With Namco Bandai’s international branches hectic in promoting Tales of Xillia which is set for its localized release in under a fortnight, we turn to the Japanese division for information on the upcoming HD Collection release of Tales of Symphonia on the Playstation 3 – two games that were formerly only released on the Nintendo Gamecube and Wii platforms respectively (and a PS2 release in Japan for the first).
For their third character trailer for the collection they have focused on Marta Lualdi, the female protagonist of the Tales of Symphonia sequel Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World.
Marta Lualdi’s Character Profile (May Contain Spoilers From First Symphonia Game)
Marta is a girl who lost her mother when the Great Tree rampaged throughout the world. Determined and unafraid to make her voice known, she is not satisfied unless she can think of things in absolutes. She hates Colette, who killed her mother, and Lloyd, who attacked Palmacosta.
Synopsis of Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
Sourced from original game manual
Once upon a time, the world was divided in two according to the mandate of heaven, but was restored to its former self by the Chosen of Regeneration in place of the Giant Kharlan Tree that had been destroyed in ancient times, a new World Tree was born.
With the reunited new world came the birth of new chaos. Before the world was restored, the world of Tethe’alla was prosperous, while the world of Sylvarant was in decline. This gap in civilization only brought division among the people as time went on….
