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A [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] subseries of Namco's ''[[Tales
▲=== ''Narikiri Dungeon'' ===
The first subseries is the ''Narikiri Dungeon'' series, which itself is a [[Spin-Off]] from a sequel to ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]''. The series' key feature is the ability of the [[Original Generation]] main characters to "[[Cosplay|dress up]]" as various character classes (Fighter, Thief, Mage, etc.) and gain new powers depending on which role they are portraying. Their wardrobe includes the outfits of various ''[[Tales
''Narikiri Dungeon 2'' (2002) and ''Narikiri Dungeon 3'' (2005), revolve around a pair of youngsters named Calo Olange and Frio Sven, who must wander the Tales pseudo-timeline and prevent it from being mucked up. ''Narikiri Dungeon 3'' incorporated tactical elements, allowing you to recruit all the ''Tales'' heroes, arrange them into four teams of up to three each, and move them around the map to solve puzzles and administer a collective beatdown to the boss.
''Narikiri Dungeon 2'' includes characters from ''[[
The second subseries is the ''Radiant Mythology'' series for the [[PSP]]. There are currently three games in the series, with the roster of available ''Tales'' characters increasing substantially with each new title.▼
The ''Radiant Mythology'' series takes place in a [[The Multiverse|multiverse]] of worlds, each with their own [[World Tree]]. When a World Tree senses a threat to its world, it creates a warrior called a Descender as a
Gameplay revolves around accepting quests from Ad Libitum, a [[Heroes-R-Us]] guild run by a multitude of [[Tales
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* [[Bonus Dungeon]]: ''Narikiri Dungeon 3'' has one like ''[[The Tower of Druaga]]'' but shorter.
* [[By the Power of Greyskull]] (Parodied when Frio and Calo try to come up with one.)
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'''Calo''': Narikiri [[Cutey Honey|Cutey Flash! Kawaru wa yo~n]]! }}
* [[Original Generation]]
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* [[Time Travel]]: A surprising amount over all the games.
* [[Alternate Universe]]: The Tales characters in each world are from that world (or a similar parallel world), with alterations in back story to keep their personalities intact while integrating them into the larger scenario. This becomes complicated when they need to justify [[Tales of Destiny
▲=== ''Radiant Mythology'' ===
▲The second subseries is the ''Radiant Mythology'' series for the [[PSP]]. There are currently three games in the series, with the roster of available ''Tales'' characters increasing substantially with each new title.
▲The ''Radiant Mythology'' series takes place in a [[The Multiverse|multiverse]] of worlds, each with their own [[World Tree]]. When a World Tree senses a threat to its world, it creates a warrior called a Descender as a defence mechanism. In each game you take the role of a Descender, and you must join up with the rest of the [[Tales Series]] characters to battle whatever is threatening the future of your home world. Joining you is an [[Original Generation|original character]] named Kanonno, appearing [[Inexplicably Identical Individuals|as a different incarnation]] in each game: {{spoiler|Pasca}} Kanonno in the first (2006), Kanonno Earharts in the second (2009) and Kanonno Grassvalley in the third (2011).
▲Gameplay revolves around accepting quests from Ad Libitum, a [[Heroes-R-Us]] guild run by a multitude of [[Tales Series]] characters. The game uses a [[Class and Level System]] for your character, along with [[Prestige Class|Elite/Advanced Classes]]. Really though, it's all a [[Rule of Fun]] excuse to team up with your favourite characters and watch them interact in skits.
▲'''''Radiant Mythology'' provides example of:'''
▲* [[Alternate Universe]]: The Tales characters in each world are from that world (or a similar parallel world), with alterations in back story to keep their personalities intact while integrating them into the larger scenario. This becomes complicated when they need to justify [[Tales of Destiny (Video Game)|15-year-old Kyle interacting with his 19-year-old father]], or [[Tales of Phantasia (Video Game)|Suzu]] joining the guild alongside her [[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|4000-years-hence ancestor, Sheena]].
** However, some of them are more welcome. Fans of Asch and Luke would be more pleased primarily because in this universe, the two are brothers, albeit still very vitriolic. This keeps them both alive, giving both of them a happy ending.
* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]]: In RM1, {{spoiler|Kanonno remembers that she was once on the same team as Widdershin and actually came to Terresia to help him assimilate it into Gilgulim}}.
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* {{spoiler|[[But Now I Must Go]]: Supposedly the ultimate fate of every Descender after completing his/her mission is to be re-assimilated into the World Tree... but that doesn't prevent him/her from coming back for a [[New Game+]].}}
* [[The Chosen One]]: The player steps into the shoes of the "Descender" who was created by the [[World Tree]] to protect the world from whatever threatens it.
