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* '''Judith''': A [[Boobs of Steel|busty]] [[Ms. Fanservice|young lady]] who speaks without restraint and is a member of the [[Our Elves Are Better|Kritya race]]. As a Kritya, she is intellectual and down-to-earth, but also ''very'' nonchalant (and a little spacy) towards everything, even towards [[Dissonant Serenity|fighting and destruction]]. She fights with a spear or staff.
* '''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 In 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 [[
''Tales of Vesperia'' is the first HD game of the [[Tales
It later received an [[Updated Rerelease]] for the [[Play 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 [[
The [[
In terms of critical reception, the game is widely considered to be the best ''Tales'' title since ''[[Tales of Symphonia
There is also a prequel movie -- ''Tales Of Vesperia: The First Strike'' -- 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]].
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* [[Back From the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Phaeroh, Belius, Khroma and Gusios}} come back from death as {{spoiler|Elemental Spirits}}.
** {{spoiler|Raven and Yeager}} fall under this as well, given the blastia heart backstory.
* [[Badass]] - ''Yuri. Lowell.'' How badass is he? He's the first main character of the [[Tales
** [http://www.bandainamcogames.co.jp/cs/list/taleschannel/ch_ranking_5th/result/ Make that two times.] Actually, aside from the looks of it, aside from Top Mascot (which was, naturally, [[Big Badass Wolf|Repede]]), Yuri [http://www.bandainamcogames.co.jp/cs/list/taleschannel/ch_ranking_5th/result/class.php pretty much placed first in 'Ideal Older Sibling' and 'Ideal Combination'] ...[[Ho Yay|with Flynn]].
* [[Badass and Child Duo]]: Yuri and Karol.
* [[Badass in Distress]]: Yuri and Flynn each suffer it at least once. One example for each: Yuri needed Raven's help in the beginning of the game. Flynn needed Yuri's help when he was {{spoiler|put in jail because of a fake letter. Though, the Don planned to relase him anyway for specific reasons.}}
* [[Badass Mustache]] - Yuri and Karol (and in the [[
* [[BFS]] - Karol's sword and hammer weapons are pretty gigantic considering he's like... ''twelve''. One of Yuri's weapons - {{spoiler|the False Dein Nomos, aka Alexei's sword}} - is awkwardly large. Clint also uses a gigantic axe/sword thing. And then there's the gigantic {{spoiler|spirit-powered}} energy blade used in the ending, which is large enough to be seen '''''from orbit'''''.
** In the [[
* [[Big Bad Duumvirate]] - Barbos and Ragou in Part 1 and Cumore and Yeager in Part 2. {{spoiler|They all turn out to be [[The Starscream|Starscreams]] to [[The Man Behind the Man|Alexei.]]}}
* [[Big Eater]] - The waiter minigame has customers ordering up to 100 plates of food at once. One can only imagine what happens when they have to go to the restroom.
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* [[Body to Jewel]] - {{spoiler|What happens to the souls of Entelexeia upon their deaths.}}
* [[Bonus Boss]] - Cameo battles, Giganto Monsters, {{spoiler|Gauche/Droite}}, and, if you collect all of the [[Infinity+1 Sword|Infinity Plus One Swords]], {{spoiler|Duke's new final form}}.
** The [[
* [[Bonus Dungeon]] - the Labyrinth Of Memories, and in the [[
* [[Book Ends]] - The opening song is [[Anime Theme Song|Ring a Bell]] and the ending credits song is a remix of Ring a Bell.
* [[Boss Rush]] - The Memory Dungeon, where you'll fight every single boss in the game (even all the human ones... including {{spoiler|Raven/Schwann}}).
* [[Button Mashing]] - A few characters get skills that reward this. Yuri gets one that adds more hits during his Mystic Arte the faster you mash the attack button, and Rita similarly gets one that shortens casting time.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]] - In typical [[Tales
** [[Simplified Spellcasting|Blah blah blah... TIDAL WAVE!]] (See also: [[Game Breaker|Rita is Broken]])
* [[The Cameo]] - [[Tales of Phantasia
** The [[
* [[Capital City]] - Zaphias, capital of [[The Empire]], and Dahngrest, capital of [[The Alliance|The Union]].
* [[Combos]] - If you ever ''aren't'' comboing the enemy, you're probably getting hurt pretty badly.
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** Well, in the voice tracks of Tales of Magic Carta, Yuri states that he can`t see its shape clearly given the fact that he`s right under it.
