With the spring release of Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk slowly but surely approaching, Bandai Namco Games today revealed two new characters set to make an appearance in the sequel to the popular GameCube and PlayStation 2 title Tales of Symphonia. Alice and Decus are two leading figures in the resistance movement known as Vanguard. The former is the leader of the movement's battle group. Utilizing a special device, she is capable of controlling monsters. While at first glance she may look like an innocent young girl, she is selfish and extremely sadistic. Decus meanwhile is in charge of intelligence. A simplistic, hot-tempered guy, he is stalking Alice. His decision to join Vanguard had nothing to do with his own ambitions, he just followed Alice. He loves and overuses a perfume said to attract girls.

Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk for Wii will be available in Japan sometime this spring.

• Famitsu