Tales of Graces

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Tales of Graces
Tales of Graces F.jpg
The North American boxart of Tales of Graces f
Developer(s) Namco Tales Studio
Publisher(s) Namco Bandai Games
Producer(s) Hideo Baba
Artist(s) Mutsumi Inomata
Writer(s) Daisuke Kiga
Composer(s) Motoi Sakuraba
Hibiki Aoyama
Series Tales
Release date(s) Wii
  • JP December 10, 2009[1]
PlayStation 3
Genre(s) Role-playing video game
Mode(s) Single player, co-op multiplayer

Tales of Graces (Japanese: テイルズ オブ グレイセス Hepburn: Teiruzu obu Gureisesu?) is a Japanese role-playing game released for the Wii on December 10, 2009 in Japan.[1] It is developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco Bandai Games. It is the twelfth core product of the Tales series. In Japan, the game was ported to the PlayStation 3 under the title Tales of Graces f (テイルズ オブ グレイセス エフ Teiruzu obu Gureisesu Efu?) and was released on December 2, 2010.[2] The PlayStation 3 version was localized for North America on March 13, 2012 and Europe on August 31, 2012.[3][4]

The game takes place in a world known as Ephinea and follows Asbel Lhant. During his childhood, Asbel finds an amnesiac girl and witnesses her death. Seven years later, he is reunited with the girl who retains her amnesia. Its central theme is Mamoru Tsuyosa o Shiru RPG (守る強さを知るRPG?, lit. "RPG to Know the Strength to Protect").[5]

Tales of Graces and Tales of Graces f have received positive reception in Japan. Famitsu rated both games 36 and 37 out of 40 respectively, citing the gameplay to be exhilarating and an improvement to past Tales games.[6][7] The Wii version sold over 100,000 and the PS3 version sold 200,000 copies during their first week in Japan.[8][9] The game was adapted into three manga collections, a novel series, and eight drama CDs. In North America, Tales of Graces f received the same praise for its gameplay but received mixed reviews for its presentation.

Contents

Gameplay [edit]

Tales of Graces consists primarily of two major areas: the field map and a battle screen.[10] The field map is a realistically scaled 3D environment traversed by foot. On the field maps, various skits between the characters can be viewed. They involve animated character portraits, subtitles, and full voice acting. Skits concern anything from character development to side details. The battle screen is a 3D representation of an area, in which the player commands the characters in battles against CPU-controlled enemies.[10]

A battle gameplay in Tales of Graces f.

During battle sequences, the game uses the Style Shift Linear Motion Battle System, a variation of the Linear Motion Battle System used in previous Tales games.[11] The top four characters are chosen to battle and characters not controlled by a player are controlled by artificial intelligence with instructions set by the players beforehand.[3] The "Chain Capacity" (CC) denotes the number of skills and actions a character can perform.[10] Usage brings the CC down and is recharged over time. During battle, the player and enemy has an "Eleth Gauge". When the Eleth Gauge is filled, the user or the enemy receive unlimited CC and become resistant to stunning.[10] Each character has two skill systems: "Assault Artes" which are pre-determined combos and "Burst Artes" which can be mapped to specific inputs.[3] Skill and attribute development are dependent on "Titles" and their levels.[12] Titles are earned through story progression, or completion of miscellaneous criteria during battle. Each Title has five levels which are advanced by completing battles.[12]

Plot [edit]

The game takes place in a fictional world called Ephinea. Asbel Lhant, Hubert Lhant, and Cheria Barnes are children from the village known as Lhant which is part of the country named Windor. While exploring the fields outside their village, they find an amnesiac girl and bring her back to Lhant.[Game 1] With the villagers unable to identify her, the three decide to care for her and name her Sophie.[Game 2]That same day, Lhant is visited by Richard, the prince of Windor, who befriends the three.[Game 3] When Richard returns to Windor's capital, Barona, the three follow and Richard invites them to sneak into the castle at night via a secret passage.[Game 4] There, the four are mortally wounded by an unknown monster but are saved when Sophie sacrifices herself. Asbel regains consciousness in Lhant and is told about Sophie's death and Hubert's political adoption into the Oswell family to secure Asbel's future as the Lord of Lhant. Daunted over Sophie's death and the political events at home, Asbel runs away from home and enrolls in the Barona knight academy.[Game 5]

