Tales series producer, Hideo Baba, is back with another community interview where he fields questions from western Tales fans.

“If we worried too much about what foreign players might think when we were developing them, we wouldn’t be able to take full advantage of our strengths,” Baba believes.

Despite the lack of improvements, though, I still love Tales of the Abyss for the game it was and is.

Namco Bandai sent press a little Valentine’s Day treat along with copies of Tales of the Abyss. These candy hearts have names of different Abyss alumni like Tear, Guy, and Jade.

Plus producer Hideo Baba talks about challenges of bringing the Tales games overseas.

Also why was Tales of the Abyss delayed to February 2012 in North America?

While Europe gets Tales of the Abyss in November, the U.S. won’t see it until February.

Namco Bandai Games Europe have been releasing Tales of the Abyss character videos.

Taiko no Tatsujin: Definitive Edition has a medley from New Super Mario Bros. Wii as one of the game’s 100 songs. Add Tales of Abyss to the list too.

Namco Bandai sent over a bunch of English screenshots and videos of Tales of the Abyss. No, not the PlayStation 2 game, the Nintendo 3DS version.

Nintendo’s president feels that the subject of increasing Nintendo 3DS game prices will need to be discussed with third-party publishers.

Namco Bandai shared sales data for four key titles in their most recent financial report.

It took a while, but Namco Bandai are finally releasing English screenshots for Tales of the Abyss.

The three best-selling games in Japan last week were all developed overseas.