During a side quest over the course of the game where the Brave Vesperia guild takes on several jobs, the player will be given a manual belonging to the prisoner Irmine, which must be delivered to Nobis of the Soul Smiths guild and is a requirement for unlocking a special weapon. As you continue further in the story, traveling to Aspio after Spoiler:Nordopolica is attacked will trigger a scene where Rita talks to her fellow mages about Spoiler:Spirit conversion. After rebirthing all four Spirits and unlocking Tarqaron, the last dungeon in the game, a new scene can be triggered by going to Halare, at which point you must go finish the guild job side quest and return to the tree in Halare. Another scene is triggered where the Soul Smiths reveal they have crafted a unique blade and gift it to Rita. This is a whip called the Ivy Blade, and it's based on the primary weapon used by Ivy Valentine in the SoulCalibur series.

The reason why the PlayStation 3 version wasn't released outside Japan until 2019 was because of how difficult it was to release the Xbox 360 version in all major territories simultaneously. According to former series producer Hideo Baba:

Tales of Vesperia sold so well in Japan that retailers there actually sold out of Xbox 360 consoles. 25,000 units were sold on the week of August 10th, in comparison to the 5,359 units sold the previous week.

Much like the previous games, Vesperia also features a Coliseum-based Cameo battle set. This time around the player fights against major antagonists from the series, albeit with them using titles as opposed to their actual names. They are, in order:

• Time Traveler: Dhaos from Tales of Phantasia
• Sorrowful Queen of Darkness: Shizel from Tales of Eternia
• Killer of Heroes: Barbatos Goetia from Tales of Destiny II (much like his home game, using any item during the fight will trigger his Mystic Arte)
• Traitor to Heaven: Kratos Aurion from Tales of Symphonia