Trivia / Tales of Graces

• Acting for Two: Kate Higgins is one of, if not the only person (in either language) to play two party members in a single Tales game who are in no way meaningfully related. Though these two roles are seperated by a Time Skip.
• Actor Allusion: Veigue asks to find the sword Requiem, which looks like the 2P version of Siegfried's weapon. Both are voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama in Japanese.
  • Asbel has two allusions to his Japanese voice actor, Takahiro Sakurai in the re-release: a crossover DLC costume that alludes to Haseo and another that alludes to Suzaku Kururugi.
• Limited Special Collector's Ultimate Edition: The European Day One Edition came with some rather nice and shiny bonuses^note a DVD containing an interview with Hideo Baba, the OST, an artbook and a code for the Tales of Destiny costumes to make up for the late release.
• Marth Debuted in "Smash Bros.":
  • Veigue, Kohak (Amber), and Reala (Unless you count the Shout-Out in Tales of the Abyss) cameoed as bonus bosses in this game.
    • Hilariously enough, in America, the trophy for beating Veigue, Amber, and Reala is a reference to the fact that this is their first stateside appearance; it's titled "Who Were Those Guys, Again?"
  • Plenty of characters from the Tales Series whose games never got localized have appeared in the form of cartas; examples include characters from Tales of Destiny 2, Tales of Rebirth, Tales of Innocence, Tales of Hearts (this one would get a re-release in 2014), Tales of the Tempest, and even Patty was this at the time.
  • Given that the PS3 version of Tales of Vesperia wasn't released internationally until 2019 , some of its content ended up debuting in Graces ƒ first:
    • Sophie gets a Patty cameo costume (and not as a DLC outfit, it's unlockable within the game), as well as the battle theme that plays while using it (known as Lost Memories) that's used the Cursed Wanderer's/ Seifer's boss fight.
    • Buying Malik's Raven DLC costume also gets you Yeager's boss theme (known as Leviathan's Claw).
• No Export for You: The original game for the Wii never got localized, but strangely, the Updated Re-release for the PS3 came to both the US and Europe. Probably due to the Wii version shipping with a Game-Breaking Bug.
• Remade for the Export: The PS3 port was what got localized.
• Shout-Out: You can find an accesory for Sophie called the Moon Anklet, whose description notes "It would look great paired with a sailor-suit school uniform."
• Star-Making Role: For many Westerners this game was the first time that they heard Bryce Papenbrook and Cassandra Lee Morris in leading roles (though both voice actors did have extensive work beforehand). From this game onward it became more common to see both voice actors in leading anime and J-game roles.

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