Tales of Symphonia Images

Original character design by Fujishima Kousuke





Tales of Symphonia (テイルズ オブ シンフォニア Teiruzu obu Shinfonia?) is a video game first released for the Nintendo GameCube and later for the PlayStation 2 in Japan. It is the fifth mothership title in the Tales RPG series, and was the third game in the series to be officially released in the U.S., and the first to be released in Europe. Tales of Symphonia's characteristic genre name is To Resonate With You RPG (君と響きあうRPG Kimi to hibiki au RPG?).

Tales of Symphonia takes place in the same fictional world as Tales of Phantasia, but 1000 years prior (hence a distant prequel).

On June 20, 2006, Namco announced an official OVA series for Tales of Symphonia. The four episodes were released in Japan on June 8, August 10, October 24, and December 21. They were directed by Haruo Tonosaki and featured character designs by Akira Matsushima. The first four episodes cover the Sylvarant section of the game, ending with the party's first visit to Tethe'alla. At Tales of Festival 2008, a continuation of the series, named "The Tethe'alla Episode", was announced and was released in Spring 2010 in Japan. After the completed release of the Tethe'alla Episode, it was announced in Tales of Festival 2010 that the anime will have another and presumably the final arc, "The United World Episode". The theme song for the second half of the OVA is "Tenkuu no Canaria" (天空のカナリア?, lit."Canary in the Sky") by Nana Mizuki, Colette Brunel's Japanese voice actress.

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Plot:
"The game begins in the world of Sylvarant, a land that is suffering a steady loss of mana, the energy source that is needed both for magic and to support life itself. As crops begin to wither and hardship sets in, the people turn their hopes to the Chosen, a servant and messiah of the Goddess Martel, who can reverse the ills of the world by completing the Journey of World Regeneration. In order to regenerate the world, the Chosen must travel from continent to continent, awakening the Summon Spirits that sleep at ancient shrines known as "seals." With every seal released, the Chosen comes closer and closer to becoming an angel. Once the Chosen fully transforms into an angel, the world will be regenerated. The Chosen of this generation is Colette Brunel; she travels with main character Lloyd Irving, former schoolteacher and healer Raine Sage, Raine's younger brother Genis, and a mercenary named Kratos Aurion..."

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Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World

Original character design by Okumura Daigo



Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, known in Japan as Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk (テイルズ オブ シンフォニア -ラタトスクの騎士- Teiruzu obu Shinfonia-Ratatosuku no Kishi-?), is a console role-playing game developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco Bandai for the Wii as a cross of spin-off and sequel to Tales of Symphonia for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2. Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World's characteristic genre name is RPG to Believe in Resonating Hearts (響き合う心を信じるRPG Hibiki au kokoro o shinjiru RPG?).

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Plot:
"During the events of the first game, Lloyd Irving and his companions embarked to a journey that led to the merging of the twin worlds of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla. After the lands became one, however, maps were rendered useless and the climate went through many vast changes: desert towns became frozen wastelands and lakes dried up into valleys. All of this stems from an overlooked factor in the unification of the worlds: the spirit of the old Kharlan Tree, Ratatosk, still exists somewhere, and its slumber has sent the world into chaos. To complicate matters, tensions have quickly escalated between the people of the two worlds. The Tethe'allans look down upon the Sylvaranti due to their inferior technology, and the Sylvaranti fear the Tethe'allans for their power. Two years have passed since the worlds were first merged, and the Sylvaranti have created an army, known as the Vanguard, with which to rise against the Church of Martel and the Tethe'allans..."