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There are English patches for the SFC and PSX versions available online. There are also two versions for [[PSP]], one being the "Full Voice Edition" and the other being paired with an [[Updated Rerelease]] of the [[Game Boy Color]] sequel, Narikiri Dungeon. [[No Export for You|Namco's recent activity in regards to the Tales series]] is making a Western release for either look bleak, but time will tell. Recommended in general, but especially for people who liked ''Symphonia'', just to play "spot the continuities."
Due to [[Executive Meddling]] (most likely brought on by a desire to make the game better compete with the then newly-released ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'',) the original development team schismed and mostly broke away from Namco after the game released, going on to reform into [[Tri
A PSX translation is available [http://www.absolutezerotranslations.com/phantasia/ here]. An alternative translation will be available [http://tales-cless.org/ here]
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* [[Meat Shield]]: For quite a large number of boss fights (Past Dhaos and Fen Wolf, I'm looking at you), Arche and Claus deal most of the damage while Cress is just a glorified [[Meat Shield]] for the rest of the party, as Mint faithfully spams her strongest heals on Cress. Granted that for an overwhelming portion of the game that your party will be the [[White Mage]], the [[Cute Witch]], the [[Summoner]], and Cress the [[Meat Shield]], Cress dying in a battle pretty much means that shit will hit the fan.
** He's also good for interrupting casters. That's about it, but it's the player's job in most of the series anyway.
*** It's actually kind of nice to have a protagonist who isn't [[Chrono Trigger|tank, healer, and caster]] [[MOTHER 1|all]] [[
* [[Medieval Stasis]]: part usage and part aversion. Not much happens between the "past" era and the "present" era, but the "future" era is beginning to rediscover [[Magitech]] lost in the meteor impact
* [[Merged Reality]]
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** You can also get each charm by using a Rune Bottle on the version found in the dungeon that requires it - the Rune Bottle turns each charm into the other, and you need the fire charm to survive the ice dungeon (though not in the GBA version) and the water charm to survive the lava dungeon.
* [[Rescue Romance]]: Very early on in the game, Cress rescues Mint from Mars' mansion. Later on, the storyline hints at romantic feelings between Cress and Mint, particularly during the [[Snow Means Love]] moment.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: It would be remiss to discuss ''Tales of Phantasia'' without mentioning that it ranks among the most graphically beautiful games released for Super Famicom, and probably the most graphically advanced RPG of the 16-bit era. Effects now taken for granted like reflective water and mirrors, rippling water effects, realistic weather, etc were revolutionary at the time this game was released. Also, contained far more voice acting than most 16-bit console RPGs, and the music is considered among the best of any SFC game. This level of detail required a 48MB cartridge; compare with [[Chrono Trigger]] at 32MB, and [[Final Fantasy VI]] and [[
** Incidentally, [[Star Ocean]] was made by the ''Tales of Phantasia'' team after they left Namco in disgust.
* [[Slice-and-Dice Swordsmanship]]: Subverted through the magic of separate Slash and Thrust attack statistics. ''Phantasia'' has four weapon types for Cress - high Thrust spears, high Slash axes, and balanced swords and halberds... and a few exceptions like the super stabby sword Dragon's Fang.
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* [[Time Travel]]: Thanks to dividing timelines, it turns out that {{spoiler|the final boss of the game is ''not'' the guy you've been trying to get revenge on all game long. Basically: the one you hate was defeated in the prologue and sealed away, and gets defeated about halfway through the game; the final boss is completely different, having split off from the original when your party replaced their own ancestors in reenacting the same prologue battle.}} Dammit, time travel!
** [[Time Paradox]]: Dio and Mell cause one in ''Narikiri Dungeon'' when they {{spoiler|kill their evil past selves. To resolve the paradox, the twins become one with their past selves}}.
* [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]]: Claus' [[Weapon of Choice]], which include the [[Cthulhu Mythos|Necronomicon, The King in Yellow, the Liver Ivonis, The Celaneo Fragments, G'harne Fragments, True Magick, Requiem for Shaggai, Cthäat Aquadingen, and the Seven Books of H'San]] (which many of the names were misspelled in the English GBA version). [[Go Mad
* [[Tsundere]] :Arche. She's not very fond of Chester when they first meet each other.
** Chester feels the exact same way about Arche.
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