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{{quote| ''"Even if you present them with a more noble way, humans won't change. I've been watching them for two thousand years."''}}

Namco Bandai's latest entry in the ''[[Tales Series(series)]]'', released in Japan for the [[Play Station 3]] on the 8th of September 2011. It currently holds the record for the fastest-selling ''[[Tales Series(series)]]'' title and the second fastest-selling [[PSPlay Station 3]] title <ref>of this writing, September 2011</ref> with approximately 525,605 copies sold in the first week.

The battle system is a fusion of the ''Destiny'' (Capacity Points) and ''Symphonia'' (TP) styles featured in previous Tales games, allowing for constant combos as long as "Assault Counter" points remain. The most notable addition is "Link Mode", which allows two characters to coordinate their actions far more closely, protecting each other, attacking together and executing powerful tag team attacks called Resonance Artes. The Skit System from previous Tales games has also been expanded, now including more inter-party banter during battles and casual dialogue while wandering through the overworld.

Recently it has been announced that a direct sequel to the game [https://web.archive.org/web/20131002233809/http://rpgfan.com/news/2012/1539.html will be released sometime in the near future.]

Recognize the [[Fate /Zero|style]] of the anime scenes? That's [[Ufotable]]!

* [[Always Withwith You]]: {{spoiler|It is hinted in the ending for Jude's side, that even though Milla now lives in the spirit world as the new Maxwell, she still watches over him and presumably, their friends.}}

* [[Anime Theme Song]]: ''progress'' by the queen of [[Japanese Pop Music|J-pop]], [[Ayumi Hamasaki]].

* [[Another Side, Another Story]]/[[Perspective Flip]]: The game allows you to choose either Jude or Milla at the beginning of the game as the "main character". Whoever you choose will get more scenes, their own set of [[Battle Theme Music]], and you get to see their version of events when the party splits up. While Jude is a more traditional [[Audience Surrogate]] whose scenes focus on [[Character Development]], Milla is more involved in the events of the plot.

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: For the first time in Tales history, a 60+ yr old butler joins the fray of playable characters. Bringing the roster to six, enter; Rowen J. Ilbert

* [[Call Back]]: At one point in the story, [[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|very badly-drawn wanted posters are put up for Jude and Milla]].

* [[The Cameo]]: The pre-order costume for the game features Jude as [[Tales of Phantasia (Video Game)|Cless]] and Milla as [[Tales of Destiny (Video Game)|Stahn]]. Also, the already announced DLC costumes are from [[Star Driver]].

* {{spoiler|[[Did Not Get the Girl]]: {{spoiler|In the end, much to the sadness of both Jude and Milla, they cannot stay together.This is also the case with Alvin and Presa.}}

** Alvin is basically [[Bleach|Sosuke Aizen]] playing the part of [[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Kratos]] {{spoiler|[[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|and]] [[Heel Face Revolving Door|everything]] [[Manipulative Bastard|that]] [[The Rival|implies]].}}

** Ivar looks like Haseo in skin colourcolor, hair colourcolor and face a bit.

* [[Fighting Your Friend]]: {{spoiler|Jude versus Alvin.}}.

* [[Five-Man Band]]: The game generally [[Playing Withwith a Trope|jumbles this all around]], with Jude or Milla sharing [[The Hero|the spotlight]] most of the time depending on who you're playing as. Generally, they fit under:

* {{spoiler|[[Gotterdammerung]]}}: {{spoiler|Maxwell's creation of Liese Maxia was this for Elympeos, effectively leaving them with no alternatives to Jin for basic necessities where once they could rely on help from Spirit Arte users.}} But then, in the ending, {{spoiler|the Shell falls and [[The Magic Comes Back]]}}.

* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: Averted. Jude fights with his fists, just like [[Tales of Legendia (Video Game)|Senel]]. Played straight with Milla however.

* [[Holding Hands]]/[[Intertwined Fingers]]: {{spoiler|Jude and Milla in the ending. It's a [[Tear Jerker]] as this is before they have to say goodbye because of Milla becoming the goddess of Liese Maxia}}

* [[Kid Hero]]: At 15, Jude is one of the younger protagonists that the Tales series has seen along with [[Tales of Destiny (Video Game)|Kyle]] and [[Tales of Innocence (Video Game)|Ruca]]; the standard heroinghero age seems to be 17.

* [[Limit Break]]: The fan favorite attacks return once again; introduced via full-body cut-ins (ala ''[[Tales of Graces (Video Game)|Tales of Graces]]'').

** With something sorta blue-ishblueish at the end of the green. Now remember who she claims she is and which Spirits that would entail ruling over.

* [[Names to Know Inin Anime]]

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: [[Tales of Eternia (Video Game)|Tales veteran]] [[Soichiro Hoshi]] as an [[Tales of Graces (Video Game)|Asbel]] expy... whose only real purpose is to make one empowering speech before handing the B-plot off to his younger sister.

* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: Ivar, he's hyper, he moves like cartoon characters and has comical SFX going in for him.

*** [[The Scrappy]] / [[Rescued Fromfrom the Scrappy Heap]]: Ivar is also a deconstruction of these tropes. After Milla begins travellingtraveling with Jude, he becomes bitterly jealous and tries to prove his worth in increasingly ridiculous ways that just exasperate the heroes. It gets to the point that Milla even [[Face Palm|Facepalmsfacepalms]] at the sight of him. He's so desperate for her approval that in his bid to rescue himself from the heap, he {{spoiler|goes to activate the Spear of Kresnik, thinking it will free the spirits and regain her trust, when in fact it plays right into Jiland's hands.}} To the kid's credit, he ''does'' mature a bit and [[Took a Level Inin Badass|take a decent level in badass]] in the aftermath.

* [[Scenery Porn]]: The game is really beautiful, whether it's the anime cutscenes or in game scenes. Then again, the anime cutscenes were produced by [[Kara no Kyoukai:|ufotable.]]

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