Tales of Eternia
Preliminary development on "Tales of Legendia" began in 2000, after the release of "Tales of Eternia", with many of its staff drawn from that of "Eternia". Its development happened in parallel to "Tales of Destiny 2" and "Tales of Symphonia". While its exact development time is unknown, a report in "Famitsu" stated that its development lasted three years. It was first revealed in December 2004 in a teaser trailer featured on a pre-order bonus disc for the series' previous title "Tales of Rebirth", which only referred to the game by its development codename "Project MelFes". On February 14, 2005, Namco posted silhouettes of two characters on their Tales Channel website, with the game's official reveal coming four days later. A tentative Japanese release date of sometime in 2005 was announced the following month, with an English North American release formally announced by the company in April for February 2006. In May 2005, Namco gave a finalized Japanese release date set for the following August. The game would make an appearance at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles the following June.