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{{quote|''Dwarven Vow # 1: "Let's all work together for a peaceful world."''}}
'''''Tales of Symphonia''''' is a 2003 video game, the fifth game in Namco's famous ''[[Tales (series)]]'', and the third to ever be released outside of Japan; [[No Export for You|first in Europe]]. It stands as the top selling game in the entire series, and the only one to break a million copies sold due to extensive worldwide sales.
''Tales of Symphonia'' is set in the land of Sylvarant, whose [[Life Energy]] ([[Mana]]) is being slowly drained away by the evil [[A Nazi by Any Other Name|Desians]]. The only way to stop the Desians is the Journey of World Regeneration, a pilgrimage around the world taken by a [[The Chosen One|Chosen One]] that, when completed, will awaken the goddess Martel and save the world.
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''Symphonia'' introduced several concepts to the franchise, most notably the 3D incarnation of the ''Tales''' signature battle system; nearly every single ''Tales'' game that followed in its wake (as well as a number of [[JRPG|JRPGs]] in general) owes something to it, and its influence is still felt on the franchise to this day.
A spin-off-sequel for the game called ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'' (originally titled ''Knight of Ratatosk'' in Japan) was released for the [[Wii]] in 2008.
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* [[Bonus Dungeon]]: Niflheim
* [[Bonus Material]]: In addition to the OVA's, there are 6 omakes/bonuses. They all have [[No Fourth Wall]] and are rather absurd.
* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Inverted. Sheena is the most well-endowed, but she's not the strongest fighter. Colette, a self-confessed "[[Pettanko|Ironing Board]]", is physically stronger and can be a better fighter. But the girl that takes the cake is [[Token
* [[Boomerang Bigot]]: The Pope is fiercely anti-half-elf even though he has a half-elf daughter. Though to be more accurate, he hates half-elves ''because'' his daughter is a half-elf; he used to support the cause of half-elf equality, and even fell in love with an elf. But when their daughter was born and her mother died, he found himself growing more hateful and terrified of her differences, coming to understand the perspective of the people who hated half-elves, and he started to support them instead.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]:
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** Zelos also visits the bar later for the same reason.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Genius or Genis? Refill or Raine?
* [[Dumb Is Good]]: Lloyd and Colette are both rather dim-witted (though Colette does better at school than Lloyd does) and seem much 'nicer' when compared to the smarter Genis, Raine and Kratos. To be fair, in Genis' case, he is pretty nice, yet for all the intellect he possesses, he's still one of the younger members of the cast, leading him to be quite [[Bratty Half-Pint|bratty at times]]. This usually doesn't sit well with his older sister, [[Stern Teacher|Raine]], as she still handles him with kid gloves by rectifying his occasional poor behavior with a slap across the head and the occasional spanking.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]] {{spoiler|Lloyd suddenly sprouts wings at a very convenient time.}} Its not entirely implausible, {{spoiler|as Lloyd is Kratos' son, and the Angels get their wings because of their Cruxius Crystals, which are basically Exspheres, and the Desians repeatedly refer to Lloyd's Exsphere as being a super-special, one-of-a-kind, experimental Exsphere known as the ''Angelus'' Crystal. Getting unique angel wings was only to be expected, though it's unlikely the Desian who created it ever intended it to be used that way. Also, let's not forget the fact that Lloyd absorbed Mithos' Cruxis Crystal after killing him. Or that he WAS wielding the [[Sword of Plot Advancement]] at the time.}}
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