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Tractor Beam as it appears in Tales of Destiny (PSX).
Tractor Beam (トラクタービーム Torakutaabiimu?) is a classic spell in the Tales series and one of the few offensive spells almost consistently of no element.
Arte Description and History
Throughout most of its appearances, Tractor Beam lifts the enemy into the air before dropping them down. In some games, such as Tales of Phantasia, flying enemies are immune to this by default. Arche Klein is immune to it as well, due to her flying on her broom in battle. There is also the "Stone" item that makes the user immune to the spell.
In Tales of Eternia, the spell is used by Maxwell and is uniquely implemented as a glyph moving across the battlefield, which will automatically cast Tractor Beam on the party member standing over it. In Tales of Legendia, Tractor Beam works slightly differently; instead of slowly lifting the target, the beam uses a strong jolt of gravity to vault the target upward into the air. The area of effect is quite narrow with this version. In Tales of Vesperia, Rita Mordio's version of the spell causes damage to the target area while the enemies are being lifted by the beam before dropping them down for a final hit.
Appearances
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Tractor Beam as it appears in Tales of Vesperia.
Original Titles
- Tales of Phantasia (SFC) - Arche Klein, Jahmir
- Tales of Phantasia (PSX / iOS) + Full Voice Edition - Arche Klein (Tractor Beam)
- Tales of Phantasia (GBA) + Mobile - Arche Klein (Tractor Beam); Jahmir
- Tales of Phantasia: Cross Edition - Arche Klein, Rondoline E. Effenberg
- Tales of Destiny (PSX) - Swordian Clemente, "Revitalize" Aura Disc (Tractor Beam)
- Tales of Destiny (PS2) + Director's Cut - Philia Felice, Ilene
- Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X - Sage costume, Witch costume, Arche Klein, Rondoline E. Effenberg, Maxwell, Big Eye, Ifu Izanau Hitomi, Genso wo Suberu Rouou
- Tales of Eternia - Maxwell (Tractor Beam)
- Tales of Legendia - Shirley Fennes, Norma Beatty, Solon, Dark Shirley, Dark Vaclav (Tractor Beam)
- Tales of Vesperia - Rita Mordio, Time Traveller (Tractor Beam)
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Tractor Beam as it appears in Tales of Crestoria.
Crossover Titles
- Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 - Iron Fist costume, Bishop costume, Ninja Lord costume, Wizard Lord costume, Witch Lord costume, Dancing Princess costume, Physicist costume, Philia Felice, Milard
- Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 - Scholar costume, Philia Felice
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology - Arche Klein (Tractor Beam)
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 - Arche Klein, Philia Felice
- Tales of VS. - Arche Klein, Philia Felice, Rita Mordio
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 - Arche Klein, Philia Felice, Norma Beatty, Shirley Fennes, Rita Mordio
- Tales of Link - Rita (Tractor Beam)
- Tales of Asteria - Laville Clemente
- Tales of the Rays - Arche Klein (Tractor Beam), Rondoline E. Effenberg, Philia Felice, Shirley Fennes
- Tales of Crestoria - Arche Klein (Tractor Beam)
Other Titles
Fan-Translated Names
- Tales of Phantasia (SFC) (DeJap Translations): Tractor Beam
- Tales of Phantasia (PSX) (Absolute Zero): Tractor Beam
- Tales of Phantasia (GBA) (Kajitani-Eizan): Tractor Beam
- Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 (Kajitani-Eizan): Tractor Beam
- Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 (Kajitani-Eizan): Tractor Beam
In-Game Descriptions and Battle Quotes
Tales of Phantasia (SFC)
Japanese Description: 無属性攻撃呪文お一つ。地上の敵を空へ持ち上げ、落下させる
Romanized Description: Muzoku kougeki jumon no hitotsu. Chijou no teki wo sora e mochi age, rakka saseru
Translated Description (DeJap Translations): "Lifts the enemies off the floor and drops them."[1]
Tales of Destiny (PSX)
Localized Description: "Lifts enemies off the ground and drops them down on the ground."[2]
Tales of Phantasia (GBA)
Japanese Description: 無属性攻撃呪文お一つ 地上の敵を持ち上げ落下させる
Romanized Description: Muzoku kougeki jumon no hitotsu. Chijou no teki wo mochi age rakka saseru
Localized Description: "A non-elemental attack spell that lifts enemies off the ground and then drops them back down."[3]
Tales of Legendia
Localized Description: "High: Launch an enemy into the air and drop it down."[4]
User: Shirley Fennes
Localized Quote: "Foul sinner who has lost sight of the bounds of the waters and the heavens, I shall meet out the punishment for thy transgressions! Begone... Tractor Beam!"[4]
User: Norma Beatty
Localized Quote: "You who would break your bonds to fly free across the heavens, stretch your false pinions and learn the blessings of the earth! Tractor Beam!"[4]
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology
Localized Description: "Magic: Send an enemy flying with a non-elemental spell."
Tales of Vesperia
Localized Quote: "Spread thy alluring snare and deliver my enemies unto me! Tractor Beam!"[5]
Tales of the Rays
Localized Description: "An arte that damages foes by launching them up and knocking them down."
References
- ↑ Tales of Phantasia (SNES) FAQ/Walkthrough Part 2/2 by JPuga GameFAQs (2001-07-15) Retrieved on 2009-07-01.
- ↑ Tales of Destiny (PS) FAQ/Walkthrough by CMoriarty / Psycho Penguin GameFAQs (2002) Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ↑ Tales of Phantasia (GBA) FAQ/Walkthrough by sonicfreak77 GameFAQs (2007) Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Tales of Legendia (PS2) Eres Guide by AncientNova GameFAQs (2006) Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ↑ Tales of Vesperia (X360) Battle Quote FAC by TianXia7541 [1] (2008-12-15) Retrieved on 2009-04-25.