Pumpkin's Tales Marathon

Yay, congrats! :D

So did much things today, went to Sharilton, and still wish Driselle was playable. Sadly, she is not :<

Recruited
http://i.imgur.com/SU5lf9b.jpgRowan the old butler who is skilled at using artes.

Since I'm playing Jude this time, I got to see his part of this branching storyline. I think I like Milla's part of this better, but I think Jude's was simpler since you don't have all of those blocked paths. Or as many, I guess. (SPOILER)I'd forgotten about Milla's broken legs, it was an interesting section.

Also got
http://i.imgur.com/dioAWOb.jpgLeia, Jude's childhood friend. And that makes all of the main characters! I was super excite to get her because I enjoy using her the most in battle. Her outfit is also very adorable, but I like her idolmaster one too. Especially the hair.

(SPOILER)Did lose the other characters for this section though, which I'd also forgotten about. Excited to get everyone back together soon!

So uhh wrench in my plans, sharky remembered that we still have his work Xbox 360 that we borrowd for a "few weeks" about a year ago and he figured he should bring it back soon. So now I have to try and cram in Vesperia before he remembers to do so, all while studying for final exams, yaaaay

SO! Xillia on pause, Vesperia go!

Started the game, Yuri has long girl hair, battles. The world of Vesperia is absolutely gorgeous, and apparently muscle memory is good because I'm having much less trouble with the Xbox controller this time

So
http://i.imgur.com/7HdxLPF.pngYuri: Follows his own moral code, has a snarky attitude, troublemaker, secret heart of gold

The Aque Blastia was stolen, (SPOILER)Yuri ends up in jail and I get to see the scenes from a different perspective with Raven now

Estelle's first outfit is quite adorable, but I like her second one too because SO MUCH PINK :omgomg:

http://i.imgur.com/FZlzZa9.pngEstelle: Naive girl that Yuri meets in the castle

I love Estelle, she is just so precious. I'm thinking, when I finish my marathon, I'll rank the Tales characters in order of favourite to least favourite, and Estelle will be up there. I don't super enjoy using her in battle though.

So we leave the place and are joined by Repede

http://i.imgur.com/FkkVgZn.pngRepede: Pipe wielding 'dog' with a sassy attitude.

He has some swagger when he walks. Some of the battle endings have been super charming and I love Estelle's hi-five poke. Got to the place and the monsters and have to find another route. I believe Karol is coming in soon.

Hopefully I can get the hang of the battle system more this time around. Also going to Halure (?) the big tree place and it is GORGEOUS and I am PUMPED!

Also, excited to be playing a Tales game were I can get costumes WITHOUT having to pay money

Yaaay

http://i.imgur.com/FkkVgZn.png

A pipe-wielding dog? That is just the most awesome thing ever. All he needs now is a deerstalker cap and he's made.

So we went the other way and ran in to

http://i.imgur.com/CcLS0GE.pngCaptain Karol: A spunky kid who is part of a monster hunter guild.

Then we got to go to the beautiful town of Halure :omgomg:

http://i.imgur.com/ChxFLg0.jpg

The mayor is so nice, such a beautiful town. So of course we had to fix it and things and (SPOILER)Estelle used her big healing artes and Yuri obviously knows something is up. It's pretty well handled I think. Not too obvious, but obvious enough

So afterwards, we went to the mage city and found

http://i.imgur.com/AEAWg1h.pngRita: A genius mage and researcher with an attitude, who has a passion for fashion blastia.

Her boots. HER BOOTS

http://i.imgur.com/XlxeB1S.jpg

She is my main battle character until I get Judith, but I have Estelle as my lead on-screen lady. I did get the special flag today for that.

So uh then we went to the ruins, got the sorcerers ring, met some sketchy people. Headed back to Halure, saw the ocean, heading to the port!

Okay let's see, I went to the port and we finally caught up with

http://i.imgur.com/rffLLGK.pngFlynn: Knight dude who is BFF's with Yuri but a stickler for the rules

I like his last name. Scifo. SHHEEEEFOOOOO

And then we met Ragou, like the spaghetti sauce kind of, and (SPOILER)boyfriend was pointing out how comically evil it was that he's changing the weather so people can't pay their taxes and then feeding their kids to his basement full of monsters???

