<s>
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Namco	O
Tales	O
Studio	O
as	O
the	O
eighth	O
main	O
title	O
in	O
their	O
Tales	O
series	O
in	O
celebration	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
10th	O
anniversary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Namco	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
December	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
Bandai	O
Namco	O
Games	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
October	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Namco	O
has	O
given	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
the	O
characteristic	O
genre	O
name	O
To	O
Know	O
the	O
Meaning	O
of	O
One	O
's	O
Birth	O
RPG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
handheld	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
June	O
2011	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
an	O
Australian	O
and	O
European	O
release	O
in	O
November	O
2011	O
and	O
a	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
in	O
February	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
fantasy	B-Application
world	O
,	O
the	O
story	O
focuses	O
on	O
Luke	O
fon	O
Fabre	O
,	O
a	O
young	O
swordsman	O
whose	O
pampered	O
life	O
turns	O
upside	O
down	O
when	O
he	O
unwittingly	O
becomes	O
the	O
target	O
of	O
a	O
military-religious	O
organization	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Order	O
of	O
Lorelei	O
,	O
who	O
believe	O
him	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
key	O
to	O
an	O
ancient	O
prophecy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
has	O
sold	O
approximately	O
734,000	O
copies	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
controls	O
are	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
Tales	O
games	O
,	O
especially	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Symphonia	I-Application
,	O
except	O
with	O
increased	O
maneuverability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
system	O
offers	O
multiplayer	O
co-op	O
battles	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
camera	O
for	O
this	O
mode	O
is	O
improved	O
over	O
the	O
one	O
found	O
in	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Symphonia	I-Application
,	O
zooming	O
out	O
as	O
characters	O
move	O
away	O
from	O
each	O
other	O
so	O
that	O
other	O
players	O
are	O
now	O
always	O
on	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Symphonia	I-Application
,	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
different	O
recipes	O
can	O
be	O
set	O
to	O
the	O
control	O
pad	O
for	O
use	O
after	O
battle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
some	O
other	O
Tales	O
games	O
,	O
every	O
title	O
in	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
carries	O
a	O
special	O
effect	O
,	O
varying	O
from	O
discounts	O
in	O
shops	O
to	O
recovering	O
small	O
amounts	O
of	O
HP	O
periodically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
on	O
Auldrant	O
,	O
a	O
planet	O
composed	O
of	O
elementary	O
particles	O
called	O
"	O
Fonons	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
mention	O
of	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
occurred	O
when	O
Namco	O
filed	O
a	O
trademark	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
December	O
2004	O
,	O
and	O
first	O
formally	O
announced	O
the	O
title	O
in	O
an	O
August	O
2005	O
issue	O
of	O
Weekly	O
Shōnen	O
Jump	O
magazine	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
company	O
also	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
title	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
celebration	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
tenth	O
anniversary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
gameplay	O
trailer	O
was	O
featured	O
on	O
a	O
pre-order	O
bonus	O
DVD	O
included	O
with	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legendia	I-Application
released	O
later	O
that	O
month	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
that	O
produced	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Symphonia	I-Application
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
including	O
producer	O
Makoto	O
Yoshidumi	O
and	O
character	O
designer	O
Kōsuke	O
Fujishima	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2006	O
,	O
four	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Japanese	O
release	O
,	O
Namco	O
Bandai	O
Games	O
announced	O
that	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
would	O
be	O
headed	O
to	O
North	O
America	O
the	O
following	O
fall	O
,	O
and	O
would	O
later	O
showcase	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
2006	O
Electronic	O
Entertainment	O
Expo	O
in	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
in	O
June	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
directed	O
by	O
Yoshito	O
Higuchi	O
who	O
also	O
acted	O
as	O
director	O
of	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Symphonia	I-Application
and	O
previously	O
served	O
on	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
of	O
Namco	O
's	O
fighting	O
game	O
franchises	O
Tekken	B-Application
and	O
Soulcalibur	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Abysss	O
Free	O
Run	O
battle	O
system	O
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
for	O
Symphonia	O
and	O
implemented	O
in	O
the	O
middle	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
removed	O
due	O
to	O
possible	O
player	O
exploitation	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
enemy	O
AI	B-Application
making	O
battle	O
too	O
easy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
North	O
American	O
version	O
of	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
includes	O
new	O
Mystic	O
Arte	O
attacks	O
for	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
characters	O
not	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
Japanese	O
release	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
removed	O
all	O
spoken	O
dialogue	O
from	O
the	O
optional	O
skit	O
cutscenes	O
,	O
translating	O
only	O
the	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
port	O
of	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
September	O
2010	O
