Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3

Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 is the fourteenth installment of the Tales series, and was released by Namco on January 6th, 2005 for the Game Boy Advance. It featured the Linear Motion Battle System at its most basic. The game was only released in Japan.

The Name
In Japanese, the word "Narikiri" is the act by which something becomes something else entirely. This is a reference to Frio and Kyaro's costumes and how they allow the two characters to transform into the people they dress up as. "Dungeon" refers the dungeons in which the player must explore.

The Story
The two protagonists from this game are Frio Sven and Kyaro who live in Minakuru Town. On this game, the tales games existed like legends that happened in the past, and both Frio and Kyaro know them well. One day when Frio read one of the legends, it ends with the destruction of the world, which is strange because every other legend has a happy end. On the following day, the time machine called "Dream" is stolen by two thieves called Ponnie and Clyte. After that, another time machine appeared and Dr.White, who is the Dr.Brown from 100 days in the future, came out. With the new time machine, Frio, Kyaro, and some of the Tales heroes travel together through the past to stop the thieves from causing problems on the legends time periods.

The Battle System
Unlike most of the Tales RPGs, this battle system contains turn-based strategy elements and the player controls more than one group of characters at the same time. The battlefield is divided up into squares and the fights play out simmilarly to a game of chess, with characters only allowed to move a certain amount of squares per day.

The Linear Motion Battle System is still used however and when the character steps onto a square inhabited by an enemy, a real-time battle will ensue.

After a battle is successfully finished, the player gains a reward in terms of money, experience points, and sometimes, items. The reward is dependent on how high the highest combo achieved during battle, and how long a battle takes.

The Costume System
In this game, both protagonists can dress up into several job costumes, as well as costumes from every main character of Tales of Phantasia, Tales of Destiny, Tales of Eternia, Tales of Destiny 2 and Tales of Symphonia and from the both Namco games The Tower of Druaga and Xenosaga. By using the costumes, Frio and Kyaro acquire the attributes and techniques of these characters.

Narikiri Dungeon

 * Frio
 * Kyaro
 * Clyte
 * Ponnie
 * Thanatos

Tales of Phantasia

 * Cress Albane
 * Mint Adenade
 * Claus F. Lester
 * Arche Klein
 * Chester Burklight
 * Suzu Fujibayashi
 * Dhaos
 * Ami

Tales of Destiny

 * Stahn Aileron
 * Rutee Katrea
 * Leon Magnus
 * Philia Felice
 * Garr Kelvin
 * Mary Argent
 * Chelsea Torn
 * Bruiser Khang
 * Karyl Sheeden
 * Lilith Aileron

Tales of Eternia

 * Reid Hershel
 * Farah Oersted
 * Keele Zeibel
 * Meredy
 * Rassius Luine
 * Chat
 * Max
 * Shizel

Tales of Destiny 2

 * Kyle Dunamis
 * Reala
 * Loni Dunamis
 * Judas
 * Nanaly Fletch
 * Harold Belserius
 * Elraine
 * Barbatos Goetia

Tales of Symphonia

 * Lloyd Irving
 * Genis Sage
 * Colette Brunel
 * Kratos Aurion
 * Raine Sage
 * Sheena Fujibayashi
 * Zelos Wilder
 * Presea Combatir
 * Regal Bryant
 * Mithos Yggdrasill

Characters from other Namco games

 * Gil
 * Ki
 * Druaga
 * KOS-MOS
 * Mr Driller

Miscellaneous characters

 * Wadadon and Wadakatsu
 * Celsius
 * Valkyrie

List of Job Costumes and Costumes from other Playable Characters
Job Costumes:
 * Archer
 * Cleric
 * Dancer
 * Doctor
 * Driller
 * Fighter
 * Idler
 * Katz
 * Magician
 * Merchant
 * Model
 * Musician
 * Narikiri (default costume)
 * Ninja
 * Nurse
 * Scholar
 * Swordsman
 * Thief
 * Witch
 * Wizard
 * Wonder Chef

Trivia

 * Due to the fact it contains characters from all of Namco's Tales of series, Namco of Japan has repeatedly denied there being any chance of an English release for any Narikiri Dungeon games. Despite this, Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology was released on July 17th, 2007 in North America, and even in Europe on September 7, 2007.
 * The main characters from Tales of Rebirth are not available as playable characters, but both Veigue Lungberg and Claire Bennett appear for a single time as NPCs in Minakuru Town.
 * Every main villain from the main Tales games (Dhaos, Shizel, Elraine, Barbatos Goetia, Mithos Yggdrasill) are included, expect Kronos from Tales of Destiny.