Seven years later, Cheria informs Asbel of his father's death while defending Lhant from the invasion by the neighboring country, Fendel.[Game 6] Asbel and Cheria return to Lhant and are saved from Fendel's army by the reappearance of Sophie. Fendel's invasion is thwarted by the return of Hubert and Stratha's military. Hubert reveals the country Stratha has been ordered by Windor to secure Lhant and assumes the position of Lord after banishing Asbel from the village.[Game 7] Hearing rumors about Richard's death, Asbel and Sophie investigates and finds Richard in the castle's secret passage. Richard explains his uncle Cedric assumed the throne after murdering his father.[Game 8] The three travel to meet Richard's trusted friend and are joined by Pascal, a prodigy from an engineering tribe known as the Amarcians.[Game 9] Richard's friend lends him an army allowing the party to overthrow Cedric and regain the throne.[Game 10]

Richard's personality begins to change and he orders Asbel to persuade Hubert to evacuate Lhant with the Stratha military or face an invasion. Richard invades, regardless, and is defeated by the party.[Game 11] Learning that Hubert has been ignoring orders from the Stratha government for the sake of the villagers, Asbel and the party, now joined by Asbel's instructor Malik Caesar, travel to Stratha to convince the government to permanently instate Hubert as Lord of Lhant.[Game 12] The government agrees on the precursor that Pascal fixes Stratha's valkines, a large crystal which supplies a life sustaining energy known as eleth. Pascal succeeds but Richard appears and absorbs the valkines's eleth, and flees.[Game 13] The party learn Windor's valkines has also been absorbed leaving Fendel with the only valkines left. Hubert joins the party as they attempt to intercept Richard.[Game 14] After failing to stop Richard in Fendel, they deduce his next target is the Lastalia, the planet's core.[Game 15] There, Richard mortally injures Sophie and seals off the entrance to the Lastalia forcing the party to flee. Unable to heal Sophie with magic or medicine, Pascal deduces Sophie originates from the planet Fodra and urges the party to search for a cure there.[Game 16]

After finding an Amarcian shuttle, the party arrive at Fodra and meet Emeraude, the last remaining human on the desolated planet.[Game 17] Using advanced machinery, Sophie is healed and regains her memories revealing she is a biological humanoid engineered to defeat Lambda, the monster that attacked them during their childhood and is currently possessing Richard.[Game 18] Emeraude assists the party into modifying the shuttle to bypass the blockade on the Lastalia where they confront and defeat Richard.[Game 19] Emeraude betrays the party and attempts to absorb Lambda's power but dies in the process. Lambda begins to fuse with the Lastalia causing the party to relive his memories and learn about all the suffering the humans put him through.[Game 20] The party defeats the materialized Lambda; Since Lambda can not be killed by normal means, Sophie intends to sacrifice herself to stop him. Instead, Asbel absorbs and convinces Lambda to let him prove humanity's worth. Lambda agrees before falling into a deep sleep.[Game 21]

In the after-story Lineage and Legacies, the monster population have become an epidemic forcing Asbel and his friends to reunite and investigate the cause.[Game 22] Hypothesizing that the eleth from Fodra is influencing the monsters, the party travel there and discover Fodra's core has reactivated. They learn the core is conscious and wants revenge on the humans for Fodra's environmental decay. The party defeats Fodra's soldiers, the Little Queens, and have the reawakened Lambda absorb Fodra's consciousness. In doing so, Lambda returns to his deep sleep in order to dissuade Fodra's hatred. The party separates and returns to their daily life while Asbel proposes to Cheria. In the distant future, Sophie shares the party's adventure to Asbel's and Cheria's great great grandson.

Main characters [edit]

Asbel Lhant (アスベル・ラント Asuberu Ranto?)

Asbel is the eldest son and successor to Aston Lhant, the Lord of the village Lhant. After Sophie's death and Hubert's adoption into the Oswell family, Asbel leaves for Barona where he trains to be a knight in order to atone for his failure to protect Sophie.[Game 23] After the events of Tales of Graces, he assumes the position as Lord. In Lineage and Legacies, he marries Cheria and adopts Sophie into the Lhant family. He is voiced by Yuki Kaida as a child and Takahiro Sakurai as an adult.[13] In the English dub, Kate Higgins voices him as a child and Bryce Papenbrook as an adult.[14] Since his debut, Asbel has ranked third in the Tales character popularity polls.[15][16] Asbel is a playable character in Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 and Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave and is a playable character class in Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X. He makes a cameo in .hack//Link's pre-order DVD.[17]

Sophie (ソフィ Sofi?)

