Quick question

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by microphone

Did Ayu write "progress" specifically for Tales of Xillia?
I'd like to think she read the game script and wrote the lyrics based on the game's lore or message.

That is the case of what happened with progress.

Translated by Misa-chan:

First up was a video message from Hamasaki Ayumi-san, who will be singing the theme song for 『TOX』. As the representative music Queen of Japan, her message created excitement at the “Tales of Festival 2011″ venue! Furthermore, the theme song title was revealed to be 『progress』. This title was given to flow with the game’s theme, with a wish to “move forward, while holding on to unwavering faith”.

From the message video shown at the venue, it was revealed that the artist singing the game’s theme song will be Hamasaki Ayumi. The reason why Hamasaki-san was picked was because “Hamasaki-san’s songs always have a strong theme, and will be able to reach young people”, explained the producer from Baba. After looking through the extensive database of details from the game, we had a conference call with Hamasaki-san at about 5~6am, where she revealed that the theme song had been completed.

Having understood the game’s details, Hamasaki-san said that “I made a song that can send my message”. A song that combines the intentions of the 『Tales of』 staff and Hamasaki-san herself, we hope to hear it soon.

I hope the game comes out here, though it's 99.9% likely that it won't have the song.

[douggn]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

That is the case of what happened with progress.

Translated by Misa-chan:


I hope the game comes out here, though it's 99.9% likely that it won't have the song.

I think with tales of games, they get a different English singer. But Namco Bandai are looking to bring more Tales of games over. Tales of Xillia has been trademarked in Europe and America but that's about all that's been said so far, which is a good sign for the game going to be released overseas