* [[Different As Night and Day]] - Granted, they're not twins, but still: Yuri has long, dark hair, wears dark clothes, is a [[Deadpan Snarker]], and wields his sword in his left hand. Flynn has short, blond hair, is clad in shiny white-and-blue armor, is honorable to a [[Lawful Stupid|fault]], is unfailingly polite to almost everyone, and wields his sword in his right hand.
** Perhaps to emphasize this point, a preorder bonus for the PS3 version (in Japan, at least) gives Yuri and Flynn [[Tales of the Abyss
** {{spoiler|Raven and Schwann.}}
** To a lesser extent, Gauche and Droite.
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* [[Difficulty Spike]] - The difficulty gap between {{spoiler|Duke}} rounds 2 and 3 is simply staggering.
** After sweeping all the bosses in the game in the [[Bonus Dungeon]] and making it to the end, it's slightly surprising to find that the final boss at the end is more difficult than any other before him. Only slightly because, well, this is {{spoiler|[[Badass|Kratos]] [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Aurion]]}} we're talking about here, and the difficulty may be ameliorated by the possibility that the player had to run through the dungeon several times and level up a ton in the process.
** The boss fights in this game are, on average, a tad harder than other [[Tales
* [[Disc One Final Dungeon]] - {{spoiler|The Enduring Shrine of Zaude}}
* [[Doomed
* [[Downloadable Content]] - The first of the [[Tales
** The [[
*** Recently there was also a new set of DLC costumes for the [[
* [[Dual Boss]] - Adecor and Boccos, {{spoiler|Belius and her double,}} Tison and Nan, Gauche and Droite.
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]] - When forced into seducing a town guard, one of the options for the feminine wiles is Karol. [[Lampshade Hanging|The hilarity of the situation is not lost on the game]].
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*** 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.
* [[Duel Boss]] - Yuri fights {{spoiler|Flynn and Estelle. Not at the same time, thankfully.}}
** He also challenges {{spoiler|Don Whitehorse}} to a duel in the [[
* [[Elite Mooks]]: There's an army of them, the Royal Guard. They can take much more damage, dish out far more damage, and come in numbers ''far greater'' than the standard mooks. In short, they are easily the strongest non-boss human enemies in the game.
* [[The Empire]] - [[Exactly What It Says
* [[The End of the World
* [[Everything's Better
** Shining Fang ''has'' become somewhat [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59plP4PEFPE popular...]
** It's also Yuri's Link Attack in ''[[
* [[Evil Smells Bad]] - Ragou's basement isn't exactly known for its minty freshness.
{{quote| Karol: Something smells rank...}}
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** {{spoiler|Yuri fights Flynn at several points during the game, but they're never actually trying to ''kill'' each other -- just play out their roles or work things out between them.}}
** Karol fighting Nan also counts.
** The [[
* [[Finishing Move]] - Fatal Strikes.
* [[Five-Man Band]]
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** Raven, [[Grumpy Old Man|The Old Guy]]
* [[Flash Step]] - Yuri's Ghost Wolf, then his Mystic Arte for the [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|Overkill]] version of this.
* [[Friendship Moment]] - There's one between Yuri and Estelle, Rita and Judith, and Karol and Raven (and Flynn and Patty in the [[
** {{spoiler|The Yuri vs Flynn duel is a strange and beautiful [[Friendship Moment]] with [[Crowning Music of Awesome]].}}
{{quote| {{spoiler|"'Does it matter? I am SO gonna kick your ass!' 'No no no no no no, I'm gonna kick YOUR ass!' 'Oh-ho, it's ON NOW!'"}}}}
* [[Gambit Pileup]]: They do this, which leads to that, while they were already doing something else, which brings out new problems, which leads to another problem, while this is going on behind the scenes, [[Random Events Plot|which throws this in the way of that]], [[Arc Fatigue|which causes this to happen in the middle of that other thing]]... Getting it yet?
* [[Get
* [[Genius Book Club]] - Rita and Estelle, but mostly Rita. Her unique secondary items are books, her reading of books is mentioned in a few skits, and her level up animation shows her reading a book. If and when Estelle sees something in the real world that she had only read about in a book, she'll point it out. In a skit while leaving a crystallized cavern, Estelle says that the cave looks like something out of a fantasy novel.
