To stop the cycle, the Regeneration Team decides to release all of the seals and have Sheena form a pact with the Summon Spirits who govern each seal on both worlds.ĭuring their quest they meet a young boy named Mithos, who shares the same name as Mithos Yggdrassil, a Hero known to the people of both worlds. As long as the worlds are connected, the cycle of prosperity and decline will continue like an hourglass. While exploring the Seals of Regeneration on Tethe’alla, the group learns the seals in Tethe’alla and Sylverant are connected. The group is joined by Tethe’alla’s chosen Zelos Wilder, the Noble Convict Regal Bryant and the enigmatic woodcutter Presea Comatir. With Colette in a coma-like state and enemies on their heels, Sheena leads the group to Tethe’alla to find answers and a way to restore Colette to her old self. When the group is attacked and later joined by the mysterious female assassin Sheena Fujibayashi who claims to come from a parellel world, it becomes clear to Lloyd and Raine an unseen force is working behind the scenes the shape the destiny of their world and the life of Sylverant’s Chosen of Regeneration, Colette.Īn unexpected betrayal by Kratos at the Tower of Regeneration reveals there is more to Sylverant and its other half Tethe’alla than anyone could have imagined. As the regeneration journey draws to a close, events that pop up during their journey casts doubt on weather or not they’re doing the right thing. In the beginning Lloyd Irving, Collette Brunel, Raine Sage and her kid brother Genis join the mysterious mercenary Kratos Aurion on a regeneration journey to save their world. The premise of this game can’t be put simply because the premise evolves at several intervals. Skip past the next picture if you do not want plot points from the game spoiled for you. More on this in a second.īefore I go further, there are major spoilers in the next few paragraphs. And by the way, this game has 8–yes, EIGHT–endings. Speaking of the first game, it boasts well over 100 hours across two discs per playthrough. We’ll get back to this in detail later but the events of this game take place two years after the events of the first game. As you can imagine, I am a fan of the series but anyway moving on XDĪs I mentioned in my resume above Symphonia got a direct sequel in 2008: Dawn of the New World (Knights of Ratatosk in Japan). Since then, I’ve gone on to play every Tales game released since except Legendia for the PS2 (from what I’ve seen it’s a definite pass): I got Tales of the Abyss (PS2 version) and Phantasia (GBA port of the SNES version) in 2007, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Wii) in 2008, Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology (PSP) in 2009, Vesperia (Xbox 360) in 2010, Tales of Graces f (PS3) in 2011, Tales of the Abyss again in 2012 (3DS version) and Tales of Xillia (PS3) last month. Tales of Symphonia was my first “Tales of” game. song highlights the heroism of the cast but the Japanese version just fits in my book. Unlike the song that plays in the English version, the Japanese version packs that extra punch to let you know “this isn’t Final Fantasy”. By the way, the song in the video is called Starry Heavens and plays in the Japanese version of the game. I could almost hear Cam Clarke (Kratos’s English Voice Actor) say in character “Now that you understand the folly of your ignorance towards this game, you can repent by mastering everything there is to know about the world of Symphonia.” The game simply exceeded every single expectation I set for it since I first heard about it in 2005. When the opening cutscene played, I knew I should’ve listened to the critics and played the game MUCH sooner. I found out for myself when I finally bought the game in early 2006. Basically, if you had a Gamecube and you were into Role Playing Games, you HAD to get THIS game. Brawl (#1) and Wind Waker (#2), respectively. It stands today as the best RPG on the Gamecube and third-best Gamecube game overall behind Super Smash Bros. Arguably, this was the game that made the ‘Cube a must-have console during the first half of the last decade. was introduced to Tales of Symphonia for the Nintendo Gamecube. Tales of Symphonia was first released in the U.S.
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