Kotaku Write: Crunching the sales data from game publication Famitsu, we have a breakdown by platform of the 100 biggest selling games of last year in Japan.

Here goes:

DS: 47 games
Wii: 15 games
PSP: 15 games
PS2: 12 games
PS3: 10 games
Xbox 360: 1 game

And that one Xbox 360 game is Tales of Vesperia, coming in at 82nd place in the top 100.
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29 Dec 2008

Tales of Vesperia Gives New Years Wishes

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360 - Tales of Vesperia - Tales of Vesperia Gives New Years Wishes

Namco-Bandai added New Years-themed cards on the Japanese minisite for Tales of Vesperia, one for each character in the game, as well as a group shot. All of the cards feature the character in a chibi artwork style.

Symphonic Heaven has all of the cards (which were shown randomly on the minisite) available for viewing and downloading.
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2 Sep 2008

14 DLC For Tales of Vesperia Released

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360 - Tales of Vesperia - 14 DLC For Tales of Vesperia Released

GamersPlatform Reports: "After the release of the four Free DLC of Tales of Vesperia last week, Namco Bandai releases 14 more DLC over the XBOX Live Marketplace, making the life of lazy RPG gamers a lot easier. This time, though, it's not free as you have to PAY! What's next, Namco?

All I'm probably getting is the 300,000 Gald for 300 MS Points. What about you?"
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1 Sep 2008

OXM UK: Tales of Vesperia demo exclusive to OXM

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360 - Tales of Vesperia - OXM UK: Tales of Vesperia demo exclusive to OXM

OXM UK writes: "Tales of Vesperia is the game many have credited with single-handedly turning around Xbox 360's fortunes in Japan. Within a week of the game being released over there, the console was completely sold out nationwide.

Developer and publisher Namco Bandai hasn't named a European distributor for the game just yet, but we've been allowed to snap up the demo exclusively with our October Issue (on sale Thursday 4th September)."
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28 Aug 2008

4 Free DLC for Tales of Vesperia

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360 - Tales of Vesperia - 4 Free DLC for Tales of Vesperia

To celebrate the release of Tales of Vesperia, Namco Bandai releases 4 Free downloadable contents to help you start off in a grand adventure! As reported last week, this is just the beginning of Namco Bandai making the life of people who doesn't want to spend time with the game a lot easier. We will probably see the Level Up DLC next week? Who knows?

List after the jump!
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23 Aug 2008

New Game Releases for the Week of August 24, 2008

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360 - Tales of Vesperia - New Game Releases for the Week of August 24, 2008

Gamerdeals.net writes:

"The highlights this week include Tales of Vesperia (Xbox 360), Mario Super Sluggers (Nintendo Wii), Disgaea 3 Absense of Justice (PS3), and N+ (Nintendo DS, Sony PSP).

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of August 17, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!"
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23 Aug 2008

Current Tales of Vesperia DLC won't give you God-like characters

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360 - Tales of Vesperia - Current Tales of Vesperia DLC won't give you God-like characters

Siliconera.com writes "Kotaku sparked an interesting discussion when Level up packs appeared as Tales of Vesperia downloadable content. There are three packs online now: Level Up + 5 (1), Level Up + 5 (2), and Level Up + 10. However, you cannot repeatedly buy the Level Up + 10 Pack and skip grinding all together. Each of these packs and the 300,000 gold can only be purchased once. If you buy all of the level up packs the maximum paid level boost you can get is 20 levels for 700 Microsoft Points ($8.75)."
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22 Aug 2008

Buy Level Ups for Vesperia as DLC? Scamco Strikes Again

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360 - Tales of Vesperia - Buy Level Ups for Vesperia as DLC? Scamco Strikes Again

Destructoid writes: There's a reason why people call the company Scamco Bandai, and that's because Namco's approach to DLC borders on the insulting. Not content to sell incomplete games at retail and charge people for stuff that's already hidden on the disc, the dhampirs have now hit upon an even more outrageous scheme -- charging you cash to download level ups in Tales of Vesperia.

LV Up +10 (1) 300 Microsoft Points
LV Up +5 (1) 200 Microsoft Points
300,000 Gald (1) 300 Microsoft Points
Skill sets 80 Microsoft Points
HP Recovery Cuisine Recipe Set 100 Microsoft Points
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14 Aug 2008

Tales of Vesperia Is Xbox 360's Fastest Selling Game In Japan

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360 - Tales of Vesperia - Tales of Vesperia Is Xbox 360's Fastest Selling Game In Japan

Kotaku: Sure, Namco Bandai's latest Tales RPG had to settle for a fourth place finish, but it faced strong competition. Phantasy Star Portable, with its Monster Hunter Portable-like appeal, still holds down the number one spot, with the newest Fire Emblem and Rhythm Tengoku Gold placing and showing, respectively, with well over one hundred thousand units sold. Tales of Vesperia's 100K-plus debut week is certainly going to move some Xbox 360s in Japan, as gamers there were lining up en masse to secure the 360 exclusive RPG.
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14 Aug 2008

Japanese Xbox360 sold out?

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360 - Tales of Vesperia - Japanese Xbox360 sold out?

"Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara is not just a big electronics store in Tokyo, it is one of the (if not the largest) electronics stores in the world. I was there earlier this week and was pretty surprised to see that they had sold out of all versions of the Xbox 360 consoles. Looks like the Japanese have got Tales of Vesperia fever, which was recently released over here."
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