* [[Genre Savvy]] - Yuri; he notes Estelle's [[White Prince|White Princess]] status (even using the word "textbook"), comments on [[Running Gag|how he's cursed]] when they keep running into trouble, and rarely, if ever, loses his cool because he tends to know what he's up against. May be a side-effect of being the oldest [[Tales
* [[Ghost Ship]] - The Atherum
* [[God Mode]] - It'll take forever and a day to charge it up, but that level 4 Overlimit is oh so sweet.
* [[Good Is Dumb]] / [[Evil Is Cool]] - {{spoiler|Raven. As Raven,}} the good guy, he's the dumb pervert whom everyone loves. {{spoiler|As Schwann, the bad guy,}} he's the extremely suave knight with a much cooler fighting style.
** 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 [[
* [[Good Republic, Evil Empire]] - Heavily subverted - they're both pretty decent for the most part, and there is major corruption on both sides.
* [[Gratuitous Greek]]: Adephagos is Greek for "[[Meaningful Name|gluttonous]]". "Entelexeia" refers to a theory of being in Aristotelian philosophy.
* [[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.
* [[Guide Dang It]] - The time windows for sidequests pretty much require a guide to fully complete. Not to mention the requirements for some of the Secret Missions, for instance, {{spoiler|[[That One Sidequest|having Raven use his "explosion on guard-broken enemies" arte against Yeager, whose guard is very difficult to break.]]}} Who figured ''that'' out on their first try?
** The requirements for some of the second [[Limit Break|Mystic Artes]] in the [[
* [[Hair Contrast Duo]]: Yuri and Flynn.
* [[Halfway Plot Switch]] - We start with a [[Succession Crisis]] and ruminations on the nature of justice, and then {{spoiler|a giant malevolent octopus from beyond dimensions breaks in to deliver a [[Green Aesop]].}}
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* [[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}}.
* [[HP to One]] - Lampshaded by {{spoiler|Duke after every Big Bang: "You still stand?!".}} More ridiculous is his true final form when the player has obtained the Fell Arms, because a single Big Bang does over 12,000 damage to EACH party member.
** If you're playing the [[
* [[Human Resources]] - Though {{spoiler|Blastia}} are made of {{spoiler|Entelexeia}}, rather than humans.
** Additionally, {{spoiler|Zaude's blastia core}}, which is made from {{spoiler|the souls of the Children of the Full Moon}}.
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** 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.
* [[Inexplicable Treasure Chests]] - In one area your party comments that the continent has never been explored before, yet there's still chests in the local dungeon...
* [[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 [[
* [[Item Crafting]] - If you can use it, you can probably make it using convenient materials from your fallen foes.
* [[It's Up to You]] - Yuri might insist that Flynn gets the hard job of dealing with the nobles, but we all know who gets the short end of the stick.
* [[Leaning
* [[Library of Babel]] - The libraries in Aspio are so big resident mages have made a habit of sleeping on the shelves.
* [[Limit Break]] - Mystic Artes.
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* [[Meaningful Name]] - Gauche and Droite mean left and right in French. The guild's name is also important, as it's {{spoiler|Brave Vesperia}}. Also, {{spoiler|Raven/Schwann, whose two personalities are both named after birds.}}
** {{spoiler|Regaey is Yeager backwards.}}
* [[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
* [[Marshmallow Hell]]: A light example in ''First Strike'' where Chastel accidentally (but persistently) pulls Flynn's face into her assets as she's trying to heal him. Chastel doesn't notice, but [[Luminescent Blush|Flynn does]].
* [[Mercy Kill]]: {{spoiler|The party has to deal one to Belius.}}
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* [[My Fist Forgives You]]: {{spoiler|Raven. ''<s>Four</s> [[Updated Rerelease|Five]] times in a row''.}}
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: A variety of characters experience this at one point or another. Examples are Estelle {{spoiler|when she was the cause of Belius' death}}, Flynn {{spoiler|after he realized everything he did for Alexei resulted in negative consequences and that he was being used}}, Patty {{spoiler|after she kills Seifer, even though he asked her to}}, Alexei {{spoiler|after bringing the Adephagos back into the world}}, and Sodia {{spoiler|after she stabs Yuri, causing him to fall from the edge of Zaude}}.
* [[Nature Spirit]] - as usual in the [[Tales
* [[Nerf Arm]]: Estelle gets a duster, Judith gets a broom, and Repede gets Grilled Chicken. Estelle and Judith's gag weapons allow them to perform new attacks such as cleaning the enemy off or sweeping them up, but they're a lot more painful than they sound.
