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[cuddlefish]

Tales channel finally has some updates. A new game, that's good. Another Tales of Phantasia port---can't you guys just make it into a 3D game or something? Also, the popularity contest!

In this year's little picture, there is no representation for Tales of Phantasia, and Tales of Destiny is represented by Leon Magnus---and nobody else. Not even Stahn! Leon is officially both the hidden heroine and the real hero ._.

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[selphish.livejournal.com]

Another Phantasia port? I already own the PSP one! What system is this port for?

Leon is all over everything these days.

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

MOBILE PHONES. Naturally you can only have it if you have a mobile phone in Japan, though it doesn't bother me much since I'VE PLAYED IT A MILLION BILLION TIMES. :/

[boogietiere.livejournal.com]

(Oh is it Leon tiem again? It has become kind of custom that I break even the longest stint of radio silence at even the most insignificant mention of his name, and I find that I can't stop myself this time either).

I clicked the site to see what little picture of Leon you meant, but I couldn't spot it(!?). Then I went on to visit the ToD page to see if it was perhaps over there, but all I came across from here on were Leon and Stahn logos that oddly enough seem to evoke imagery of shounen ai manga covers.

Even more oddly I want to play some Tales games again now..
(On a side note: I won't, probably, I planned to postpone this until my Japanology bachelor course has kicked off in september so playing J-rpg's and fantasizing about smut will actually serve the bigger purpose of complementing my studies.)

That aside, when the hell did Leon become the main protagonist of ToD? Wasn't he just a party member with a suspicious affinity for Japanese mushrooms?

Oh and, I wouldn't mind any Tales game remade in IMAX 3d btw. If the sprites are hot detailed enough that is ;(

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

Bbbf. Leon is the HIDDEN hero, because of spoilery events I am suddenly not sure you are familiar with? >3> He's tragic! He's beautiful! He has endless subtext with the sunny hero! He wins character popularity contests while the real hero and heroine get ignored! SOME DAY I WILL GIVE THAT LITTLE SQUIRT DIABETES WITH A PUDDING SUNDAE.

Aaahhhh, not fair. You get to do fun stuff for school!!! Do something depressing like studying housewives once in a while, would you? Or the current state of alcoholic salarymen.

I recommend Tales of Vesperia for hot HD 3D characters. I can actually SEE that Yuri is pretty, I don't have to guess like in certain other games. Really, whatever I can imagine for an ideal is quite close now. I look forward to more high-budget next-gen Tales, though I suppose with the economy the way it is it might be a while >3>

[boogietiere.livejournal.com]

Uh.. yea, caught me, I've never truly studied the phenomenon of Leon actually! He's just this character I mostly keep forgetting about, until he pops up somewhere and I notice he makes me happy each time he does. But everytime Leon still suffers from the same problem as pretty 3D Yuri, in that I'm both postponing their games until I'm more adequate at Japanese. Um at least the crappy state of the economy gives me lot's of time to catch up I guess.

Oh, don't envy. There is of course little as depressing as the lives of the majority of Japanese, and I'm sure my teachers will appreciate that I do a good share of research and writing papers on their sad, non-adventurous lives instead of playing dreamy videogames with endless subtext (besides, I seem to suffer from daily anhedonic intervals that can turn any activity into an endless bore ORZ). See, I already have reasons for complaints about this course, so it's just like any regular education!

[boogietiere.livejournal.com]

Whops, I realized that perhaps sounded whinier than I am (at least most of the time). I mean, it's still pretty cool being able to classify playing j-rpgs as studying of course! Especially if that means finally being able to explore all facets of Leon so I can at last love him for all he's worth.. and then haremize him like all the other pretty men he has to share my affection with.

Also, admittedly the sinister aspects of Japanese culture (Suicides! Hikikomori! Pedophilia! Creepy peppy idols!) fascinate me just as much, while they must seem depressing enough to score points with teachers.

[xephyris.livejournal.com]

What they really need to do (and what they actually really want to do with all these remakes, I'm sure) is make a Tales of Phantasia: the adventures of Arche and her merry men.

It'd feature Arche going around and doing stuff. And being herself. All game long.

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

WE LIKE ARCHE, HUH. Yeah, I'm tired of hearing about Cless. I want to see Arche's tragic gaiden past made into part of a game. And then in the main game, Cless would fall for Arche, and Klarth would stop being a jerk about Arche's magic, and Mint would be all, "you're way better at cooking than I am!" and Arche would totally beat up Chester >3>

[narugami.livejournal.com]

And then Arche would wake up and Chester would tell her she's been talking in her sleep and give her a really odd look.

[xephyris.livejournal.com]

Arche would totally beat up Chester >3>


THIS. NOW.