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* '''Raven''': A shady-looking "old" man who is the [[The Confidant|confidant]] of a famous guild leader. Often dispenses wise advice, even if no one's listening, and [[Grumpy Old Man|likes to complain about keeping up with the group]]. Fights using a [[Trick Arrow|bow, arrows,]] and a dagger. [[Bow and Sword Inin Accord|All at once]].

* '''Patty Fleur''': A young [[Pirate]] who talks like an [[Cool Old Guy|old person]]. She travels the world searching for the treasure of the [[Mythology Gag|legendary pirate Aifread]] while suffering from [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]. Fights using [[The Gambler|gambling-themed attacks]], a knife, and [[Family-Friendly Firearms|laser pistols]]. She is exclusive to the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version.

'''''Tales of Vesperia''''' is the first HD game of the [[Tales (series)|''Tales'']] series. It was first released in 2008 as an "exclusive" for the [[Xbox 360]], which led to the system selling out... in ''Japan''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401205549/http://kotaku.com/5031804/bwah-theres-an-xbox-360-shortage-in-japan Seriously]. In April 2011, to address the extremely rare amount of physical copies of the game in circulation, it was released on the Xbox Live Marketplace as a Game on Demand for only $20.00.

It later received an [[Updated Rerelease]] for the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]], which in turn led to an extreme amount of outrage from people who had bought an Xbox 360 ''specifically'' for Vesperia. Debate rages on whether or not Namco Bandai released a deliberately unfinished game (or [[Dummied Out]] parts) with the intention of releasing the "complete" version for the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]], where it was expected to make the majority of sales. A [[Fan Translation]] of the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version is also in progress [http://talesofvesperia.net/ here], by the same team behind the ill-fated [[Tales of Graces]] [[Fan Translation]].

The [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version still [https://web.archive.org/web/20160826033855/http://www.ps3center.net/news/3694/tales-of-vesperia-port-sells-147k-copies-on-opening-day/ broke opening-day sales records in Japan], and narrowly missed the number two spot (held by the commercial juggernaut that is ''[[Pokémon]]'') by less than 5,000 copies.

There is also a prequel movie --, ''Tales Ofof Vesperia: The First Strike'', --licensed by [[FUNimation]], which focuses on the brief period of time that both Yuri and Flynn were members of the same Imperial Knights brigade, the Nylen Corps. This has recently been licensed by [[FUNimation]].

* [[Adam Smith Hates Your Guts]] - During the attack on {{spoiler|Zaphias}}, the shopkeeper apologizes for still having to charge you money for items, even though you're ''liberating'' them. Also on the {{spoiler|Ghost Ship}}, which Kaufman herself [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]]: "What, you expect me to give you supplies for free? You're kidding! You're gonna have to pay up!

* [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Phaeroh, Belius, Khroma and Gusios}} come back from death as {{spoiler|Elemental Spirits}}.

* [[Badass Mustache]] - Yuri and Karol (and in the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version, ''everyone'') can obtain and wear attachments that highly enhance the manliness of the game with the power of the 'stache.

** In the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version, Yuri's new [[Limit Break|Mystic Arte]] Tenshou Kouyokuken is this. Seems like he's trying to cover all his bases; his original Mystic Arte was a [[Spam Attack]] and he and Flynn can do one hell of a [[Sword Beam]] in the form of Bushin Soutenha.

** The [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version adds two more Giganto Monsters, three fights against the Sword Dancer, {{spoiler|Clint}}, and {{spoiler|the Spiral Draco}} which is level 200 and arguably the most difficult boss ever to appear in the [[Tales (series)]].

* [[Bonus Dungeon]] - the Labyrinth Of Memories, and in the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version, the Necropolis of Nostalgia and Abyssal Hollow.

** The [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version gives every party member at least one previous Tales characters' clothing, one in-game and more as DLC. Yuri gets [[Tales of Destiny|Judas]], [[Tales of the Abyss|Asch]], and [[Tales of Hearts|Creed]]; Flynn gets [[Tales of Phantasia|Cless]], [[Tales of the Abyss|Luke]], and [[Tales of the Tempest|Lukius]]; Estelle gets [[Tales of Legendia|Chloe]], [[Tales of the Abyss|Tear]], and [[Tales of Destiny|Elraine]]; Repede gets [[Tales of the Tempest|Caius]] and [[Tales of Innocence|Asras]]; Karol gets [[Tales of Symphonia|Lloyd]] and [[Tales of Rebirth|Milhaust]]; Rita gets [[Tales of Rebirth|Mao]] and [[Tales of Legendia|Walter]]; Raven gets [[Tales of Innocence|Ricardo]] and [[Tales of the Abyss|Van]]; Judith gets [[Tales of Destiny|Rutee]] and [[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World|Richter]]; and Patty gets [[Tales of the Abyss|Anise]] and [[Tales of Symphonia|Mithos]]. Get the members wear several of them and you will see a hilarious skit showing how they act like the previous owners of the costumes.