* [[New Game+]]: In which you can use all that Grade you earned in your previous playthrough to buy various rewards to spice up your new one.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Nice Job Breaking It, Villain]] - Inverted from the standard heroic version, as indicated. {{spoiler|Alexei's plan has the unintended side-effect of releasing the [[Cosmic Horror]] and [[Sealed Evil in
** The heroic version is also played straight, when {{spoiler|Estelle's healing artes drive Belius mad and the party's forced to kill her, leading to tension among the major guilds and more unwanted deaths}}.
** The game also uses another variation: Nice Job Breaking It, ''Player''. {{spoiler|If you collect all the Fell Arms, the final boss will absorb their power and gain an extra form that is one of the most powerful enemies in the game.}}
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* [[Now Where Was I Going Again?]] - The synopsis, done in the style of the Wonder Reporter writing articles about Yuri's recent activities. It does however, lie about the location of at least one dungeon: {{spoiler|the Manor of the Wicked.}}
* [[The Obi-Wan]]: Captain Nylen Fedlock in ''The First Strike'' acts in this capacity to both Yuri and Flynn. {{spoiler|Complete with [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]].}}
* [[One-Man Army]]: The optional 100- and 200-Man Melees pits ''one'' of your characters against, well, [[Exactly What It Says
* [[The Other Darrin]]: The dub of ''The First Strike'' keeps the actors for the main duo but replaces the ones for everyone else that appears in the game.
* [[Our Elves Are Different]]: The Kritya race, of which party member Judith is a member. They are pointy-eared, long-lived, intelligent, and share a psychic connection with Entelexeia. They are also very pacifistic and have [[Cloudcuckoolander]] tendencies, which makes [[Blood Knight|Judith]] a definite [[Black Sheep]].
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* [[Ragnarok Proofing]]
* [[Ramming Always Works]]: The Flynn Brigade {{spoiler|saves Zaphias from Heracles}} with a heavy dosage of this.
* [[Retcon]] - The [[
* [[Ring Out]] - One of the Secret Missions requires this.
* [[Running Gag]] - Yuri is cursed.
** The sign of victory!
* [[Sad Battle Music]]: A slow melancholic rendition of the game's theme song, "Ring a Bell", plays during Yuri's battle with Estelle; during which, she pleads with him to kill her to save himself and the others.
* [[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 [[
** Slightly subverted {{spoiler|in Rita's case, since she wasn't the one that Yuri was after.}}
* [[Say My Name]] - As is contractually required for Tales protagonists.
* [[Scratch Damage]] - Fortunately, they don't allow those 1-point hits to interrupt you.
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]] - {{spoiler|Regaey/Yeager}}
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[See You in Hell]] - {{spoiler|Barbos}} and {{spoiler|Don Whitehorse, though in a kindred manner}}, both to Yuri.
* [[Self-Mutilation Demonstration]] - Inverted by Yuri after {{spoiler|Belius' death}}, giving Estelle a metaphorical [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|slap in the face]] by slicing his own arm open not so he would heal himself, but knowing she would heal him.
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** It may also have something to do with the fact that most people don't consider the two main characters to be Yuri and Estelle; they consider them to be Yuri and ''Flynn''.
*** With the way the story plays out and how it always comes back to Yuri and Flynn, they're most certainly the protagonists. There's little doubt about that.
*** 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 [[
* [[Shoot the Dog]] - {{spoiler|Yuri often takes it upon himself to punish those who are above the law, even if it means killing them, because he knows Flynn and the rest of his party aren't willing to do it.}}
** Also applied literally whenever Repede gets hit with a projectile in battle.
** Even more literally [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33zqLydZYLE/ here.]
* [[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
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] - Yuri to {{spoiler|Phaeroh}}.
* [[Sorting Algorithm of Weapon Effectiveness]] - Largely averted through the synthesis system and regular upgrading of shops.
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* [[Take Up My Sword]] - Yuri's bodhi blastia, Flynn's sense of morality, and Repede's pipe are all inherited from Captain Nylen from ''The First Strike''.
* [[Take Your Time]] - ''YOU KNOW HOW I HATE WAITING, YURI LOWELL!''
* [[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 [[
* [[Talking Is a Free Action]] - Several boss fights have the characters chatting it up or arguing in some way, despite the fact that it's an action-oriented RPG and they're already knee-deep in [[Calling Your Attacks]]-goodness.
