I just reliased that this game is no longer being translated, so thought I'd suggest it see if anyones interested
Game name
(Tales of the Tempest)
Release date
(October 26, 2006)
Game info
Tales of the Tempest (???? ?? ? ?????,) is a console role-playing game in the Tales series developed by Dimps and Namco Tales Studio's sound staff for the Nintendo DS. Throughout the history of the continent of Areura, a race of beast-people called the Lycanth dominated. The Lycanth came to build a sophisticated civilization and an orderly society. They developed their own unique physique, with high physical strength and a strong spirit. However, technology appeared for which the civilization was not ready. A large number of Lycanth were slaughtered by this forbidden technology. While mass-slaughter had not been the intent, it nevertheless caused the nation to descend into civil war, in a conflict eventually called the "Beast War". With the Lycanth having lost the greater bulk of their population, the leaders transferred the right to rule the continent to the Humans (hito), which was then a small and weak race. As disorder continued to plague the diminishing Lycanth population, the Humans reconstructed the nation and returned the land to prosperity.
The Humans came to think of the Lycanth as the "race which ruined the world", and made their intent to mass-exterminate the Lycanth known. While Lycanth are normally Human-like, the Humans came to believe that the Lycanth were dangerous in their beast-forms due to their lack of ability to think. Under the order of the king, the church began to exterminate the Lycanth under acts of heresy. The knights were armed in preparation for any invasions or uprising by foreign nations and the Lycanth alike. A Lycanth extermination movement, called the "Lycanth Hunt", was launched and encouraged the population to turn in Lycanth for rewards.
One day, an injured knight arrived at a village. Areura's disturbances and conflicts now became the focus of Caius's attention...
Tales of the Tempest utilizes the "3-on-3 Linear Motion Battle System" (3on3-LMBS). "3-on-3" refers to the fact that this is a 3D battle system based on Tales of Rebirth's "3 Line LMBS". [2] Like the "3 Line" system, 3on3-LMBS places combatants on a battlefield with 3 linear planes. Players can move between these three planes at will, and unlike in the "3 Line" system, they can attack enemies on other planes by adjusting their position.
The game also features the "beastman transformation" system, where Lycanth characters are able to morph into their beast form during battle, which increases their strength and attack power.[3] Like other Tales games, cooking is featured, as well as "camp skits", which allows the player to learn more about the personalities of the characters.
A multiplayer mode is present to take advantage of the DS's wireless capabilities. The mode is enabled by an item found in one of the dungeons of the game, "Eleusis's Key". Different players can journey through the same game world using their own characters, and combat can be initiated when they come into contact. While items and gald earned in the multiplayer mode can be carried over to the single-player mode, any experience gained will not
The game will more than likely never appear in the Western world, as the Tales handhelds [Innocnece and Hearts]{other than Tales of Phantasia for GBA} have never seen a western release)
Screenshots
Here's a link to the vid on
Tales of the Tempest
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(Only that Namco are crazy for not releasing all of the tales series games that they can to the EU and the other western countries)