Tales of Phantasia
| Tales of Phantasia | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original title | テ イ ル ズ オ ブ フ ァ ン タ ジ ア | ||
| transcription | Teiruzu obu Fantashia | ||
 | |||
| Game and series logo | |||
| genre | Fantasy | ||
| Computer / video game | |||
| Studio | Namco Tales Studio | ||
| Publisher | Namco | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
Super Famicom : December 15, 1995 PlayStation : December 23, 1998 GB Advance : August 1, 2003 March 6, 2006 March 31, 2006 PSP : September 6, 2006 (Full Voice Edition) August 5, 2010 (Cross Edition) iOS : 24 September 2013 January 23, 2014   |
||
| platform | Super Famicom , PlayStation , Game Boy Advance , PlayStation Portable , Apple iOS | ||
| genre | role playing game | ||
| Game mode | Single player , multiplayer | ||
| control | Gamepad | ||
| medium | 48 Mbit plug-in module ( Super Famicom ) 64-128 Mbit plug-in module ( GBA ) CD ( PS1 ) UMD ( PSP ) |
||
| Age rating |
|
||
| Original video animation | |||
| title | Tales of Phantasia: The Animation | ||
| Original title | テ イ ル ズ オ ブ フ ァ ン タ ジ ア THE ANIMATION | ||
| transcription | Teiruzu obu Fantashia: The Animation | ||
| Country of production |
Japan
|
||
| original language | Japanese | ||
| year | 2004 | ||
| Studio | Actas | ||
| length | 30 minutes | ||
| Episodes | 4th | ||
| Director | Takuo Tominaga | ||
Tales of Phantasia ( Japanese テ イ ル ズ オ ブ フ ァ ン タ ジ ア Teiruzu obu Fantashia ) is a role-playing game by the Japanese game developer Namco . It is the first main part of the largely disjointed "Tales of" series. An anime was also produced for the game .
game
Tales of Phantasia is set about 4,000 years after Tales of Symphonia , important objects and people who first played a role in ToS in chronological order are reappearing. Besides Star Ocean , Tales of Phantasia is the only game for the Super Famicom that was delivered on a 48 Mbit module.
The gameplay is very similar to that of other role-playing games. The combat system was unique in its time. The fights did not take place in rounds, but took place in real time in a side view. Thus, the combat system in Tales of Phantasia is more comparable to that of beat-'em-up games such as Street Fighter .
action
Cress and Chester live in the small village of Toltus . Cress is the son of the swordsman Miguel and therefore learns the art of sword from an early age. Chester is his best friend. On his 15th birthday, Cress received a medallion from his father . Two years later, Cress' father wants to talk to him about the locket when Chester interrupts them and reminds Cress that they still want to hunt. You go into the forest and finally, on the hunt for a stubborn wild boar, you stand in front of the large Yggdrassil ash, the mana tree that was created at the end of Tales of Symphonia. Cress sees the tree spirit Martel and has a vision of the tree 100 years ago. Suddenly they hear the bell of Toltus from afar and hurry back. When they arrive in the village, everyone is dead, including Cress' parents and Chester's only living relative, his sister Ami . Cress learns from his dying mother that someone is after his locket.
Cress goes to Euclid to see his uncle Olson , Chester stays in the village to bury the dead. But Olson betrays his nephew to Captain Mars , a sword master and power-hungry leader of the Knights of Black Armor , and Cress is captured by him. In the dungeon of Mars' castle, Cress meets the healer Mint , who accompanies him from now on. Together they break out of the dungeon and meet Chester again in the house of Trinicus D. Morrison . From there they move on to the catacombs in which the demon king Dhaos is said to be sealed, because Mars intends to awaken Dhaos with the medallions of Cress and Mint. The group is late, Dhaos has been revived. However, he betrays Mars and kills him. When he also wants to kill Morrison, Cress, Chester and Mint interfere, but have no chance either. Morrison, who previously sealed dhaos with Cless parents and Mint's mother, sends Cress and Mint 100 years back in time. They have to leave Chester behind because he distracts Dhaos for them.
In the past, Cress and Mint seek help from Claus , a human who studies magic, and the half-elf Amber . Together they manage to defeat the dhaos of the past. But the latter flees into the present and the group follows them with the time machine in the sunken city of Thor . Dhaos flees the present 50 years into the future and Cress and his friends follow him again. There they obtain the Eternal Sword and the help of the ninja girl Suzu . Together they can kill Dhaos. After Dhao's death, however, the friends realize that Dhaos was actually only a victim. To help Dhaos 'world, which he wanted to save, Mint sends a manakeim of the Yggdrassil tree to Dhaos' people, the Derris-Kharlan .
Publications
Tales of Phantasia was released in 1995 for the SNES and the first reprint in 1998 for the PSX . Tales of Phantasia only appeared in Japan in these versions, but there are fan translations in English and German . In 2003 a remake for the Game Boy Advance was released. Since March 31, 2006 it has also been available in Germany.
Another new edition was published on September 6, 2006 in Japan for the PSP , which comes with full voice output. The PSP version is mainly based on the PSX remake. The fourth new edition is called Tales of Phantasia X and includes both a remake of Tales of Phantasia and a remake of the sequel Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon . It was only available in Japan on August 5, 2010.
A version for Apple iOS came to the App Store on September 24, 2013, but was withdrawn on May 28, 2014.
Adaptations
Anime
In 2004, Actas studio animated an original four-part video animation , Tales of Phantasia: The Animation , based on the game. Directed by Takuo Tominaga, Kimio Nomura was responsible for the music. The OVA was published from September 2004 and translated into English and French , among other things .
music
The opening title of the anime, Yume no Hate , was played by Masami Suzuki. His song Priere was used for the credits . For 2010 published part of the game Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri X for the PlayStation Portable has singer-songwriter Oku Hanako the title Glass no Hana ( ガラスの花 contributed).
Manga
A manga for the game was published in Tales of Magazine from August 7, 2008 until it was discontinued on October 26, 2009. The work was drawn by Makoto 2-gō.
Novels
Several novels have been published about the game: Tales of Phantasia: Harukanaru Toki ( テ イ ル ズ オ ブ フ ァ ン タ ジ ア は る か な る
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Cless Alvein ( GBA : Cress Abion) | Takeshi Kusao |
| Mint Adnade (GBA: Mint Adenade) | Junko Iwao |
| Dhaos | Toshiyuki Morikawa |
| Chester Barklight | Kentarō Itō |
| Klarth F. Lester (GBA: Claus F. Lester) | Kazuhiko Inoue |
| Arche Klaine (GBA: Amber Klein) | Mika Kanai |
| Suzu Fujibayashi | Taeko Kawata |
Web links
- Tales of Phantasia Information on www.rpgames.de
- animenewsnetwork about the anime
- Official website for the anime
credentials
- ↑ Sinan Kubba: Bandai Namco pulling Tales of Phantasia, soon to be 'unusable'. In: Engadget. July 8, 2014, accessed August 16, 2016 .
- ↑ Oku Hanako to Contribute to the "Tales of ..." Series! Musicjapanplus , April 14, 2010, accessed April 14, 2010 .