Sophie is an amnesiac girl Asbel, Hubert, Cheria, and Richard befriend. During her journey with them to find her family she is seemingly killed after protecting them from Lambda.[Game 24] She reappears seven years later to save Asbel and Cheria. Sophie is revealed to be Protos Heis, a humanoid made of tiny particles acting in concert with each other. Her death seven years ago is explained as Sophie breaking up into particles residing inside Asbel, Hubert, and Cheria to heal their wounds and is the reason the three possess mystical powers.[Game 25] During the events of Lineage and Legacies, Sophie expresses her fears of life after the death of her friends due to her immortality.[Game 26] To lessen her fears, Asbel formally adopts her into the Lhant family.[Game 27] After fusing with a Little Queen, Sophie ages to an adult and receives more expressive emotions. She is voiced by Kana Hanazawa and dubbed by Cassandra Morris.[13][14] Since her debut, Sophie has ranked on the Tales character popularity polls.[15][16] Sophie is a playable character in Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3.

Hubert Oswell (ヒューバート･オズウェ Hyūbāto Ozuwe?)

Hubert is Asbel's younger brother. He is fostered into the Oswell family to prevent a feud over the position of Lord.[Game 28] Because of his adoption, he resents Asbel for abandoning Lhant, regardless of his sacrifice, and his parents for abandoning him but eventually comes to terms with his anger.[Game 29][Game 30] Due to his capabilities, he is appointed the lieutenant of the Strahta military. He is voiced by Mikako Takahashi as a child and Takahiro Mizushima as an adult.[13] In the English dub, he is voiced by Steve Staley.[14] Hubert ranked on the fifth Tales character popularity poll and fell from the rankings afterwards.[15][16] He makes a cameo in Tales of Hearts R dressed as the Sony mascot Kuro.[18]

Cheria Barnes (シェリア･バーンズ Sheria Bānzu?)

Cheria is the granddaughter the Lhant family's butler. She was sickly as a child but is healed due to Sophie's powers. She harbors an obvious crush on Asbel but treats him coldly after he leaves Lhant. She later reveals her sadness in having Asbel abandon her and reconciles with him.[Game 31] She is voiced by Shiho Kawaragi and dubbed by Laura Bailey.[13][19] Since her debut, Cheria has ranked on the Tales character popularity polls.[15][16] Cheria is a playable character in Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 and Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave.

Richard (リチャード Richādo?)

Richard is the prince of Windor who befriends Asbel and Sophie after his visit to Lhant. Before meeting Asbel, Richard has a strong distrust in others due to others using his status for their own gain and his uncle Cedric's attempts to murder him.[Game 32] When Cedric poisoned and left him to die in the underground passage, Lambda saves his life by fusing with him. Seven years later, Lambda's influence causes Richard to become violent and urges him to destroy humanity by fusing with the Lastalia. After separating from Lambda, Richard is determined to atone for his crimes which causes his popularity to soar in all three countries.[Game 33] He is voiced by Yuko Sanpei as a child and Daisuke Namikawa as an adult.[13] In the English dub, he is voiced by Wendee Lee as a child and David Vincent as an adult.[14] Since his debut, Richard has ranked on the Tales character popularity polls.[15][16]

Malik Caesar (マリク・シザース Mariku Shizāsu?)

Malik is Asbel's instructor at the knight academy. His maturity and gentlemanly demeanor makes him popular with women. In the past, he was a revolutionist of Fendel who wanted more for the poor people. After the events of the game, Malik becomes Fendel's ambassador. He is voiced by Hiroki Touchi and dubbed by Jamieson Price.[13][14] Malik ranked on the fifth Tales character popularity poll and fell from the rankings since then.[15][16] He makes a cameo in .hack//Link's pre-order DVD.[17]

Pascal (パスカル Pasukaru?)

Pascal is a prodigy from a tribe of engineers known as the Amarcian. She has a hyperactive personality and is fascinated in mysterious technology and in Sophie's origins. She is voiced by Kana Ueda and dubbed by Kate Higgins.[13][14] Since her debut, Pascal has ranked on the Tales character popularity polls.[15][16] She makes a cameo in Tales of Hearts R dressed as the Sony mascot Toro Inoue.[18]

Lambda (ラムダ Ramuda?)

