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Tales of Hearts (Nintendo DS)
- It seems that there will be two versions of the game based on the cutscenes, although it's unsure if it'll be separate or within just one DS cartridge. One version will be the 2D version with the animated scenes, and the other is (*gasp*) a CG version by Shiro-Gumi. Those're just about the cutscenes though, not actual gameplay.
- Story: In this world, beings called Zerom's have inhabited the land, and feeds on the humans' dreams, as well as their hearts and souls (a.k.a. Spiria). As a counter for this, the human hearts have developed a Spir Maze, the labyrinth of people's hearts. Within this is also the crystal which represents one's soul, and once that has been taken by a Zerom, the body will rot away. Within the maze is also a weapon/armor called the Soma, which is used to battle against the Zerom.
- The hero is Shing Meteoryte () and the heroine is Kohak Hearts (). Info on them below:

Shing Meteoryte
Age: 16
Height: 157cm
Weight: 54kg
CV: Tetsuya Kakihara
A young boy with a heightened curiosity about this world. He lives with his grandpa in the village of Civir. He inherited the power to use Somas from his mother and grandpa. His social inexperience and curiosity often makes him seem insensitive, but he does know how to look back on such mistakes.

Kohak Hearts
Age: 17
Height: 158cm
Weight: 45kg
CV: Marina Inoue
She left her home in search of a Soma. She seems to always pertain to someone she refers to as "she,"
- The theme song will be done by DEEN.
- Winter 2008 release
- Battle system is the CNAR-LMBS (Combined Aerial Linear Motion Battle System), and is said to be an enhanced version of ToDRe's AR-LMBS. This time they really will let characters outside of the party switch in battle.

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New V-Jump Scans reveal two new characters. Actually, we've seen them both in the first trailer. The guy is Hisui Hearts, Kohak's older brother. The girl is Ines Lorenz. You'll also get a glimpse of Shing in his animated version

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Thanks to Rpgmonkey from the Tales Forums, we now have a higher quality scan from that previous scan showing the two new characters from Tales of Hearts. Click here to view it. He has also provided a translation:

Ines:
Proud of her superhuman strength, she's the female president of the trasportation shop (with zero employees) "Every day is a peaceful day". She has a gentle smiling face...
Apparently she's voiced by Shizuka Ito.

Hisui:
A strange and proud person with sense, he's Kohak's brother. He has a calmed attitude, but is still a hot-blooded rascal.
And apparently he's voiced by Hozumi Gōda.

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We have two new magazine scans about Tales of Hearts, courtesy of Kouli from the Official Tales Forums. It just shows the two new characters previously announced, only this time, they have their proper name spellings as well as statistics. It shows pretty clear images of the anime version too.

Innes Lorenz
Seiyuu: Itou Shizuka
Age: 24
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 54 kilos

Hisui Hearts
Seiyuu: Matsukaze Masaya
Age: 18
Height: 184 cm
Weight: 70 kg

I also forgot to post this, but the following info was mentioned in the Tales of Magazine according to Rpgmonkey:
~Playtime is about 35 hours
~The touch screen is used for shortcuts
~Story script will be 3 times that of Tales of Innocence.

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Thanks to Kyo Kusanagi from the Tales Forums for the heads up. This new scan introduces the two other playable characters. If you'll recall, they have been shown in the two recent trailers for the game.

The little with girl is Beryl Benito, and the guy in the big armor is Kunzite. Will be adding more info on them once someone translates or once the ToH main site gets updated .