Tales of Xillia: Difference between revisions

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

 

 

In the world of Liese Maxia, humans and monsters co-exist with the Spirits, who grant their power to humans in exchange for protection. The most basic form of this is the ability to channel mana as Spirit Power, which can be used to power everything from street lamps to magical spells. Two countries vie for supremacy of Liese Maxia: La Schugall, an empire whose extensive use of Spirit Power has granted it incredible prosperity; and A Jule, a developing country whose power comes from the control of monsters.

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

 

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* [[Aborted Arc]]: {{spoiler|Act 4 ends when Gaius hands Jude the key to the final dungeon and says "see you there," immediately ending the group's journey in Elympeos and leaving the rest of that storyline (The Elseworld Energy Project, human experimentation, etc.) to voiced-over sub-events.}}

* [[Action Girl]]: Milla and Leia.

* [[Amplifier Artifact]]: Boosters. They work by forcefully extracting more Mana from a person's Gate than is normal (or healthy), thus allowing the user to cast more powerful Spirit Artes. The drawback is that it [[Cast From HP|shortens the user's lifespan]].

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

* [[Boy Meets Girl]]

* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: Milla loses her elemental abilities early into the plot.

* [[Cast From HP]]: The Kresnik Spear seems to be the most horrific version of this. {{spoiler|It sucks out the life energy of everyone around it so it can fire a [[Wave Motion Gun]]. Worse, Nachtigal is experimenting on his own people to ''improve'' the process}}.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: There are quite a few events that foreshadow {{spoiler|the development of Origin technology}}. When Jude and Milla search for a [[Green Rocks|Spirit Fossil]] to {{spoiler|power the device that will allow Milla to regain the use of her legs}}, they are {{spoiler|carrying out the exact steps needed to make an Origin device}}.

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

** Also, {{spoiler|Alvin and Presa.}}

** Shinn Asuka moreso [[Gundam Seed Destiny|Shinn]]

** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HBR9yabMfc first boss] seems very reminiscent of Zagi. Even her theme music sounds similar...

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

* [[Dual Boss]]: {{spoiler|The [[Final Boss]]}}.

* [[The Fellowship Has Ended]]: {{spoiler|Each of the party members went on their separate way after the ending, though they still keep in touch with one another.}}

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

** [[The Hero]]: Jude/Milla

** [[The Lancer]]: Alvin

* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: Jude's [[Weapon of Choice]].

* [[Handshake Substitute]]: Alvin and Leia [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-cx3ism5qw do a complicated one].

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: A Tales game wouldn't let its protagonist get away without having one.

* [[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}}

** Inversely, Rowen is the oldest playable character {{spoiler|who ''isn't'' [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]}} in the main series, having 62 years of age.

* [[Magic Knight]]: Milla is what happens when a [[Magic Knight]] is designed to excel in both swordplay and magic without [[Competitive Balance]] holding them back. The only thing stopping her from becoming a [[One Man Party|One Woman Party]] is her lack of a self-healing ability.

** Rowen is also a [[Magic Knight]], though on the sliding slide of magic versus melee, he skews closer to the former.

** [[Showtaro Morikubo]]: Ivar

* [[Official Couple]]: Jude and Milla, natch.

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

** [[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstructed]]: As the goofiest character, he's the least likely to be taken seriously, even when he needs it.

*** [[The Scrappy]] / [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap]]: Ivar is also a deconstruction of these tropes. After Milla begins travelling 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|Facepalms]] 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 In Badass|take a decent level in badass]] in the aftermath.

* [[Say My Name]]: By the boatloads.

* [[Tearful Smile]]: {{spoiler|Milla in the ending.}}

* [[True Companions]]: The main characters.