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The Tales series is a franchise of role-playing games (RPGs) published by Namco (currently Namco Bandai). Since its creation in 1995, it has been most popular in Japan, but has recently been gaining popularity in North America and Europe. The Tales world continues to grow, and the number of games in the series has nearly doubled in just the past three years. As the series expands, more and more games are being localized, and Tales is becoming an international favorite of gamers everywhere.

Aselia is a comprehensive encyclopedia that covers the games, characters, locations, storylines, and other relevant material to the series.

This wiki currently has Special:Statistics articles.

History
Tales of Phantasia, the first Tales game, was developed in 1994 by Wolfteam, a division of Telenet Japan, and published by Namco. After the game's release in 1995, the majority of those at Telenet who were involved in its creation left and formed their own company, tri-Ace, which went on to produce games such as Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile.

Up until 2002, Tales games continued to be developed by Telenet and published by Namco. Then, shortly after the release of Tales of Destiny 2, the two companies formed a joint venture, Namco Tales Studio, which is dedicated entirely to creating Tales games. The staff behind the Tales games have undergone several changes through the years, and the only members who date back to Phantasia are director Eiji Kikuchi, and music composers Motoi Sakuraba and Shinji Tamura.

Battle System
The Tales series possesses a fast-paced real-time battle system that is unusual for Japanese RPGs. Similar to that of a fighting game, the "Linear Motion Battle System" requires the player to attack the enemy manually, stringing together combos and launching powerful attacks. RPG elements are still incorporated however and so Hit Points and magic play a major role in fights as well.

For a full guide to the Linear Motion battle system, click here.

Anime Footage
Ever since Tales of Phantasia on the SNES, most Tales games have featured an opening song from various Japanese pop artists and bands. In Tales of Destiny, a song was coupled with an Japanese animated (anime) opening sequence from the studio Production I.G., and proved to be well-received by fans. Because of this, most new main games in the series include animated opening sequences and theme songs, along with anime footage during game play.

For a guide to the openings, click here.

Skits
Ever since the original Playstation version of Tales of Destiny, the series has featured short conversations between the characters that are occur through either automatically or by when prompted by the player. These conversations can range from pointless banter to hints as to where to go and sometimes even result in certain characters receiving titles or items.

For a short guide to skits, click here.