Talk:Tales of the Abyss

I thought there was no monster book in TotA

Is it true that the game doesn't have a Monster book option? If so, then why exactly is there a blank Monster Book page for Abyss? I also believe the game has a Collector's Book option, but there's no blank page for that.

Just trying to point something out.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by MabiEditor (talk).

We are not trying to follow in-game conventions on this sort of thing. The "monster book" is all enemy information that is available by any published resource that exists, which includes enemy information gained through using a Magic Lens. It does not matter if there is a monster book or not. Even if there is a monster book, we will always add more than the monster books in some games would provide, such as the bosses or special monsters, or all stats on Normal difficulty.

As for the "collector's book", you do realize that none of our navboxes include that as an option, yes? That content is separated on all navboxes as "tools" (consumables like apple gummies), "materials", "food", "valuables", and any other subcategory that is specific to any particular game. The books themselves will only be recognized as "valuables" and listed accordingly, but their content is not what this wiki is for. This wiki will display all data that exists for a game, whether it is in these books or not - and it's usually not.

I'm moving this discussion to a place where it is more relevant. Don't attach talk pages to articles which do not exist, so others can actually -find- these conversations.

Byakuren Hijiri (talk) 21:52, January 27, 2012 (UTC)

Anime Concept Artwork

Just dumping a link for some rarely viewed concept art by Sunrise for the Abyss anime.

http://www.tv-toa.jp/character/index.html

Remember to cite and describe each image appropriately. Also, as a reminder, any official art or whatnot should come directly from as close to a primary source as possible, meaning the official websites themselves if possible, if not the artbooks or published print materials that have the full images. And they should be verified as such through citation. This particular link is the official anime website, for instance. Don't forget to watch out for duplicate images too. If they exist, the older files should be replaced by uploading to the existing file name unless the older version is a higher quality image, provided that a source is given.

Byakuren Hijiri (talk) 22:17, February 13, 2013 (UTC)

Tenth Anniversary Title?

Isn't this the Tenth Anniversary title? It was released exactly ten years after Tales of Phantasia.—Kaimi (999,999 CP/5 TP) ∙ 20:04, August 26, 2015 (UTC)

Yes, there's a 10th anniversary logo thing on the JP cover if you didn't already notice it.

Shizune Hakamichi (talk) 22:01, August 26, 2015 (UTC)

Ah, sorry! I didn't notice that. *gulps* —Kaimi (999,999 CP/5 TP) ∙ 20:16, August 27, 2015 (UTC)

Unused material

Interesting stuff.

Arosia (talk) 18:45, January 9, 2016 (UTC)

Official art

Can't use because they're watermarked by the person who scanned and cropped them, but this is a neat gallery of official art from the 3DS perfect guide.

Arosia (talk) 01:31, December 3, 2016 (UTC)

Permission granted!

Arosia (talk) 07:01, May 8, 2017 (UTC)

Recipes

Hi. I wanted to ask for permission to post the list of recipes in Tales of the Abyss in the talk page so you can create a table for it.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Swordsmanoftime3001‎ (talk).

Make sure you type ~~~~ at the end of every message you post.

NDS123 (talk) 02:49, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

While you should indeed sign your posts on talk pages, it is perfectly safe to disregard the preceding user. He is just trying to pad his edit count with countless pointless comments on every talk page he thinks he needs to contribute to, despite having absolutely nothing to offer regarding your actual statement. Four separate users have already decried his harassment via talk pages by now over the course of five months, though it took quite a bit longer for certain others to explicitly say so. Leniency should have its limitations.

Concerning the list of recipes, a simple link to an existing online source will suffice, since creating these tables takes a bit more involvement and effort than you might expect, and it might not be a very high priority effort at that. There is no need for infodumps on the talk pages if it can be avoided. And, more than likely, the info can likely be found on one of the several guides on GameFAQs or similar sites, particularly Japanese language sources, so there is again no need to xerox that information verbatim here. I can appreciate your eagerness to contribute, but there are already hanging priorities for the active staff to manage on this site as it is, especially with the above problem user's deliberate actions with blatantly deliberate mistakes, which diverts time and effort away from other intended actions, solely to monitor and address the problems being caused by that user on a daily basis.

Double-Hitting Mamako~ (talk) 04:22, 23 February 2021 (UTC)