History VideoGame / TalesOfDestiny

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* PermanentlyMissableContent:
** This game started the Tales tradition of easily-missable side quests.
** In a character example, [[spoiler:Mary will never rejoin the party if Dahlis survives]].

''Tales Of Destiny'' is the second entry in the ''Franchise/TalesSeries'' of {{Eastern RPG}}s. First released in 1997, it received a direct sequel in 2002 (''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2''), a [[VideoGameRemake remake]] in 2006 and an UpdatedRerelease of the remake in 2007.

* HotBlooded: Stahn, King of [[TalesSeries Tales]] Hot Blood. It helps that he's voiced by Tomokazu "[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon Kasshu]]" Seki.

* MotiveDecay: BigBad [[spoiler:Miktran]]. In the original game, he was a WellIntentionedExtremist (like most ''TalesSeries'' villains are) in that [[spoiler:he wanted to revive his people and genuinely believed that the Aetherians were in the right, as the Erthers started the War Between Heaven and Earth ([[GreyAndGrayMorality for not wanting to be enslaved]])]]. In the remake, this motive has been replaced by simple megalomania.

* AmnesiacDissonance: Mary.

* BadassFamily: If Stahn, Lilith [[spoiler:and Lymle/Rimul]], [[spoiler: Rutee]], and Kyle are any indication, the Aileron clan.
** Same with the Gilchrists, what with Hugo, Leon, [[spoiler: Rutee, and Kyle.]]
* BadassNormal: The party members who are not Swordian-users are like this. They're ''far'' from slackers. There exist videos of the non-Swordian-users ''soloing'' the final boss.

* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:The Swordians.]]

* CoDragons: [[spoiler: Hugo's four Oberon Executives are all his dragons. Leon in the original is also a lesser dragon.]]

* DarkIsNotEvil: Berselius's [[spoiler: original]] owner, Karell Berselius, was a [[NiceGuy very kind person.]]

* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Lydon.]]
* DiscOneFinalDungeon: [[spoiler: Heidelberg Castle.]]
* DoomsdayDevice: Belcrant.
* DualWielding: Leon in the remake, and ever since then. (In the original game, he wielded a sword and shield.)
** {{Retcon}}: Also becomes this in the remake because [[spoiler: In the sequel, Judas mentions that he only learned dual wielding after Elraine brought him back.]]

* TheDragon: [[spoiler:Hugo]] to an extent. [[spoiler:Leon]] is essentially [[spoiler:Hugo]]'s Dragon.
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:Hugo]].

* ElementalPowers (The Swordians)
** PlayingWithFire (Stahn/Dymlos)
** MakingASplash / AnIcePerson (Rutee/Atwight)
** DishingOutDirt / DarkIsEdgy (Leon/Chaltier)
** ShockAndAwe / FourElementEnsemble / HolyHandGrenade (Philia/Clemente)
** BlowYouAway (Garr/Igtenos)
** DarkIsEdgy / HolyHandGrenade / FourElementEnsemble ([[spoiler:Miktran]]/Berselius)
* EmpathicWeapon: Again, the Swordians.

* GreenRocks: Lens.
* ForgottenSuperweapon: Belcrant.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Mary and her Softee Kreems in Neuestadt.
** [[CloudCuckooLander Mary]], period.

** '''''"SATSUGEKI BUKOKEN!! ORYARYARYARYARYARYARYARYA!!!!"'''''
* HopelessBossFight: Leon, and [[spoiler:Hugo]] in Leon's Side.)

** Also subverted with [[spoiler: the rest of the party in Leon's story in the remake.]] With determination and lots of items you can beat all of them, but it [[spoiler: [[CutsceneIncompetence changes nothing about how the story ends.]]]]

* {{Leitmotif}} - Leon's [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Irony of Fate]].
* LostForever: This game started the Tales tradition of easily-missable side quests.
** In a character example, [[spoiler:Mary will never rejoin the party if Dahlis survives]].

%%* MightyGlacier: Kongman/Khang

* OfficialCouple - Stahn and Rutee, as seen in Tales of Destiny 2.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Rutee, Rutee, Rutee. [[spoiler:At first]].