Lambda is an advanced lifeform created on Fodra. His mistreatment by humans fueled his hatred towards them. During the party's childhood, he resides inside Richard after he was injured by Sophie and as a result, saved Richard's life. Seven years later, Lambda is reawakened when Richard receives a fatal wound. Lambda empowers Richard and manipulates him to achieve his goals of destroying humanity. After he is defeated by the party, Lambda is absorbed by Asbel who convinces him to give humans a chance. In Lineage and Legacies, he absorbs Fodra's consciousness to dissuade her hatred in the same manner as Asbel.[Game 34] He is voiced by Shigeru Nakahara and dubbed by Keith Silverstein.[13][20]

Fodra (フォドラ Fodora?)

Fodra is a desolated planet with a conscious mind. A thousand years ago, Fodra started annihilating humanity with its personal army, the Little Queen[kanji 1], to preserve its environment.[Game 35] Fodra's scientists were able to shut down Fodra and relocate the surviving humans to Ephinea. In Lineage and Legacies, Fodra is reactivated and resumes its annihilation of humanity. Fodra merges the remaining Little Queens to form Fodra Queen[kanji 2] which is defeated by the party and Fodra's consciousness is absorbed. As the last Little Queen nears death, Sophie accepts her request to merge and watch over Fodra.[Game 36] Little Queen is voiced by Yoshino Nanjō and Fodra Queen by Mika Doi.[13] Little Queen was dubbed by Lauren Landa and Fodra Queen by Jessica Straus.[14][21]

Development and release [edit]

On July 7, 2008, Namco Bandai Games announced the next core product of the Tales series is developed for the Wii.[22] A trailer for the game was shown on October 2008 during the Nintendo Autumn 2008 Conference.[23] During Jump Festa 2009, the game was given the code name Tales of 10 (テイルズ オブ 10 Teiruzu obu 10?) and is revealed to have been in development for the past two years.[24] In the first week of April's Weekly Shōnen Jump, the game's name was revealed to be Tales of Graces.[25] That same week, the developers were revealed to the same developers from Tales of Destiny.[26] In the same month, the games theme was revealed to be Mamoru Tsuyosa wo Shiru RPG (守る強さを知るRPG?, lit. "RPG to Know the Strength to Protect").[5] During the September Tokyo Game Show, the game's theme song was revealed to be "Mamoritai: White Wishes" (まもりたい ～White Wishes～?, lit. Want to Protect (White Wishes)) by BoA.[27] The game was released on December 10, 2009 and was also available as a bundle with a new Wii system.[1] The game also included Kamenin Merchant! (かめにんマーチャント!?, lit. "Turtle Merchant!"), a minigame for the Nintendo DS.[28] To promote the game, Namco Bandai Games and House Foods collaborated on packaged mabo curry.[29] In March 2010, Namco Bandai Games began to recall Tales of Graces due to software bugs.[30] Namco allowed customers to exchange their game with an updated version until July 2011.[30]

The PlayStation 3 port, Tales of Graces f, was first revealed in July 28, 2010's Weekly Shonen Jump and officially announced by Namco on August 2, 2010.[31][32] The producer, Hideo Baba, explained the port was decided in February 2010 due to fan demand.[33] The port adds an "Accelerate Mode" to the gameplay and an after-story entitled Lineage & Legacies.[11] It was released on December 2, 2010.[2] A limited edition of the game included a letter set.[34] Namco and House Foods restarted the packaged mabo curry to promote the game.[35] A North American, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific localization was revealed on May 11, 2011.[36][37] The North American localization was released on March 13, 2012.[3] The EMEA and Asia-Pacific localization released on August 31, 2012 along with a one day special edition.[4] The game was made available on the North American and European PlayStation Network on March 26, 2013.[38]

Downloadable content [edit]

Tales of Graces offers costumes for the playable characters as downloadable content. Pre-orderers received codes which give Asbel, Sophie, and Cheria costumes from Tales of Vesperia.[39] Costumes based on The Idolmaster: Dearly Stars for Sophie, Cheria, and Pascal were released on December 16, 2009.[40] On December 23, 2009 a Hatsune Miku costume for Sophie and a suit set for Asbel, Hubert, and Malik were released.[41][42] Between January and March 2010, an imp costume for Cheria, an avenger costume for Hubert, a cowgirl costume for Pascal, a pilot costume for Asbel, and a samurai costume for Malik were released.[43] They were designed by Mutsumi Inomata.[44]

