Tales of the World: Dice Adventure
| Tales of the World: Dice Adventure | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Namco Bandai Games |
| Publisher(s) | Namco Bandai Games |
| Composer(s) | Motoi Sakuraba |
| Series | Tales |
| Platform(s) | Web browser |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Board game, roleplaying game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
Tales of the World: Dice Adventure is a web browser-based board game in the Tales series of video games.[2] It was released on April 26, 2012, in Japanese language only, though it is playable in any region with a Namco Bandai ID.[1]
Gameplay
The game plays as a roleplaying game and board game hybrid.[3] The player rolls virtual dice to determine how much a character moves across the board.[1][4] Through the course of traversing the board, the player can form parties with other characters, experience story events, and even participate in battles.[5] As with all of the games in the Tales of the World subseries, the game is a crossover video game, containing many characters from the main series of Tales video games.[1] The characters are presented in a cutesy, "chibi" style, reminiscent of how Final Fantasy characters were recreated for the Nintendo 3DS video game Theatrhythm Final Fantasy.[5]
The game follows the free-to-play business model,[6] where the game allows a player to play entirely for free, but with the option of buying in-game items with real-life money.[3] The only requirement is to have, or sign up for, a Bandai Namco ID, to sign into the game.[1] Additionally, Namco Bandai separately released snack food for purchase that contained serial codes for downloading additional content to the game.[1]
The game received special animation created by production studio A-1 Pictures, the same studio has made videos for the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona, Valkyria Chronicles, and The Idolmaster series of video games and anime.[3][7]
Development
The game was first revealed in December 2011, both at the Jump Festa event, and in the respective issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump.[5][8] The game initially set towards a "Spring 2012"[4] release window before ultimately being released on April 26, 2012.[1] The game also offers Smartphone support.[8][8]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Spencer . April 26, 2012 . 12:14am (2012-04-26). "Tales Of The World: Dice Adventure Goes Live, Here's How You Can Play It". Siliconera. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
- ↑ "Namco's Tales series going on a browser-based 'Dice Adventure'". Engadget.
- 1 2 3 Spencer . December 19, 2011 . 2:01am (2011-12-19). "Tales RPG Series Rolls The Dice On Board Game Adaptation". Siliconera. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
- 1 2 McElroy, Griffin (2011-12-12). "Namco's Tales series going on a browser-based 'Dice Adventure'". Joystiq. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
- 1 2 3 "Namco Bandai Announces Tales Browser Game". Andriasang.com. 2011-12-11. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
- ↑ "Namco to introduce Tales of browser title". VG247. 2011-12-12. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
- ↑ "Tales of the World Dice Adventure First Trailer". Andriasang.com. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
- 1 2 3 "Tales of the Heroes, Tales of the World Game Videos Posted - Interest". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2012-10-06.