** {{spoiler|Alexei}} is able to pull his own mystic arte ''without even going into overlimit'' or after you stunned him!

* [[Conveniently an Orphan]] - Erm, entire main cast, anyone?

** The boss fights in this game are, on average, a tad harder than other [[Tales (series)]] games, at least when it comes to difficulty spikes. Zagi, for example, hits 60,000 HP when he's a Mid-game boss...whereas in other [[Tales (series)]] games, 60,000 HP for a boss at ''that'' level is something you ''usually'' only find on the harder difficulties. (This is on ''standard'')

** The [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version includes even more DLC in the form of more costumes: the ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'' costumes for Yuri, Estelle, and Flynn, a [[Narm|hilariously scene-breaking]] [[Keroro Gunsou|Sgt. Frog]] costume for Karol, and Yuri and Flynn's Imperial Knight armor from the prequel movie ''The First Strike''.

*** Recently there was also a new set of DLC costumes for the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version, called the "Strongest" armor. Any character who is wearing their best customized armor will have special costumes showing off said gear.

*** In Nam Cobanda Isle, you can find two NPCs that comment on your party top's costumes. The guild warrior NPC wonders if Yuri is secretly a woman, and the female NPC drops a line about his feminine features for almost all of Yuri's costumes, going as far as mentioning that his face looks prettier than the girls'. Developers were obviously having fun.

** He also challenges {{spoiler|Don Whitehorse}} to a duel in the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version. At that early point, though, he's a [[Hopeless Boss Fight]], and you get a rather piddly reward (a Diamond) if you do beat him (usually only possible with overleveling or on a [[New Game+]]).

** The [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version adds a few such fights to the coliseum: notably, {{spoiler|1=Yuri and Flynn are the 100th man in the other's 100/200-man melees}}, and a team battle mode is added in which {{spoiler|a helmeted Karol fights alongside the Hunting Blades, Raven as Schwann fights alongside Leblanc, Adecor, and Boccos, and ''the rest of your party'' fights the four you chose!}}

* [[Friendship Moment]] - There's one between Yuri and Estelle, Rita and Judith, and Karol and Raven (and Flynn and Patty in the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version) before the final dungeon.

** Also played with any party member you fight during the course of the game - notably, there is a very small length of time between the one battle {{spoiler|Flynn is in your party}} and {{spoiler|his duel with Yuri}}, and he's much stronger in the latter, {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]] Estelle}} is able to take on the entire party, and the team battle mode in the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version's coliseum concludes with a fight against {{spoiler|the rest of your party}}, who have been boosted in strength. Whew.

* [[Green Aesop]] - Blastia, aer, and {{spoiler|the Adephagos}} are a pretty straightforward metaphor for technology and pollution. The final battle of the game is over the hotly-debated-in-real-life issue of Geo-Engineering to solve environmental problems vs. Preservation of Earth as it was before humans altered it.

** The requirements for some of the second [[Limit Break|Mystic Artes]] in the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version. {{spoiler|Notably Rita's Indignation; you unlock it by basically reenacting the opening of ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]''.}}

* [[Hair Contrast Duo]]: Yuri and Flynn.

* [[Honor Before Reason]] - The party, especially Estelle, has elements of this. This is also evident in the guilds, culminating in the scene where {{spoiler|Don Whitehorse commits seppuku to atone for Belius's death}}.

** If you're playing the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version on Hard or Unknown, that [[Last Chance Hit Point]] safety net gets removed. Hope you enjoy [[Total Party Kill|Total Party Kills]]!

* [[Improbable Weapon User]] - Rita attacks with scrolls and books. Some subweapons are pretty weird as well, like Karol's bag.

** Nan attacks with some kind of really weird giant bladed boomerang that she holds ''behind'' her with both arms - and she attacks mostly by either spinning or throwing it.

* [[Infinity+1 Sword]] - A couple of varieties: each character gets a most powerful normal weapon in a sidequest, and then there are the Fell Arms (Devil's Arms), as usual. Storywise, in the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version, Yuri gets a sword called {{spoiler|Vesperia No. 2}} that, while not his most powerful weapon, does grant him access to his second [[Limit Break|Mystic Arte]].

