Tales of Phantasia (PS1)

Infobox VG| title = Tales of Phantasia


developer = Wolfteam
publisher = Namco
designer = Kosuke Fujishima (character)
released = ^JPNDecember 23, 1998 (PS1)
^JPNSeptember 7, 2006 (PSP)

genre = Console role-playing game
modes = Single-player, multiplayer
platforms = PlayStation, PSP
media = 1 × CD-ROM ("PlayStation"), 1 × UMD ("PlayStation Portable")
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nihongo|"Tales of Phantasia"|テイルズ オブ ファンタジア|Teiruzu obu Fantajia is a video game remake in the RPG genre published for the PlayStation console by Namco on December 23 1998 in Japan.It is a remake of the original Tales of Phantasia for the Super Famicom.The SFC version did not have a characteristic genre name, the PS1 and GBA versions of "Tales of Phantasia" had the characteristic genre name nihongo|"Legend's RPG"|伝説のRPG|Densetsu no RPG, and the PSP version "Tales of Phantasia ~ Full Voice Edition's" characteristic genre name is nihongo|"Voice Will Paint, Legend's RPG"|声が彩る、伝説のRPG|Koe ga irodoru, densetsu no RPG.

"Tales of Phantasia" was remade three years after its SFC release, for the Sony PlayStation (PS1). The remake was released only a year after the second game in the series "Tales of Destiny" had been released. The remake runs on an enhanced "Tales of Destiny" engine and benefits from all the enhancements and refinements to the gameplay it had to offer. For example, Chester, who relied on brute force in the Super Famicom version, was given nine TP-consuming moves, which carried over into future remakes. Also carried over from "Tales of Destiny" was the voice-acted face chats (skits), but now the user simply needs to push select on the world map to see them, rather than stand still for a while on the world map as in ToD. In addition, it gave birth to many new features still seen (and being improved upon) in modern "Tales" sequels today, such as cooking, and titles. As in Tales of Destiny you have the ability to control any party member (as well as take Cless, the hero, out of the fighting party). Many other changes, such as adding a fully animated anime style opening sequence, new sidequests, new spells, a new summon, a new playable character, and a more player-friendly battle encounter rate were also made. The audio was remastered at a higher quality with additional channels.

Notably, a third form of the final boss was added in the PlayStation and Game Boy Advance remakes. The similarities between this and the villain of Tales of Symphonia suggest a connection between the two games.

In 2003, "Tales of Phantasia" was ported to Nintendo's Game Boy Advance handheld system. This port combines various elements from both the original SFC version and PS1 remake. The sprites and battle graphics were based on the sprites from the PS1 remake, while the opening credits sequence, map, and field graphics are from the SFC version. The GBA port features a handful of original additions and sidequests, and many, but not all of the additions made to the PS1 remake. Conversely, the music channels were slightly stripped down compared to the SFC version and particularly the PS1 remake.

The PS1 remake was later ported to the PlayStation Portable with added voice for all plot events, this version is known as Tales of Phantasia ~ Full Voice Edition. The port also features new battle sprites for the main characters that are more on par with those of later games in the series, such as Tales of Eternia. The PSP port also includes a grade system, also from later games of the series.

On December 25, 2007, an English fantranslation was released for this version.

ee also

*Tales of Phantasia

External links

* [http://zettaizero.wordpress.com/ Unofficial English translation] on Absolute Zero