, so the content is likely still on the internet somewhere. Sergecross73 msg me 19:17, 20 January 2023 (UTC)