Tales of Graces f received similar content as its Wii predecessor. Pre-orderers received a code which gives Asbel, Sophie, and Richard costumes from Tales of Destiny 2.[45] On the release date, Code Geass costumes, a Toro costume for Pascal, and Sophie's Hatsune Miku costume were available to download.[46] On December 9, 2010, the Idolmaster set, suit set, school uniform set, and a Haseo costume for Asbel were released.[44][47] The original designed costume by Inomata were released on December 22, 2010.[44] In January 2011, various costumes were released to make the characters resemble other characters from the Tales series.[48]

In North America, all Tales of Graces f's DLC, excluding cameo costumes from other franchises, was localized and released between March 13, 2012 and April 10, 2012.[49][50] Europe received the same DLC released between August 29, 2012 and September 26, 2012.[51][52]

Media adaptions [edit]

Manga [edit]

Tales of Graces spawned three manga adaptions after its release: Two anthology collections, and a traditional manga series.[53][54] The first anthology collection, Tales of Graces Comic Anthology[kanji 3] consists of three volumes by Ichijinsha.[53] The second anthology collection, Tales of Graces f Comic Anthology[kanji 4], consists of a single volume by Ichijinsha and was released on March 25, 2011.[54] A traditional manga series titled Tales of Graces f is written and authored by Megumu Aya[kanji 5] and published by ASCII Media Works. The first volume was released on October 27, 2011.[54]

Books [edit]

Tales of Graces spun off a novel series titled "Tales of Graces f: Chikai no Hana" (テイルズ オブ グレイセス エフ 誓いの花?, lit. Tales of Graces f: Flower's Promise).[54] The first volume is subtitled Jō (上?, lit. Above) and the second Ka (下?, lit. Below). They were released by Enterbrain on February and May 2011.[54] Tales of Graces has received six strategy guides in total: three for the Wii and three for the PS3. Shueisha, Namco Bandai Games, and Enterbrain were the publishers.[53][54]

Audio CDs [edit]

Eight drama CDs, produced by Frontier Works, and an original soundtrack by Avex Group were created based on the game.[55][56] Drama CD: Tales of Graces[kanji 6] 1 to 4 are side stories that take place during the game's plot. They were released between May 26, 2010 and August 25, 2010.[55] Anthology Drama CD: Tales of Graces f 2010 Winter[kanji 7], Anthology Drama CD: Tales of Graces f 2011 Summer [kanji 8], Anthology Drama CD: Tales of Graces f 2012 Winter [kanji 9], and Anthology Drama CD: Tales of Graces f 2012 Summer [kanji 10] are side stories after the events of the Tales of Graces.[56] Tales of Graces Original Soundtrack [kanji 11] was released on February 10, 2010 and contains four discs.[55] It ranked 128th on Oricon's charts.[57]

Reception [edit]

 Reception
Scores are for Tales of Graces f unless indicated otherwise
Aggregate scores
Aggregator Score
GameRankings 78.96%[58]
Metacritic 77/100[59]
Review scores
Publication Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly 8/10[60]
Eurogamer 8/10[61]
Famitsu 36/40 (Wii)[6]

37/40 (PS3)[7]
Game Informer 7.75/10[62]
GameSpot 7/10[63]
GamesRadar 8/10[64]
GamesTM 6/10[65]
GameTrailers 6.7/10[66]
IGN No Rating[3]
Official PlayStation Magazine (US) 7/10[67]
Play 77%[68]
Joystiq 4.5/5 stars[12]
Awards
Entity Award
Japan Game Awards Future Division Award[69]
(Wii)

Tales of Graces sold 113,000 copies on launch date and was re-released under the Nintendo Selects label on March 24, 2011.[8][70] Famitsu praised the depth of the gameplay but criticized the loading time.[6] Tales of Graces f sold over 200,000 copies in Japan during its first week and was later re-released under PlayStation 3 The Best label in August 2, 2012.[9][71] Famitsu repeated their praise of the gameplay and lauded the graphical upgrades.[7] A survey by ASCII Media Works's Dengeki Online in 2011 revealed Tales of Graces is ranked seventh on games readers would want to be adapted into an anime.[72]

