tales tales japanese hepburn japanese role playing game released nintendo gamecube august japan published fifth core product tales series game localized released north_america july europe november japan game ported playstation additional content released september game takes place fictional world called follows lloyd accompanies childhood friend destined journey save world journey progresses learn saving world parallel game central theme rpg lit rpg game reception generally positive critics praising gameplay criticizing plot received japan game awards received releases playstation best labels united_states thousand copies sold weeks sold million copies worldwide release tales spawned substantial media franchise japan game adapted seven manga collections novel series seven drama cds anime series sequel entitled tales dawn new world released wii tales sequel collected playstation high definition release tales chronicles steam version released february gameplay like previous installments tales series tales consists primarily major areas field map town dungeon maps battle screen map model featuring scaled version game fictional world player travels reach game locations preceding games series world map traversed foot party pet flying vehicles known field maps characters directed scaled environments battle screen representation area player commands characters battles controlled enemies field maps characters viewed involve animated character portraits subtitles japanese version voice acting concern character development details map affect lloyd relationships party members player able certain decisions affect characters think lloyd choices minor game storyline battle system battle sequences game uses characters party chosen battle controlled player guided artificial intelligence instructions set player damage dealt opponent fills gauge attack triggered allowing party use techniques simultaneously single enemy certain techniques combined special attack results additional damage battle currency called grade awarded based specific criteria fulfilled battle purchase bonuses new game plus players prompted cook food battles materials cooking recipes determine benefits received health recovery degree benefit determined character chosen cook tales skill system built use gems come ranks character equip gems set abilities gems abilities determine characters learn strike technical techniques spells combinations gem abilities grant additional abilities called skills development character attributes determined equipped title titles earned story progression quests completion miscellaneous criteria plot friend accompany chosen guardians journey world regeneration purpose journey necessary energy survival path journey consists temples journey meet comes world parallel tells worlds journey regeneration hoping save worlds party told angel worlds saved journey final seal betrayed revealed evil organization led party leaves search way save worlds joined party learns awakening summon spirits worlds tie believing answer successfully ties worlds actions instead great seed supplier worlds causing grow rate party seed learn origins world split party realizes save world merge worlds great seed decide confront defeat seeking revealed gathering materials eternal sword succeeds survives apparent death possess member party fleeing attempts great seed killed great seed supply world development release game announced titles releasing nintendo gamecube stated tales series expected comics animation drama cds novels spun game revealed tales february april edition famitsu revealed game development years developers tales game main characters tales series game series electronic entertainment expo north american localization confirmed conference june revealed game theme song day tomorrow celebrate release japan game bundled symphonic green north american version localization producer replaced orchestral anthem focused hiring professional voice actors dub game order appeal western audience game released japan august localized north_america europe july november respectively game released north_america label july second week april weekly jump announced playstation port tales received new game additions theme song lit day tomorrow released exclusively japan september released playstation best label july scenario game writer explained tales planned create unique dependent player choices affection system wrote scenarios significant events centered originally death supposed canon survival dependent affection system die early ranked lowest affection system die end ranked middle survive ranked development staff suggested return party team discussed work change scenario death non canon path story generally self contained story apparently takes place similar timeline tales game tales sequel chronicles release sequel tales knight localized english tales dawn new world announced july wii released japan north_america europe year tales announced june playstation contains tales tales dawn new world remastered graphics additional content released japan october released north_america europe february retail version download release option purchase tales standalone release adaptations manga tales spawned seven manga adaptations release anthology collections traditional manga series anthology collection tales comic anthology consists volumes released november february second anthology collection tales kings consists volumes released november december anthology collection entitled volumes published garden february fourth anthology collection short comic collection consisted single volume released garden october fifth anthology collection consisted volumes released square_enix september sixth anthology collection single volume released june manga series titled tales adaptation game storyline chapters serialized april july editions monthly comic blade future chapters released volumes garden volumes released released august released july books tales spun novel series strategy guides character book official scenario book art book novel series titled tales written consisted novels released november december second novel series titled tales time written consists volumes released december june story author released september strategy guides jump books brand published gamecube guide released august ps2 september released official strategy guides october october gamecube ps2 respectively tales illustration character work book game designer released january provides details characters story design came tales official scenario book released june book details history world characters tales art book anime released march audio cds seven drama cds based game plot produced drama tales long time ago stories preceding game released july september drama tales anthology ride tour second follow tour world year events main game cds released june tales comic market tales comic market stories guest characters tales respectively tales original soundtrack published october consists discs debuted oricon charts soundtrack released october japan ps2 port tales original soundtrack listing anime tales animation series animated produced consists episodes released direct video separate dvds june august october december later released blu ray disc collection september series later june july series aired promotion sequel series episodes pieces theme music opening theme ending themes lit wish lit let home sequel series tales animation episode animation animation announced tales festival consists episodes released march september february episodes received early screening screened march hosted music plaza second september fourth february episodes later aired september episodes opening theme lit sky ending theme lit prayers second sequel tales animation united world episode animation animation concludes anime plot consists episodes released directly dvd blu ray november june october episodes early screenings screened september september second september episodes use pieces theme opening theme lit truth lies ending themes lit world lit distortion lit place light falls promise blu ray box set containing series announced june released november reception tales garnered generally positive reception critics copies sold united_states weeks release december announced gamecube version sold copies worldwide playstation port sold copies japan bargain reissue playstation sold copies japan end total worldwide sales original platforms reached million making best selling tales title date game appeared game rankings received japan game awards excellence january issue game informer listed gamecube games nintendo_power ranked tales list nintendo games ign users placed 75th games list users similar list critics praised game shaded art style real time battle system gamespot gamespy ign play applauded details scenes gamespy noting steady gamespy described battle system wonderfully fast point play noted accessibility potential attract gamers story audio received negative criticism eurogamer gamespot gamespy ign play criticized plot cliché engaging reviewers agreed music english voices met standards gamespy play additionally praised character interactions
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