The ULTIMATE Recap of Tales of Phantasia (RECAPitation)  

It's always tough when your region doesn't get the best version of a game, and such is the fate of Tales of Phantasia aka MVP Claus chaperones a group of impulsive teenagers. Mechanically, this is a very smartly designed game with a lot of systems all serving a purpose and balancing very well with each other, and the balance of puzzles and combat in the many dungeons and quests is smartly done too. It's uncommon to find an RPG that is so efficient and doesn't bog the player down with nearly Any filler content or useless economies or pointless inconveniences. The controls in the GBA version are not great, and Tales never has a Quest tracker, but I know the speed and fluidity of the combat gets better with later ports. Try not to think too hard on how they handle Time travel and you'll be fine. In Dig NA Shun. Next RECAPitation will be: Wild Arms

Show’s GBA version the entire time... ::sneaks in SNES fan translation to show ‘F’s like a tiger’ line::

Omg you included the "like a tiger" line

Tales of Phantasia got me started on the series and made me hooked despite the ugly and confusing translation of the GBA version of the game, it still held true to what my ideal JRPG should be like: a compelling and emotional story with a great set of characters.

Tales of Phantasia was such a good game. Good gameplay, good characters, good story. I liked it way more than I thought I would when I started it.

they need to either remake the game or make a anime. I know it has a OVA, but that's 4 episodes and haphazardly tells the story.

I can't believe my prayers have been answered. He did another Tales RECAPitation!!!!!! Now, if you excuse me, I'm off to start my mission again till we get the next one.

Man, this is a game I hadn't played in years. Symphonia is my all-time favorite Tales game and seeing the connections to Phantasia once more is certainly nice.

Love these games. Makes me wish and hope that Bamco will remaster their older titles, or at least port them to modern systems

Every mention of Kangaroo was actually Ragnarok mixed up and badly translated XD

I wish they'd remake this game. Would love to see first hand how intertwines with Tales of Symphonia.

Playing this game all those years ago was very fulfilling. I was quite content when we defeated Dhaos in the present with our OP stats and equipment and was ready for the credits when suddenly they give us a future arc instead! That's like a New Game+ for young me.

I’m so glad you make this Not many people play the first Tales of game

Star Ocean is another good one for this.

One of the best RPG ever made. I just finished the SNES version while quarantined

Oh hey, it's one of my favorite JRPGs, and one of its characters was my RU-vid avatar for nearly ten years now!

I feel like so many of these JRPGs have an old city that turns out to have future technology outta nowhere. And every time it catches me off guard lmaoo.

This is one of the first fan translated Roms I ever played back in 2001 or 2, along with FF5 and Bahamut Lagoon. Also the game that introduced me to Motoi Sakuraba's incredible work. Perfect title for a Recap, thanks Oni!

I'm crying, this brings back so many memories qwq

Dude, I absolutely love what you do on your channel. I know you probably get a ton of praise, but im telling you, as a game designer myself. These help me sooo much with reminding and fullfiling me with the lore and game mechanical systems they use to remind me. Thank you for your time, passion, and everything. One massssive subscriber here.

I played it as a kid, I couldn't beat it. Then I revisited it during my late teens and loved it.

like a tiger is such a classic line for oldy tales of fans lmao! also iirc the dejap translation also implies that Arche is not a virgin anymore when they went to meet the pegasus lmao

Yaaasssss! Time for more “Tales of” Lore!

Funny story, I accidentally downloaded the Japanese rom of this game and still managed to beat it with out knowing anything. That was my introduction to the tales series.

30:30 I just love casually Rondoline is brought up and promptly discarded as a fact. Not even a mention that she's friends with Dhaos. What's worse is that the moat attention she's ever gotten.