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Every non Swordian-user tends to be forgotten because the Swordian Masters are just too broken (especially [[MemeticBadass Leon]]). The fact that you can use Narikiri Dolls to clone them (four-Leon party]) doesn't help.
** However; it's still notable that in the remake, the non-Swordian users actually ''can'' be pretty good. Especially [[SpoonyBard Johnny]] and Lilith.
* PetTheDog: Hugo has his moments. Early on when he has the heroes under his control (not only does he have shock [[strike:collars]] tiaras on them, but he has ''legal custody'' because they've been arrested for trespassing) and forces them to search for the Eye Of Atamoni, he still agrees to Rutee's request for a monetary reward. When Leon complains that he doesn't ''need'' to do that, Hugo replies that a reward would motivate the heroes to do a better job. [[spoiler:This scene takes on a whole new meaning when you find out later that Hugo is being {{Brainwashed}} by Miktran, is desperately trying to resist said brainwashing, and recognizes Rutee as the daughter he sent to safety before Miktran took control of him]].
** KickTheDog: However, he indulges in this to an extreme degree in Leon's side of the remake, taking every opportunity to kick his son while he's down even when such levels of cruelty to control him probably weren't necessary.

* SpoonyBard: Johnny/Karyl.
* SpritePolygonMix: The original engine.

* TalkingWeapon: The Swordians.
* {{Tsundere}}: Rutee. And for a male example, remake!Leon.
* TheWisePrince: Woodrow/Garr.

* MrFanservice: LEON.

Stahn Aileron is a typical countryside boy who dreams of one day becoming a famous hero. Eager to [[JumpedAtTheCall jumpstart]] his heroic career, he stows away on the [[GlobalAirship dragon-ship]] Draconis with the aim of travelling to the nation's capital and enlisting as a knight. En-route, the ship is attacked by monsters, and struggling to find a weapon to fight them off with, Stahn stumbles across an old sword in a storeroom. Suddenly the sword [[TalkingWeapon starts to talk to him]], calling itself Dymlos and claiming to be one of the ancient and powerful Swordian weapons created over a thousand years ago during a world-spanning conflict called the War Between Heaven and Earth.

* AndIMustScream: In the original, [[spoiler: Hugo]] developed a Swordian Disk that would silence them completely. Since the swords cannot move or act by themselves, they were essentially trapped silently watching for a month before anyone realized what had happened.

* HostileTerraforming: Belcrant, the [[spoiler: Aetherian DoomsdayWeapon,]] was a terraforming laser before being converted into a weapon of mass destruction.

** DarkIsEdgy / HolyHandGrenade ([[spoiler:Miktran]]/Berselius)

* EnemyScan

* ArtEvolution: Compare Inomata's character artwork between the original PSX game and the PS2 remake. It's almost like they hired an entirely new artist. (Ten years of improvement will do that.)

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Rutee and Hugo]], and obviously [[spoiler:Rutee and Leon too]].

* {{SNK Boss}}: The FinalBoss in the remake ([[spoiler:Miktran Excessive]]) very much counts. He [[BeamSpam spams lasers]] like he's at a seventies discotheque and will punish you severely if you ever let him out of combo-lock. He TurnsRed when his health hits 25% and breaks out his [[LimitBreak Blast Caliber]] at 5%. Furthermore, if you beat BonusBoss [[spoiler:Barbaros]] before you fight him, he gains three secret [[LimitBreak Blast Calibers]] that are so powerful that even ''one'' is almost guaranteed to [[OneHitKill wipe out your party]].

* BonusDungeon: A remake of ''TheTowerOfDruaga''.

* AndIMustScream: In the original, [[spoiler: Hugo]] developed a Swordian Disk that would silence them completely. Since the swors cannot move or act by themselves, they were essentially trapped silently watching for a month before anyone realized what had happened.

* AntiGrinding: In the original, a popular power-leveling technique was to set all your characters to "Auto", tape the control stick down so your characters ran in circles, and let the game play itself. Try this in the remake, and Barbatos [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment shows up out of nowhere]] to yell at you for [[WhatTheHellPlayer taking the cheap way out]], and then [[HopelessBossFight kick your ass]].

* BareYourMidriff: Rutee and Chelsea

* LovableTraitor: [[spoiler:Leon]]

* {{Meganekko}}: Philia.
* MightyGlacier: Kongman/Khang
* MineralMacGuffin: Lens.

* HotBlooded: Stahn, King of [[TalesSeries Tales]] Hot Blood. It helps that he's voiced by Tomokazu "[[GGundam Domon Kasshu]]" Seki.

** However; it's still notable that in the remake, the non-swordian users actually ''can'' be pretty good. Especially [[SpoonyBard Johnny]] and Lilith.

* MotiveDecay: BigBad [[spoiler:Miktran]]. In the original game, he was a WellIntentionedExtremist (like most ''TalesSeries'' villains are) in that [[spoiler:he wanted to revive his people and genuinely believed that the Aetherians were in the right, as the Erthers started the War Between Heaven and Earth (for not wanting to be enslaved)]]. In the remake, this motive has been replaced by simple megalomania.

* ActionGirl: Rutee, Mary, Chelsea, and Lilith.