* [[Tap
* [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]: Similar to ''[[
* [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself]]: How Yuri feels about dealing with Ragou and Cumore.
** Yuri tries to pull this when {{spoiler|he heads out alone to Zaphias to "take care" of Estelle}}. [[Subverted Trope|He only makes it halfway before the rest of the party catches up and beats him up.]]
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* [[Time Travel]] - {{spoiler|Yormgen is supposedly an illusion made by Phaeroh, but a sidequest later in the game suggests that did actually travel back somehow.}}
** {{spoiler|Also, Dhaos, the the Time Traveling [[Big Bad]] from Tales of Phantasia, makes a cameo.}}
* [[Title Drop]] - {{spoiler|Estelle christens the newborn guild Brave Vesperia}}, one of the few times the [[Tales
** Also, although it isn't in English (or any other discernable language), the book that Estelle is writing during the end credits has a title composed of 3 words, each of which look suspiciously similar in length and shape to the words "Tales," "of," and "Vesperia" in english. Since the book is likely a story about their own adventures, it makes perfect sense that it would be titled as such.
* <nowiki>~Too Long; Didn't Dub~</nowiki> - Repede gets the {{spoiler|Sinful Sidekick title after Yuri kills Ragou.}} It actually means something like {{spoiler|he who knows of the sin.}}
** Judith gets the title Trophy Wife after taking care of the party's overlooked needs in Mantaic, while in the Japanese version the title means something along the lines of "Perceptive Woman." This also doubles as a serious case of [[Unfortunate Implications]]. Really, Bandai Namco USA, you couldn't have called her [[Team Mom]] or something a little more appropriate?
* [[Translation Convention]] - [[Playing
** {{spoiler|Rita plays the cat.}}
** The spoilered fact is unfortunately revealed at the beginning of the sidequest in the [[
* [[True Companions]] - Notably moreso than a lot of JRPGs, actually; in addition to the Japanese version beating you over the head with the trope's original title (''nakama''), this appears to be the main reason Yuri's so determined to save {{spoiler|Estelle}} in the second part, rather than any [[Ship Tease|romantic feelings]] towards her:
{{quote| '''Yuri''': She may be a bumbling, sheltered excuse for a princess, but she's one of ours!}}
* [[Turns Red]] - Overlimit is not an ability that is exclusive to your party; bosses can use it too. This prevents attack interruption, and allows instant casting and infinite combos. They also get access to their powerful Mystic Artes. Running away is strongly encouraged.
** Yeager has a more traditional [[Turns Red]] moment when he {{spoiler|reveals his heart blastia}}.
* [[Updated Rerelease]] - The [[
** [[No Export for You|Not that this matters to anyone not living in Japan.]]
* [[Unexpected Gameplay Change]] - During the party's first attempt to {{spoiler|use an apetheia to condense an aer krene}}, you randomly have to play a rhythm game to help Rita and Estelle "concentrate." None of the other attempts require this, which makes it all the more jarring.
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* [[The Un-Reveal]]: Unlike previous ''Tales'' games, the goal of ''Vesperia'''s [[Big Bad]] is ''never'' revealed. {{spoiler|Alexei makes many a grandiose statement about how he intends to change the world and save it from the empire but ''how'' unsealing Zaude is supposed to assist him in this is never actually explained, nor is it explained how Yuri killing Ragou and Cumore was able to help him work without any interruptions, ''nor'' is it explained ''why'' he's doing any of this beyond a vague "The empire is corrupt" motivation, '''''nor''''' is it ever explained why, if he thinks the empire is so corrupt, he didn't just removed the negative elements from it with his power and authority: being the Commandant and all}}.
* [[Unwitting Pawn]] - {{spoiler|Harry Whitehorse}}
* [[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 [[
* [[Urban Segregation]] - The Lower quarter and the Noble quarter of Zaphias.
* [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]] - Subverted, as the ''Tales'' series usually does, with {{spoiler|Zaude}}. The real one is {{spoiler|Tarqaron, floating city}}.
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Yuri: ...Not exactly. }}
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Cumore.
** 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 [[
** Yuri's hair is considered [[Shiny Midnight Black|black]], but definitely has purple highlights.
* [[Xanatos Roulette]]: {{spoiler|Alexei}}. Specifically, {{spoiler|it turns out he was the one (along with Yeager) who orchestrated the Hunting Blades betraying the Union by attacking Nordipolica so that the Guild Union would fall into civil war.}}
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