I never realized how much of the story influences Tales of Synphonia

Woooo! I remember how fun the translation was in the past. Had me laughing 😂

FINALLY, I was literally hoping you would do this game someday. That is the reason I subs to this incredible channel

I find it funny that Tales of Symphonia is a prequel to this game

Lmao that LOTR reference was solid. Gotta love the mines!

about 3 weeks ago now I finished berseria, it was my first tales experience...I'm thinking of going for this one next, never really played a retro JRPG before so hopefully it will be fun!

Yes yes yes I have been waiting for some tales of content

Wow, funny how I just finished replaying this game recently. I am so happy that this video is here, I love the Tales series and this game. One of my favorite Tales games next to Symphonia and Abyss. I've been playing the Tales series for almost 7 years now and glad that one of my favorite video games is getting a little bit of love. Great video, keep it up Oni!

Dude thank you so much for this I got lost in the elf forest and took a 4 month break and don’t remember a lot of the plot 😭😭

Tales of Phantasia alongside FF6 are the two best JRPG games I have ever played. This game will always have a special place in my heart. Thanks for the trip to nostalgia lane. 😊

Oh boy does this bring back memories! I first played it on an emulator in like '01 (I think), and it was my introduction to fan translations - the TL I played was only half finished and so I was only able to finish like half of the game as well. Those were the days

I love watching these videos for "research purposes"

Thank you so much for this ❤️

I played a fan translated rom of the SNES verison, loved the game and got me into the Tales series. This just makes me want to play it again.

NIce video as always :) thank you and keap it up

Wow. I think this is perhaps the most divided game you've covered thus far on your channel in terms of its development and porting cycles. I'm glad you established that context prior to the RECAP since I've never even touched this game in any sense. I love that my understanding of Tales of Symphonia enhances my experience of this game's RECAPitation. Martel, Dwarves, Mana, Elves, even specific locations like Heimdall, and so forth - it seems they established the baseline of this game's universe quite well with this installment. But has time travel ever been used in any other Tales game since? I'm honestly not sure. It kind of came out of nowhere, but ultimately, I'm okay with it. Like you say, don't think about it too hard. I like that the consumption of mana is established here. In Tales of Symphonia, it is established that wars consume vast amounts of mana. In this game, we literally see that be the case as the story continues, particularly with the spike of usage due to the Mana Cannon. With all the research on attractive bodies and magitech, this game probably supports the cause of science more than any other game out there. :D Jokes aside, this looks like an incredible game, but I am glad future installments did away with all the time travel that was going on. The conflict was good enough with the elements of war, mana consumption, racial tension, magitech, and creating Pacts with Summon Spirits. Also, ROLE CALL YAY! Sorry, had to get that out. Thank you for your RECAPitation as always and I'll meet you on the next battlefield. Favorite alliteration in this video: Deadly demons they doubt they can defeat. Edit: WOW! The Patreon list has gotten big! Well done.

The only Tales Game that i Finished.

God I love the tales series. Great video dood

Amazing video!

My first RPG and will always have a special place in my heart.

Nicely done, bud.

A suggestion: Stick with a series and make a Playlist of those consecutive releases. "Tales of" as a series has so many games, and many of those are so damn good. Destiny is one of my favorite PS1 games. Damn shame its never been remastered or even re-released. Glad I still have my original PS1 copy. Destiny 2 (NOT Eternia) was a damn fine follow up that suffered from Namco's shortsighted mindset that resulted in it not being officially released to the US. Abyss is a downright classic. I loved it on PS2, then loved it again on 3DS. Vesperia is hands down one of the best games of that console generation. Period.

Best Recapitation!

"What the heck it that"

Man fan the story about drama behind the scenes. Anyways tales of phantasia is one of my favorite jrpg series i played the fan translation of the psx version and i enjoyed it.

phantasia needs a full 3d remake and sad the psp remake was not localized

I've never made it to one of these premiers on time yet I did this time yay

4:27 "Mint shows impressive physical strength, by carrying Cress to town" I think i know why sometimes Mint just smack the enemy in auto on Rays

Tales of series!! Let’s goooo

Can you please finish this and make a recaption of the rest of the Mothership Titles • Tales of Phantasia • Tales of Destiny • Tales of Destiny 2 • Tales of Eternia • Tales of Symphonia • Tales of Rebirth • Tales of Legendia • Tales of the Abyss • Tales of Innocence R • Tales of Vesperia • Tales of Hearts R • Tales of Graces ƒ • Tales of Xillia • Tales of Xillia 2 • Tales of Berseria • Tales of Zestiria • Tales of Arise

my favorite from tales of series.

