History VideoGame / TalesOfHearts

''Tales of Hearts'' is the eleventh mainline entry in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries''. The game was released on December 18th, 2008 in Japan on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS. It is the third entry in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' to be released for the Nintendo DS, and the first to be worked on by Namco Tales Studio. It features graphics produced by Production IG, a musical score by series veteran Motoi Sakuraba, and a combo-centric battle system in the vein of the remake of ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny''.

The game received a VideoGameRemake on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita, ''Tales of Hearts R'', released March 7th, 2013 in Japan, November 11th, 2014 in North America, and November 14th, 2014 in Europe. It features a graphical overhaul from 2D to 3D, and promoting Chalcedony to [[PromotedToPlayable playable character]], as well as introducing Gall Gruner, an enigmatic Soma Master who seeks to end despair once and for all.

* BattleBaton: Kohaku Hearts uses a baton-ish staff and during her idle animations sometimes twirls them. She can enhance her baton with flames and then uses them [[KickChick in conjunction with kicks]]. And offensive magic. And some healing magic.

* BonusBoss: The R version removed most of the DS bonuses and instead added two Grim Creeper palette swaps, Soleil Levant, Ultime Des Rose, a Volga Jaws palette swap, and a hidden boss with a ridiculous iron stance, and a new cameo boss fight against [[VideoGame/TalesOfGraces Hubert Oswell and Pascal]]...cosplaying Playstation mascots Toro and Kuro.

* BonusBoss: The DS version has a bunch of cameo bosses from previous games, including [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny the Kraken]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2 Vassago, Vepar, Glasya-Labolas, Halphas]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Guy]] and 4 Gentleman monsters designed after other [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco Bandai]] franchises. And then there's the Proto-Zerom Rishia Cattleya, final boss of the bonus dungeon and toughest optional boss in the series.

* HiddenElfVillage: Dronning village, home to Kohaku and Hisui. The village is protected by a special stone rendering it impenetrable to any outside influence. The barrier was put in place to protect Lithia, resulting in a few eccentricities in the village's [[TohokuRegionalAccent culture and speech.]]

* TohokuRegionalAccent: Kohaku and Hisui's home village, Dronning, which is hidden within the mountains. And then Hisui and Kohaku start imitating it for massive hilarity.

** A pair of skits entitled "Totally Huge!" with the ostensible subject being Ines' GagBoobs. The first turns out to be about her [[{{BFS}} Big Freaking Axe]] and visibly amuses Ines; the second is her pie-eating abilities, and by then she's getting flustered and annoyed.

Centuries later, in the quiet country village of Seaville, enthusiastic teen [[AwesomeMcCoolName Kor Meteor]] trains to become a Soma Master under the tutelage of his grandfather Sydan. Meanwhile, two siblings- Kohaku Hearts and her elder brother Hisui- are on the run from a mysterious sorceress called Incarose.

''Tales of Hearts'' is the eleventh mainline entry in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries''. The game was released on December 18th, 2008 in Japan on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS.

The game is the third entry in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' to be released for the Nintendo DS, and the first to be worked on by Namco Tales Studio. It features graphics produced by Production IG, a musical score by series veteran Motoi Sakuraba, and a combo-centric battle system in the vein of the remake of ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny''.

''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts'' is a 2008 video game, the third entry in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' to be released for the Nintendo DS, and the first to be worked on by Namco Tales Studio. It features graphics produced by Production IG, a musical score by series veteran Motoi Sakuraba, and a combo-centric battle system in the vein of the remake of ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny''.

A [[http://www.siliconera.com/2012/10/24/tales-of-hearts-r-being-retold-on-playstation-vita/ remake, Tales of Hearts R]] was released on the Vita, featuring a graphical overhaul from 2D to 3D, and promoting Chalcedony to [[PromotedToPlayable playable character]], as well as introducing Gall Gruner, an enigmatic Soma Master who seeks to end despir once and for all. The game was officially released in North America on November 11, 2014.

* MythologyGag: Beryl's Meteoric Rise, its extensions and requirements are taken from [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2 an earlier eccentric spellcaster]] with a high-pitched voice and a strange selection of clothing.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: You'd think it would keep it normal when hair color is a plot point twice (Lithia and Creed), but Peridot and Pyrox have hot pink and bright teal hair for no good reason. Most of the other Celreid have normal-ish hair, the weirdest being Tourmaline's dark blue, Ines' platinum, and Chalcedony's bleach blond.

-->''There lies a princess fair and dear who has slept for over a thousand years, amidst a bramble of thorny spears.''\\

* BlindIdiotTranslation: The main character is called Kor in the subtitles, but the game has no dub, meaning you hear everyone call him Shing. There are other alleged problems with the English script, like certain lines no longer making any sense, CharacterExaggeration and {{Flanderization}} to the point that some characters come off as being perverted, violent, or just plain stupid, and many, ''many'' [[http://www.blade2187.com/2014/11/16/a-crash-korse-in-how-not-to-localize/ more problems]] that go beyond simple {{Dub Name Change}}s.