* [[Mega Corp]]: The Guilds. However; they're actually a rather rare benign/benevolent portrayal of the trope. Most of the guilds are headed by nice people despite some moments where the guilds are on the antagonistic side. Despite Barbos, the [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Hunting Blades at times]], and Yeager, the rest are pretty good. And even Yeager has his moments, but this is a [[Tales (series)]] game so you should have probably expected the latter two.

* [[Panacea]] - Yuri, Karol, and Estelle try to use a panacea bottle to heal the big cherry blossom tree in Halure and, from then on, it becomes a regular item that cures both physical and magical ailments.

* [[Ramming Always Works]]: The Flynn Brigade {{spoiler|saves Zaphias from Heracles}} with a heavy dosage of this.

* [[Retcon]] - The [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version does this to a few events of the 360 version, mostly to account for things like Patty's or Flynn's presence. Notably, two fights against a monster called the Wandering Skeleton are added, Sodia takes Flynn's place in several cutscenes, {{spoiler|and Flynn doesn't get shot until ''after'' the battle with Alexei, which he takes part in}}.

* [[Samus Is a Girl]] - Done ''twice''. First time with {{spoiler|Rita Mordio}}. Later on with {{spoiler|Judith}}. Amazingly enough, they do not get [[Chickification|chickified]]. Done a third time in the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version with {{spoiler|Aifreed, who Patty calls grandfather, who is actually Patty herself}}.

*** The games also goes it's own fair share of implying Yuri/Flynn and Rita/Estelle, right down to Yuri being the domesticated one because Flynn can't cook, and in the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] one "Ristelle" looking after a baby together.

* [[Shout-Out]] - Multiple, including the Fiertia's pilot being named [[Tales of the Abyss|Tokunaga]] and a couple of kids in the desert town of Montaic being named [[Arabian Nights|Alph and Layla.]]

* [[Taking the Bullet]] - {{spoiler|Flynn shoves Yuri out of the way of a laser beam fired by Alexei.}} In the 360 version, it happens before the fight; in the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version, it happens afterwards with [[Bullet Time|slow motion]]. In both versions, {{spoiler|it's the motivation for Sodia to stab Yuri}}.

* [[Three Act Structure]]: ''Highly'' obvious in this game, ending with a [[Disc One Final Boss]]. Act 1 is setting up the tension, introducing us to the characters, with the [[Disc One Final Boss]] being {{spoiler|Barbos}}, Act 2 is the confrontation where the [[Disc One Final Boss]] is {{spoiler|Alexei}}, and Act 3 starts after {{spoiler|Alexei unleashes the Adephagos by mistake}} and cleaning up the mess and resolving everything.

** The spoilered fact is unfortunately revealed at the beginning of the sidequest in the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version, but {{spoiler|it's been supplemented by the "actor" standing next to the animal they're roleplaying, complete with violent gesticulations, so it's [[Crowning Moment of Funny|well worth it anyway]].}}

* [[Updated Rerelease]] - The [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version adds Patty Fleur to the adventure early on, more chances to have Flynn as a party member, new attacks, bosses, and new events that tie the game to the [[Prequel]] [[The Anime of the Game|anime]] [[The Movie|movie]]. There's so much new content, in fact, it's almost on the level of a full [[Video Game Remake|remake]].

* [[The Unfought]] - Raise your hand if you thought "Oh crap, am I going to fight ''THAT''?" when {{spoiler|the Adephagos}} appeared.

* [[Up to Eleven]] - You thought being able to use 8 artes and party level 4 Overlimit was cool? Try ''16'' artes and a party level ''8'' Overlimit in the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version (allowing multiple party members to go level 4 Overlimit!).

** Played for laughs in a scene where either [[Fan Service|Judith, Estelle]], or [[Disguised in Drag|Karol]] attempt to seduce a guard and lure him away from his post as an alternative to simply attacking him...only for Yuri to knock him out when his guard his dropped. Karol is not amused.

* [["Wake -Up Call" Boss]] - '''Gattuso'''.

** Most characters have natural hair colors, but Estelle has pink hair and Judith has indigo hair. However, Judith isn't human, and Estelle's pink hair {{spoiler|is implied in the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version to be common with Children of the Full Moon. Which leads to the party's own [[Fridge Horror]] at what that implied about Zagi...}}

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