The graphics are quite pretty in Dawn of the New World. They aren't quite as good as the graphics in Tales of Vesperia for the 360, but that's to be expected. I am amazed at how well they did working with the Wii engine actually. I don't think I've heard my Wii chug that hard ever! The characters look like the Vesperia characters. I would swear that the cutscenes all came straight out of an anime. The backgrounds scenes are just as beautiful too. A large part of the game, especially at the beginning, is mostly story, so it's a good thing that everything is so much fun to watch.
The music is just as nice to listen to. The background sounds are calming and pleasant. When you get into battle, things do pick up. The one complaint I have is the hero Emil is the absolute most annoying hero from any game. He whines so much in the beginning that I wanted to mute the sound every time he spoke. Other than that, the rest of the characters are fine. The hero does get better and less whiney over time. I'm not going to promise you'll like him or anything by the end, but at least I stopped cringing when he spoke.
