ToS Comparisons

Talking about FFX made me think of something else to talk about and yes I made a separate post for it in the name of journal spamming! =D Now I'm going to talk about Tales of Symphonia. Huh, been a while since I last played it. My current replay is around the Temple of Ice right now.

Tales of Symphonia was a lot like FFX in the beginning. o_o Seriously... I tried to tell myself it wasn't, but I gave up when it came to the Tower of Salvation.

Colette and her group of guardians set off from a little town named Iselia. Yuna and her group of guardians set off from a little town (well, technically, an island) named Besaid. Both girls are revered for different reasons (being the Chosen One, and a High Summoner's daughter)

Releasing the seals at different temples in Colette's case was fairly reminiscent of Yuna going to temples of the fayth, but at least we didn't have to fight big ugly monsters every time in FFX. Actually, it's more comparable to Sheena really, since she's the actual summoner and can get the summons at the temples.

But those are very, very small things, you know? The big thing was at the Tower of Salvation...

Okay, so you find out Yuna's actually going to die at some point during FFX and when you get to the place itself to obtain the final aeon, you end up fighting and killing Yunalesca.

You don't find out Colette's going to die until the Tower of Salvation, and end up fighting and killing Remiel after that. At least Remiel didn't transform into a scantily clad form with giant tentacles... *shudder*

And then Tales of Symphonia stops being FFX... but can't resist being Star Wars-ish at some point. >_> What do you mean Star Wars isn't the only instance of the bad guy being the hero's father?

As for which game I like better... that would be Tales of Symphonia. ^_^

Is Dawn of the New World EVER going to be released in Europe? Ugh... I'm getting tired of waiting. Want to play the game. T_T This time, it's like Pokémon *shot* Meh. Catching and raising monsters isn't the most original thing. =P

I want to play the game so bad ;_; Blah...

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I thought I'd talk about Gold and Silver. Neo-Kanto is really depressing. =/ I think Generation 2 was the best series of games yet, but I honestly hope if G/S are remade, then Neo-Kanto won't have so many depressing changes. Let's see...

Viridian Forest was cut down or something, I don't know. It's really shocking to go up from Viridian City, walk through a bunch of trees, then end up in Pewter City and realise you just went through Viridian Forest. I had that experience with Gold recently, having forgotten about it. D= Maybe they had a lack of space or something since Johto was added on and couldn't fit Viridian Forest in.

Which certainly seems to be the case with the Safari Zone. They were originally going to implement it, but I guess they gave up on that idea, so it was closed down instead. Too bad for people hoping to go through the Safari Zone again. At least G/S remakes could have the Safari Zone in them. If they ever happen...

The Pokémon Tower. It's just... it's really depressing. How twisted do you have to be to think "Hey, let's invade this tower where dead Pokémon are resting in peace, kick them out and turn the place into a radio tower for cheap entertainment!" It's just awful. Those poor Pokémon, getting kicked out for the sake of a lousy radio tower you don't even get to explore. I hope the dead Pokémon end up haunting those evil radio people for the rest of their lives, or even better, rise from the graves as insane zombie Pokémon and storm the radio tower, attacking every human being in their path... it would certainly serve them right, wouldn't it?

What's the deal with Red anyway? He became a hermit. Why did he become a hermit living in Mt. Silver? Didn't his mother also say she hadn't heard from him in forever? It seems like he never goes home anymore and spends all his time hanging around Mt. Silver. It's a little depressing to think about, huh?

I also felt kind of bad for Team Rocket since they were trying so hard to find Giovanni and they never do. Giovanni never even appears, though his son certainly does. Silver is cool. Anyway, Giovanni's a freaking pussy. "Oh no, an eleven year old kid beat me in my gym! Boo hoo! I'm disbanding Team Rocket and disappearing forever!" Grow a frigging backspine, sheesh. Where did he even go anyway?

And Cinnabar Island... oh man. Cinnabar Island. It's such a shame the volcano exploded and wiped out most of it.

Man, I really wasn't kidding when I said Neo-Kanto was depressing, was I? But I still want to see Gold and Silver remakes...