Tuesday, July 15, 2008

E3 2008: Eternal Sonata on PS3 After All

Oh, that Namco Bandai.

Eternal Sonata (AKA Trusty Bell: Chopin no Yume in Japan) was originally an Xbox 360 exclusive. Then it was multiplatform. Then it was timed exclusive. Then it was timed exclusive only in Japan. Now it seems it will be timed exclusive over here in North America as well.


According to a NB spokesperson at E3, the PS3 port of the sleeper Xbox 360 RPG Eternal Sonata will indeed be making the jump to North America this fall. The PS3 port will feature additional costumes, two new playable characters, an additional dungeon, and an alternate ending for those who missed out on it the first time. Still no word if any of these extras will be available for download for Xbox 360 owners.

While its not much consolation for the loss of exclusive Final Fantasy XIII, and certainly no Tales of Vesperia, at least PlayStation 3 owners will finally have a semi-decent Japanese RPG to play. Our hearts go out to you.

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