* [[Cool Airship]]: From the second ''Radiant Mythology'' onwards, [[Tales of Eternia
* [[Dark Messiah]]: Lazaris in RM3 masquerades as the Descender of Luminasia. {{spoiler|She's actually Jildia's equivalent of a Descender}}.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|Kanonno}} in RM1, {{spoiler|after her homeworld of Pasca was consumed by war and all her efforts as its Descender failed miserably}}.
* [[Discontinuity Nod]]: Subverted in ''RM3'', where a puzzle element listing the main-series Tales games in order includes ''[[Tales of the Tempest
* [[Easily Forgiven]]: In RM1, you learn that {{spoiler|Pasca Kanonno}} worked for the other side and has pretty much committed genocide. On multiple accounts {{spoiler|if you count all the worlds she helped Widdershin feed to Gilgulim}}. But none of that matters apparently because you're friends. {{spoiler|Oh, and don't forget that she tried to destroy the city right before her boss battle with you.}}
* [[Exposition Fairy]]: Mormo in the first game, Niata Monad in the second. Paneer and Rocksprings, from ''RM2'' and ''RM3'' respectively, politely stay the hell out of the players way most of the time.
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* [[Genius Loci]]: The worlds themselves border on this, what with a [[World Tree]] that can actively sense danger and conjure sentient defenses. {{spoiler|Jildia}} in ''RM3'' plays it more straight, bordering on [[Eldritch Location]].
* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: So if a world is on the brink of destruction, its [[World Tree]] creates a Descender whose entire purpose is to save the world no matter what. [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|How could that possibly end badly?]] {{spoiler|Oh hi there, Widdershin, Aurora and Pasca}}.
* [[Gratuitous Latin]]: Possibly spoofed by the Descender's guild's name, "Ad Libitum
* [[The Heartless]] / [[Humanoid Abomination]]: Goede, [[Big Bad]] of RM2, is a personification of the negative emotions of the people of Granide.▼
* [[Heroic Mime]]: The Descender himself/herself. In RM1, Mormo does all the talking.
* [[Inexplicably Identical Individuals]]: Each entry features its own new Kanonno, not entirely unlike the old Kanonno. This is [[Handwaved]] in ''RM2'' but becomes a plot point in ''RM3'', where all three appear.
** RM1: {{spoiler|Pasca}} Kanonno (voiced by Haruka Kudo)
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* [[Killed Mid-Sentence]]: {{spoiler|Niata Monad appears for all of two minutes}} in ''RM3'' {{spoiler|before being sniped from off-screen by Lazaris}}.
** {{spoiler|He gets better though upon returning to the site where he was shot down, and soon joins Kanonno on the bridge of the Van Eltia.}}
* [[Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards]]: From ''Radiant Mythology 2'' onwards, magic is [[Nerf|nerfed]] significantly... but [[Tales of Innocence
▲* [[The Heartless]] / [[Humanoid Abomination]]: Goede, [[Big Bad]] of RM2, is a personification of the negative emotions of the people of Granide.
▲* [[Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards]]: From ''Radiant Mythology 2'' onwards, magic is [[Nerf|nerfed]] significantly... but [[Tales of Innocence (Video Game)|Iria]] is ''still'' quite the powerhouse.
* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]
* [[Mythology Gag]]: A puzzle in the Almanac Ruins in ''RM3'' involves tracing out a word on a series of alphabet panels ({{spoiler|RADIANT}}), in a direct homage to ''[[Tales of Destiny
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Each game has its own version of Kanonno: {{spoiler|Pasca}} Kanonno for RM1, Kanonno Earhart for RM2, and Kanonno Grassvalley for RM3. In RM3, however, all three of them can be in your party!
* [[Original Generation]]: A few, most prominent of which are three [[Rose-Haired Girl|pink-haired]] 15-year-old girls sharing the name "Kanonno". There are also the [[Big Bad|Big Bads]]: Widdershin for RM1, Goede for RM2 and Lazarus for RM3.
* {{spoiler|[[Spin Offspring]]}}: In ''RM2'', {{spoiler|1=Granide is the world born at the end of ''RM1''.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Time Travelers Dilemma]]}}: {{spoiler|The Pasca Kanonno making an appearance}} in ''RM3'', {{spoiler|has not yet gone [[Axe Crazy]] and killed everyone in Pasca. Ultimately an [[Inverted Trope]], as Niata is a refugee from the world P. Kanonno has yet to destroy and tries very hard not to let in on this.}}
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* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Widdershin and {{spoiler|Pasca Kanonno}} in the first game. Aurora is implied to have been one herself, but by the time the game begins she's a full-fledged [[Complete Monster]].
** Lazaris in the third game {{spoiler|just wants her world (Jildia) to be born}}, even though that involves destroying Luminasia. She even acknowledges that her wish is a selfish one, but justifies it {{spoiler|as Luminasia essentially denied Jildia the opportunity to be born as a world}}.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: In order as of ''RM3'' [[Tales of Destiny
* [[The World Tree]]: It's what ushers the Descender into existence.
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