Like previous entries in the Tales series, Tales of Hearts is an action role-playing game. The battle gameplay from the Nintendo DS version, showing the battle on the top screen and selections on the bottom screen Reviews of the DS version have been positive overall, while western reviews of Hearts R have been mixed to positive. Both versions of the game have received strong sales and highly positive reviews in Japan, with the DS version selling 260,000 units by 2009. The remake was mostly handled by different development staff, but the writer and character designer both returned to add new content. Though the third title on the DS, it was the first portable title to be developed by Namco Tales Studio. It was produced by Hideo Baba, the former brand manager for the series. Hearts began production in the winter of 2006, during the final development stages of the PlayStation 2 remake of Tales of Destiny. For Hearts R, extra story scenes were created and the genre name was altered to Aratana kokoro to deau RPG ( 新たな心と出会うRPG, lit.

It represents the game's central theme of people's hearts uniting to overcome strife. Its characteristic genre name, a concept used extensively in the Tales series, is Kokoro to deau RPG ( 心と出会うRPG, lit. Together with Hisui, Kor sets off with Kohaku on a quest to restore her Spiria. In the process, he ends up shattering Kohaku's Spiria, the essence of her heart and emotions, and scattering the pieces across the world. When Kohaku is attacked by a mysterious antagonist named Incarose and infected by a monster called a xerom, Kor attempts to cure her using his Soma, an ancient weapon designed to fight xerom. The game follows main protagonist Kor Meteor after he discovers a woman named Kohaku Hearts and her brother Hisui near his home town. Hearts R was developed by 7th Chord and includes staff from Bandai Namco Studios. Hearts R was also ported to iOS and released in Japan in October 2013 although it was pulled from the App Store on March 31, 2016, and therefore no longer available for download. A remake of the game, Tales of Hearts R ( テイルズオブハーツアール, Teiruzu Obu Hātsu Āru), was released on the Vita in March 2013 and later released in western regions in November 2014. The Japan-exclusive DS version received two editions: the 'Anime Edition,' featuring cutscenes by Production I.G, and the 'CG Movie Edition,' featuring CGI cutscenes created by Shirogumi. It is the eleventh main entry in the Tales series, developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Bandai Namco Games. Tales of Hearts ( Japanese: テイルズオブハーツ, Hepburn: Teiruzu Obu Hātsu) is an action role-playing game released for the Nintendo DS in Japan and the PlayStation Vita worldwide.

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