I see now where Tri-Ace got the inspiration to make Valkeryie Profile. So much Norse stuff in the game they were working on before they split off.

Man what a bittersweet ending.... Tiger.

Could you do one for the world ends with you as well? That's another gem of a game with one killer soundtrack

Please do a star ocean series. This is awesome

Adding in the seventh party member as a jpeg of character art is pretty funny.

played snes version at teenage. never forgot the ending, i was shocked. 34yo, still moves my feelings a little bit when I think of it. good lesson for life.

Every time I hear “for research purposes” I have to yell “LIES!” 😂

Am I the only one who thinks Cress is Llyod descendant

Tales of Destiny is one of my favorite games of all time!!

wow, i just finished this game a few hours ago in psx and here you make a video about it :p

Great game, never beat it though as I succumbed to the random encounter frequency on the GBA

Aw yis, the best JRPG ever made.

Arche is actually German for Ark (as in Noah's Ark). And Klaus/Claus is a short form of Nikolaus as in Santa, I believe ^^

I remember playing the fan translation when I was younger. I know I never finished it, I definitely got as far as Thor and found the Gremlin summon, but I don't remember most of the rest of the future stuff... I wonder how far from completion I actually was

Man, JRPGs love Norse mythology! I love it!

You know I want a full remaster edition for Phantasia. I want PS5 or Xbox or whatever future console to bring this first installment that started the franchise to receive the proper acknowledgment it rightfully deserves. PLUS CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW BEAUTIFUL AND GREAT THE BATTLES WOULD BE IN FULLY RENDERED 3D IN 4K???

One of my favorite RPGs ever. Pretty much finished the game in Japanese and idk how to read Japanese 🥂

I remembered I played translated to Spanish (rom) it was one Lloyd my first RPGs ever…. To this game is timeless I hope they remake this game someday

Such a good old game.

Hoping for a HD-2D of this game

Oh man, im hoping your going through the tale series.

Tales aeries is one of my favorites JRPGs... Is it just me or it seems some of its places sound similar to those in FF7?

This game is excellent!!!

I bought this new about a month after it released. However 10 minutes after purchasing it I found a copy of Tales of Destiny in the wild so i returned it to walmart and ended up getting Phantasia again couple of months later 😂

Second game of the franchise i played after tales of Symphonia and one of the few games that i had played more than once and that still holds even today, but yeah as long as you dont give much logic to the time travel plot holes the story is quite enjoyable. Sadly the GBA version has the censored dialogues.

Guys dont go for GBA ver - go for SNES for great exp or psx for not so fast loading menu times and anime cutscenes.

best tales of..

Dhaos was the good guy.

they wasted the opportunity to make a big revelation: imagine if dahos was trying to save THEIR world, not an alien world. "if mana is used, all life in the world will die". that would make dahos the good guy fighting kingdoms to save the planet and the party would be "bad guys", forced to realize it in a "what have we done????" moment.

do vesperia!

For research purposes is the theme of this game.

Can you do Star Ocean 2?

Do the Legend of Heroes series next! Zero no Kiseki and Ao no Kiseki aren't translated and you would do us a great favor

Kinda wish this game featured Ratatosk.

DO STAR OCEAN NEXT!! :D

time to do Star Ocean 1

10:44 Oh my how unexpected

My childhood game in the philippines.

10:45 did I realy read that?!

So uhh, how are symphonia and this game connected again?

Crap I'm old I played this on snes they really buffed this game

They need to remake this game. Like, legit remake!

Is this a remake?

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