Tales of Zestiria screenshots introduce Martran, Baltro, and battle details
The Tales of Zestiria official website updated today with new screenshots and details that have been released in Japanese magazines in previous weeks. Two supporting cast characters are introduced: Baltro, head of the cabinet ministry of the kingdom, and Martran, a kingdom knight and Alicia's teacher.
How Tales of Zestiria handles battles is a little bit different from the rest of the series. Rather than engaging an enemy map icon and being thrown into separate battle arena screens, now the transition is seemless with the arena essentially forming around the encounter. This means that the terrain on the map will also play a role in the series for the first time, including hills and water. This also means that your party will be visible on the map as you explore. You can talk to them too!
Finally, the magic using characters can perform actions on the map to affect the location, clear paths, or gain an upper-hand when starting a battle.
Tales of Zestiria is set to release worldwide, but no release window has been specified.
