| abstract | - Tales of Eternia Online (テイルズ オブ エターニア オンライン Teiruzu obu Etaania Onrain?) is a massively multiplayer online RPG set in the world of Tales of Eternia. The game's events occur around the start of the second disc in the original game, just after Reid Hershel's party crosses over into Celestia. The first in the Tales franchise launched as an MMORPG, the title was produced and maintained as a joint venture between Namco and Dwango. Although the game's Japanese release was originally for the spring of 2005, the first phase of closed beta testing was delayed and did not open until July 7, 2005. The second closed beta test phase started on January 16, 2006. Open beta was from February 16 until February 28, 2006. The official online game was formally released on March 3, 2006. The MMORPG had an anime opening with the song "Yamanai Ame wa Nai" by Izawa Asami. In January 2007, Namco announced that the game would be taken down on March 31, 2007, after having been online for only one year. The reason for the discontinuation of the online game was because of the declining number of player accounts.
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