How does it do this, you ask? By including characters from just about every Tales game of the last 15 years, that's how. Namco Bandai revealed a bunch of new screens today of this offshoot of their Tales series, which focuses more on action-based gameplay than anything RPG-related.

In these screens you'll see characters from Tales of Xillia, Tales of Vesperia and Tales of Symphonia. Characters will have their own stories that you can follow during the course of the game, and we'll see the inclusion of a Tales staple - the skits - to tell those stories.

Keep in mind this is a PSP game, not a Vita game, surprisingly, and it will release sometime next year. Hit the break for the goods.