So then after more comically evilz stuff happened, we crossed over the ocean and then people were really bad at cooking. Some more things happened and we went more places and then I felt super bad for Karol when he was being verbally berated by Nan. I did actually feel really bad for him, it made me quite sad. More dragon freak. Rita hates a lot of people.

So then more things happened and I got a new totally not sketchy party member!

http://i.imgur.com/5Z5bObl.pngRaven: New, totally not sketchy party member who causes a lot of trouble

After all that, we returned to Guildsville and met some more people and did some attacking and saw some more Dragon Freak and then ended up in a special place AND

http://i.imgur.com/AjOwcTp.pngJudith: Lady who spoilery things and uses a spear and likes to show off her boobies

Despite my description, I actually really like Judith and I enjoy using her in battle, so she is my main lady! She left for now, but she'll be back. They always come back

I did many things yesterday but I can't remember them all! Learned new recipes, got a preview of the Enchanting Belle costume I want that I won't be able to get until much later. Estelle keeps pulling a bait-and-switch on the poor knights. Flynn got promoted. (SPOILER)Yuri showed off some vigilante justice I got my own ship, explored a little, and entered the coliseum.

Let's see, yesterday I did the coliseum portion and had an annoying boss fight. Then we went in to the cave, beat up a big monster, I completed a secret battle challenge (yay), made up more recipes, had my characters complain about trying to come up with new recipes, entered the sketchy desert town, broke some cacti, rescued the parents.

Discovered hidden village, ran in to Mr. Friendly (Duke), did some more things. A lot of story heavy things today so spoilers

(SPOILER)Yuri killed Cumore, it was quite a scene. Then Flynn got all fussy at him. Was a pretty good scene. Yuri's friends have been made aware of his vigilantism. Met the Duce, found out she's a talking monster. Learned about all of that stuff. Estelle feels bad about herself. Judith leaves, the Don kills himself, Leviathan's Claw is weird, Judith is gone and I'm stuck not using Judith (:/) then I go "rescue" Judith and Ba'ul who Pokevolves, NOW I CAN FLY! I also really enjoyed the scene after Don Whitehorse dies and Karol and Yuri talk. It was touching and felt very real. It was a good scene.

So I head back to Danghrest and do the waitressing mini-game for some OUTFITS!!! Ugh it was awful, even with my boyfriend helping me by writing things down. Raven's level was especially brutal.

BUT NEW OUTFITS YAAY

http://i.imgur.com/wxYMqlW.png
So Estelle's outfit is the one I really wanted. It's one of my favourites in the whole game. So adorable!

http://i.imgur.com/YoWR445.png
I also like Judith's

http://i.imgur.com/2yECSYS.png
Karol's lunch lady outfit is just precious!

http://i.imgur.com/lIBdUZ6.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/hLG7bmO.png
That leaves Raven and Rita's outfits. I don't particularly care about those, but I'll keep them on for a bit because funny. I'll have a theme going on

Did a lot of cooking and synthesizing, (SPOILER)went to see Pharaoh, learned more about Estelle and then went to the Krytian hometown Hurray!

Let's see, yesterday (SPOILER)Raven betrayed me and kidnapped Estelle and the I found out he's *GASP* a captain of the nights. Now I'm inside the big Heracles thing

Yesterday I finished up Heracles and then we had the big (SPOILER)crazy scene with Zagi and Flynn ramming Heracles and the massive explosion. Estelle was all like "kill me Yuri" and it was a long scene. Then we ended up at the port town and got told of the detour, so we went to icy place and (SPOILER)Karol was a (slow) badass and tried to take on that monster by himself. It was awful. But yay, he tried!

I keep forgetting to update this!

I FINALLY got (SPOILER)Estelle back. Those were some rough times. But yay! Now I am in Zaude, and I just finished killing Klaus from American Dad in human form

Rita's outfit with the cat ears is hilarious. xD

I really wish this game came out on the PS3 in the US. ; -;

Sorry I have been so busy guys. I actually started Tales of Phantasia on the GBA and will be picking Xillia up again soon. So far in Phantasia, it has been SUPER SHOCKING because you start in this village where everyone is all "We're super happy here, this is the best village ever, good thing we never have to ring our emergency bell hahaha~"

So you can imagine my shock when the village was destroyed. That never happens in games :/

Really though I haven't played enough to know my opinion yet. It does seem much harder so far