For the English localization of Tales of Graces f, critics praised the gameplay while the presentation received mixed reviews. IGN described the battle system as "a beautiful ebb and flow to each confrontation" while GameSpot considered it to be the most technical and robust system of the Tales series.[3][63] Electronic Gaming Monthly and Joystiq praised the depth with the latter calling it "an actual challenge instead of mindless button-pressing".[12][60] Meanwhile, Game Informer considered the combat to be simple but fun.[62] Critics have also commented on the game's alchemy system, with IGN calling it "an approachable pursuit" and Joystiq describing it as "unwieldy" due to the amount of collectibles.[3][12] IGN, Game Informer, GamesRadar, and Game Trailers all criticized the backtracking needed in the game.[3][62][64][66] GameInformer, GameSpot, and Game Trailers commented on the small world, with Game Trailers panning the linear pathways and "invisible walls" which prevent exploration along with the "cut and paste" dungeons.[62][63][66]

The plot, graphics, and audio have received mixed reviews. The plot and characters have been called cliché by Game Informer, GameSpot, and GamesRadar.[62][63][64] Game Informer called the childhood prologue monotonous but commented on the improving story after the time skip. GameSpot agreed, calling the prologue the "weakest part of the story on its own" but "crucial point of reference" which adds depth and eventually breaks away from the cliché.[63] GamesRadar shared the same opinion as GameSpot and praised Richard's transformation into a villain.[64] Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine concluded the characters as "pastel-colored munchkins from anime central casting".[67] As for the graphics, IGN considered them outdated while Joystiq described it as washed-out with jerky movements.[3][12] For the audio, IGN, Game Informer, and GamesRadar, considered the music underwhelming and the voice acting acceptable. IGN describes the voice acting "works" but some parts suffer from weak script.[3] Game Informer compared the voices to a well-produced anime and GamesRadar considered them fitting for the characters.[62][64] Meanwhile, Game Trailers criticized the presentation completely, citing the plot as predictable, the characters unengaging, the lightings flat, animations stiff, lipsyncing off, forgettable music, and the voice acting as dry.[66]

Notes and references [edit]

Notes
  1. ^ リトルクイーン Ritoru Kuīn?
  2. ^ フォドラクイーン Fodora Kuīn?
  3. ^ テイルズ オブ グレイセス コミックアンソロジー Teiruzu obu Gureisesu Komikku Ansorojī ?
  4. ^ テイルズ オブ グレイセス エフ コミックアンソロジー Teiruzu obu Gureisesu Efu Komikku Ansorojī ?
  5. ^ あやめぐむ Aya Megumu ?
  6. ^ ドラマCD テイルズ オブ グレイセス Dorama CD Teiruzu obu Gureisesu?
  7. ^ アンソロジードラマCD テイルズ オブ グレイセス エフ 2010 Winter Ansorojī Dorama CD Teiruzu obu Gureisesu Efu 2010 Winter ?
  8. ^ アンソロジードラマCD テイルズ オブ グレイセス エフ 2011 Summer Ansorojī Dorama CD Teiruzu obu Gureisesu Efu 2011 Summer ?
  9. ^ アンソロジードラマCD テイルズ オブ グレイセス エフ 2012 Winter Ansorojī Dorama CD Teiruzu obu Gureisesu Efu 2012 Winter ?
  10. ^ アンソロジードラマCD テイルズ オブ グレイセス エフ 2012 Summer Ansorojī Dorama CD Teiruzu obu Gureisesu Efu 2012 Summer ?
  11. ^ テイルズ オブ グレイセス オリジナル・サウンドトラック Teiruzu obu Gureisesu Orijinaru Saundotorakku ?
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Primary references

Namco Tales Studio. Tales of Graces f. (Namco Bandai Games). PlayStation 3. (March 13, 2012)

