Talk:Tale Phantasia

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Due to the little amount that is available about the original intent of Tale Phantasia, only general things about the story can be said. Any particular events and situations are best told on articles dedicated to the media which expands the story of Phantasia, particularly NariDan and the Drama CDs, KataReki, and of course Phantasia itself. Anything else that occurs in the Phantasiaverse which is not part of this trifecta is already "expanded universe" territory (ie. SamoRine, Symphonia, DotNW), becoming content that Namdai added to the timeline for the sake of solidifying their claim to the story's rights and prevent any properly envisioned remake from ever coming to fruition, whether by tri-Ace or by Namdai/NTS itself. And at this point, many of the original ideas have already been retconned, most especially thanks to Narikiri Dungeon X.

The most notable part of the Tale Phantasia topic is actually the conflict which resulted in the split of Wolfteam, in which many members of the Hiouden and Tales of Phantasia staff quit and departed because of Namco's maltreatment of their intellecutal property rights. It's part of the reason that Motoi Sakuraba is now a freelancer musician, and why Star Ocean SFC runs on the exact same game engine that Phantasia SFC uses. I should probably go into more detail about this whole controversy as a means of adding more substance to the page, but this is enough as it is. It's worthwhile to point out exactly how much has changed from conception to release, since the information exists courtesy of Inagaki's blog. And since it is already defunct and only accessible through internet archives, the info should be posted elsewhere so it is not lost and forgotten, as there is so little info about the topic in English in the first place... some of it already posted by me on various sites.

Byakuren Hijiri (talk) 07:08, August 2, 2012 (UTC)