Of course, the Chosen One is a teenage girlĬolette isn’t the main character of the story though. Only the ‘Chosen One’ can save the world by undertaking a pilgrimage to awaken the Summon Spirits and the angel Martel. Sylverant is in decay, the world’s supply of mana is dwindling away and this has been further accelerated by the Half-Elves evil experiments. The Half-Elves aren’t the only problem though. Abused by the true Elves who look at them as lesser beings, the Half-Elves use their power to control the lesser Human race, holding them captive in ranches as slaves and performing experiments on them. It is a breed of Half-Elves who hold both the aggressive spirit of Humans and the longevity and magical skills of the Elvish race that are at the core of this tale. The twin worlds of Sylvarant and Tethe’alla are home to Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and various other creatures large and small. The overarching subjects at the heart of Symphonia are racism and discrimination – issues that remain as important now in 2023 as they were 20 years ago. As with most Tales titles, the colourful anime presentation is a thin veneer that hides a narrative with dark and twisted ideas. One thing that hasn’t changed at all in this Remastered version is the fantastic story of Tales of Symphonia. I’ll explain: Tales Of Symphonia Remastered Review – Story With this new ‘Remastered’ version now available on PS4 and the Nintendo Switch, is now the best time to revisit, or experience for the first time, one of the best-loved titles in one of the greatest JRPG series ever made? If you somehow missed out on both the original release and the PS3 version, or if you have never played any Tales game before: don’t worry – similar to Final Fantasy, each entry in Tales is an individual story (with the exception of a couple of direct sequels such as Dawn of the New World). During the PS3 era which had already widely expanded the Tales series (as you can see in the photo above), the Bandai Namco team decided to re-release the Gamecube-only release Symphonia packaged up with its Wii-only offshoot Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World on the PS3 system in 2013 as Tales of Symphonia: Chronicles. Tales of Symphonia was originally released on the Nintendo Gamecube in 2003 in Japan and 2004 in the rest of the world.Īt that time, Symphonia was easily the high point of the series. If you asked a bunch of Tales series fans what their favourite title is, there is no doubt that Tales of Symphonia would be one of the highest vote getters along with Tales of Vesperia and the most recent entry Tales of Arise. Now boasting a whopping 18 main series titles in addition to a few spin-offs, Tales deserves to be talked about as one of the ‘big three’ JRPG series along with Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. Once the series kicked off and gathered a large following, the original title did eventually receive a re-release of its own on the GameBoy Advance in western regions in March 2006. The first title Tales of Phantasia was released way back in December 1995, but only on the Super Famicom in Japan. The Tales series has also been around since the days of the Super Nintendo. SNES JRPGs – The best of the best of the best! It was the continuation of some of the best series in Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, but it was also the start of a new franchise. Ever since the Super Nintendo days, I’ve been a sucker for that JRPG feeling. The rest of the team at Qualbert will tell you that I am a huge JRPG fan. Find out why in our Tales of Symphonia Remastered review. They say that you can never truly go back… sometimes they are right.
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