  1. ^ Library Synopsis: The Girl in the Meadow
  2. ^ Library Synopsis: Named after a Flower
  3. ^ Library Synopsis: The Friendship Pact
  4. ^ Library Synopsis: The Gathering Storm
  5. ^ Library Synopsis: Childhood's End
  6. ^ Library Synopsis: The Envoy from Lhant
  7. ^ Library Synopsis: Exiled from Lhant
  8. ^ Library Synopsis: Friends Reunited
  9. ^ Library Synopsis: A Spirited Companion
  10. ^ Library Synopsis: Crowning the New King
  11. ^ Library Synopsis: A Seven-Year Reunion
  12. ^ Library Synopsis: Just Like Old Times
  13. ^ Library Synopsis: Quid Pro Duo
  14. ^ Library Synopsis: Together Again
  15. ^ Library Synopsis: Inheritors of the Dream
  16. ^ Library Synopsis: For Sophie
  17. ^ Library Synopsis: Fodra, the Other World
  18. ^ Library Synopsis: Welcome Back, Sophie
  19. ^ Library Synopsis: The Wages of Ambition
  20. ^ Library Synopsis: The Story of Lambda
  21. ^ Library Synopsis: The Battle's End
  22. ^ Library Synopsis: Barona, Six Months Later
  23. ^ Asbel: You know, it's because of you that I wanted to be strong in the first place. /Sophie?: Me? [...] /Asbel: Sorry. I guess I think of you as Sophie, you know?
  24. ^ Cheria: I don't believe it. We know a girl who looks just like you! /Sophie?: Hm? I don't understand what you're talking about? Who are you?
  25. ^ Emeraude:Protos Heis is composed of individual particles that act in concert with each other. These particles, tinier than a grain of sand, come together to form a human shape. And while they act as one, the particles also possess the ability to separate from each other, which is what you see happening now. [...] It's the result of a process called "distriputive preservation". Your friends must be completely synchronized with Protos Heis' particles. [...] When Protos Heis suffers heavy damage, it usually splits into individual particles, shuts down all functionality, and begins the process of reconstruction. This is known as "particle preservation". Distributive preservation, on the other hand, allows Protos Heis to implant its particles into one or more separate vessels.[...] Pascal: Would her particles have any kind of effect on the vessels that they went into?/ Emeraude:Yes. In fact, while the particles prepare for reconstruction, they would repair any damaged areas of the vessels as well. /Pascal: So Sophie split herself into three parts and then used those parts to save Asbel, Cheria, and Little Bro! [...] /Hubert: I see. Then this would explain why we possess some of the same power she has.
  26. ^ Sophie: I want to be human. [...] Asbel... Cheria... Hubert... Richard... Pascal... Captain Malik... You're all going to die someday...But not me. If I were a human you couldn't leave me alone when you die. Help me, Asbel. How do I become human? [...] No matter how sad I get, I can't even cry like you.
  27. ^ Asbel: I've given this some thought, and if you want a family, I think we should give you one. From now on, your name shall be Sophie Lhant and I'll be your father.
  28. ^ Aston:Hubert is a bright and tenacious boy who can accomplish great things under Sir Oswell's tutelage. I want him to be proud of the man he will become. And above all else, I want him to avoid having to fight for my title. The very same fight that ruined my brother and I.
  29. ^ Hubert: I spent the last seven years studying and training. I've sacrificed everything to achive what I've become. I'm not you. I'm not you. I didn't forget my home and my people so I could go gallivanting around the countryside.
  30. ^ Hubert: Because of pride. You miss them at first but in time that pain turns to anger. Soon, you feel as if you can never forgive them. [...] You hate him. You want to get back at him. You want to ask why he did it. [...] But that only lasts as long as he's still around. Once he's gone, you'll finally understand how meaningless it all was.
  31. ^ Asbel: You know, you've been treating me like crap ever since I came back here. Cheria: Well that's your fault. In fact, all this is your fault! Seven years ago, you walked out of my life. You never came back, I don't know if I'd ever see you again.
  32. ^ Richard: You're only pretending to like me so you can use me later. It's always the same. People are only nice to me when they want something for themselves.
  33. ^ Asbel: I've been hearing your about your work from travelers. Everyone says you're doing a great job! /Hubert: In Stratha, King Richard is even more popular than even our president. You can even buy trading cards with his picture on them! /Malik: In Fendel, his popularity rivals that from the chancellor. I'm not sure who is more famous.
  34. ^ Lambda: I will start dreaming together with Fodra. In that dream, I hope that eventually we may form a kind of common understanding. Just as this man did for me.
  35. ^ Scientist 1: So it's as if Fodra is trying to rid itself of a virus. /Scientist 2:And in this scenario, the virus is [...] /Scientist 1: The Little Queen's target is none other than ...humanity itself.
  36. ^ Little Queen: Will you... take what's... left of me... with you... please? Take my feelings.. and my hopes.. for this world.

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