during	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
Japan	O
's	O
"	O
Nintendo	O
Conference	O
"	O
press	O
event	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
tentative	O
release	O
date	O
of	O
spring	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
April	O
,	O
Namco	O
Bandai	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
port	O
for	O
Japan	O
had	O
been	O
delayed	O
and	O
would	O
miss	O
its	O
originally	O
intended	O
deadline	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
commercial	O
release	O
eventually	O
coming	O
the	O
following	O
June	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2011	O
,	O
Namco	O
Bandai	O
confirmed	O
a	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
alongside	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Graces	I-Application
F	I-Application
for	O
some	O
time	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
Japanese	O
version	O
includes	O
the	O
new	O
Mystic	O
Arte	O
attacks	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
North	O
American	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
for	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
was	O
mostly	O
composed	O
by	O
series	O
veterans	O
Motoi	O
Sakuraba	O
and	O
Shinji	O
Tamura	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Japanese	O
version	O
features	O
the	O
theme	O
song	O
by	O
J-Rock	O
group	O
Bump	O
of	O
Chicken	O
,	O
with	O
group	O
's	O
lead	O
vocalist	O
,	O
Motoo	O
Fujiwara	O
,	O
also	O
providing	O
compositions	O
for	O
certain	O
songs	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
later	O
appeared	O
on	O
his	O
album	O
Song	O
for	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
was	O
well	O
received	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
with	O
Weekly	O
Famitsu	O
magazine	O
awarding	O
it	O
a	O
36	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
based	O
on	O
individual	O
scores	O
of	O
9	O
,	O
9	O
,	O
9	O
,	O
and	O
9	O
,	O
which	O
earned	O
it	O
the	O
publication	O
's	O
Platinum	O
Award	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
ranked	O
44th	O
in	O
a	O
Famitsu	O
reader	O
poll	O
of	O
the	O
100	O
greatest	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
in	O
March	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overall	O
,	O
English	O
reviews	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
became	O
"	O
favorable	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Famitsu	O
granted	O
the	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
version	O
a	O
lower	O
score	O
than	O
its	O
predecessor	O
based	O
on	O
individual	O
reviews	O
of	O
8	O
,	O
8	O
,	O
7	O
,	O
and	O
8	O
,	O
primarily	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
with	O
one	O
editor	O
remarking	O
that	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
well-made	O
and	O
does	O
n't	O
feel	O
old	O
,	O
but	O
there	O
also	O
has	O
n't	O
been	O
much	O
added	O
to	O
it	O
,	O
although	O
touch-screen	O
skill	O
selection	O
on	O
the	O
bottom	O
screen	O
is	O
nice.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
port	O
also	O
received	O
"	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
though	O
slightly	O
less	O
than	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
original	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
entertaining	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
engrossing	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
felt	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
well-suited	O
to	O
the	O
handheld	O
's	O
stereoscopic	O
3D	O
,	O
remarking	O
that	O
"	O
for	O
those	O
who	O
have	O
already	O
played	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
,	O
it	O
's	O
harder	O
to	O
recommend	O
a	O
repeat	O
purchase	O
when	O
the	O
central	O
new	O
feature	O
actively	O
makes	O
the	O
game	O
worse.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
IGN	O
praised	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
portable	O
title	O
had	O
not	O
lost	O
any	O
features	O
from	O
the	O
console	O
version	O
,	O
they	O
nonetheless	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
title	O
"	O
has	O
n’t	O
aged	O
well	O
in	O
all	O
respects	O
,	O
"	O
adding	O
that	O
"	O
Having	O
fallen	O
in	O
love	O
with	O
games	O
like	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
and	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
IX	I-Application
in	O
the	O
past	O
few	O
years	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
difficult	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
this	O
complex	O
world	O
of	O
menus	O
and	O
jargon	O
without	O
a	O
bit	O
of	O
reluctance.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
would	O
name	O
the	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
version	O
the	O
228th	O
greatest	O
game	O
released	O
for	O
a	O
Nintendo	O
console	O
in	O
their	O
farewell	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
success	O
of	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
in	O
the	O
region	O
encouraged	O
the	O
publisher	O
to	O
reconsider	O
their	O
western	O
markets	O
and	O
potentially	O
localize	O
more	O
Tales	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
26-episode	O
animated	O
TV	O
adaptation	O
of	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
,	O
produced	O
by	O
Bandai	O
Visual	O
,	O
Namco	O
,	O
and	O
Sunrise	O
Animation	O
Studios	O
,	O
began	O
airing	O
on	O
October	O
4	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
ended	O
its	O
run	O
on	O
March	O
28	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
22	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Anime	O
News	O
Network	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
anime	O
distributor	O
Bandai	O
Entertainment	O
acquired	O
the	O
license	O
to	O
the	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
anime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
manga	O
adaptations	O
of	O
the	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
game	O
have	O
been	O
created	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
simply	O
named	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
and	O
is	O
written	O
and	O
illustrated	O
by	O
Rei	O
was	O
serialized	O
in	O
Dengeki	O
Maoh	O
.	O
</s>
