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I am one of many who loves video games. My favorites are divided into a few categories. The first one is RPGs, or role-playing games. A few examples are the Tales series from Namco, and La Pucelle Tactics. The second is Dance Dance Revolution (DDR), a dancing game where you have a dance mat (or a normal controller, if you must), and you step on the directional arrows at certain points on the screen. The third is basically the 'misc' or 'other' category, which can be easily renamed as the 'anime games, etc' category. The games based on anime are ones that I get only if the game itself looks good, or if I'm just that obsessed with the anime. Other games in this category are the Sonic games, Sly Cooper games, and..just anything else.
Yes, so the first game on my list is one of my first and still favorite RPGs: one of Namco's many masterpieces, Tales of Symphonia. When I played this game, it was as though someone had stolen my daydreams and transformed them into a game. The elemental...elements of the game was something my imagination was huge on at the time; mind you, it still is now, but it was all the rage in my own little world back then. The story is about the journey of a boy named Lloyd Irving, who with Genis, a half-elf boy and his close frined, after some difficulties, travels with his other close friend Colette, the Chosen of Regeneration, as she releases elemental seals to regenerate the dying world of Sylvarant. The appearance of Sheena, an assassin to Colette who every so often drops hints that she is not of Sylvarant, however, begins to twist the plot along its surprising course, bringing betrayals by trusted allies, alliances by those thought enemies, and new goals to Lloyd and his friends. It's an excellent game on the GameCube version; the PlayStation2 version sports some extra features, but as far as my knowledge reaches, that is about the only difference.
Here we have two fanarts of Symphonia characters at the beach.
Left: Kratos eating a watermelon. In the background, Lloyd seems to be having a blast burying Genis in the sand...
Right: Colette helps Presea put sun lotion on. Note the pissed off Sheena kicking Zelos into next week--he was undoubtedly peeping...again...
Random icons of Zelos, Colette, and Presea...or, as I named them for no apparent reason, Zelos the Pervert, Colette the Chipper, and Presea the Distant. Just randomly named them. Just now. For no reason. -shrug-
Here we have (on the left) the artificial Summon Spirit Corinne, who, despite the name, is implied to be male. I'll not touch upon Corinne for fear of the spoilers of doom. On the right is Corinne's summoner, the super-awesome kunoichi Sheena Fujibayashi *waves flag and dances happily*. She's my favorite character *ninja freak on the loose--RUN*
Above: art of some of the summon spirits (Aska, Volt, Gnome, Sylph, Undine, Shadow Efreet--missing Celsius, Luna, Maxwell, and Origin)
This is Senel Coolidge, the main main character in Tales of Legendia. I enjoy this picture for some reason, mostly because it screams the following things:
"Argh! My hair is so emo!"
"Argh! I'm emo!"
"Damn! I forgot to hide my thong underneath my socks again!"
And so on and so forth. I don't know why I like making such ruthless emo fun of him. I just do.
(I mean this one) -->
This is Moses Sandor. Although a bandit, he has at least a semblance of an honor code. He's got a strong sense of family, feeling a strong bond with those he knows (namely, the other main characters and his fellow bandits). He and Jay have an...interesting relationship, Jay considering Moses stupid for (among other reasons) botching a rescue mission at the Waterways. Because of Jay's consistent snide remarks and Moses' intolerance of said remarks, they often clash.
An interesting note is the resemblance--in both appearance and personality--between Moses and the character Mugen form Samurai Champloo. The designer was the same person, which may account for these similarities (i.e. both have a rugged appearance, both love a good fight, both aren't the brightest bulbs in the box--and neither get along too well with the significantly brighter bulbs, although this is worse between Mugen and Jin than Moses and Jay). In Japanese, an absolutely amazing similarity is that both characters even have the same voice actor! It's as though Moses and Mugen are long lost twins.
Jay [the Unseen] is my favorite character. Unsurprsingly, he is also a ninja. Not-quite-tall, cynical, and brilliant, Jay is more or less the antithesis of Moses (hence the clashing and the fighting and the...). As seen on the left side of the picture, his fighting style is rather break-dance inspired--curiously, similar to the style of Mugen of Samurai Champloo.
Also in terms of Samurai Champloo, Jay has a slight resemblance to Jin, although a stronger sense of resemblance can be seen with the ToL character of Will Raynard (not shown). However, personality wise, Jin is often portrayed as being quiet and thoughtful, and a tendency to clash with Mugen--much like Jay's personality.
The heroine of the story, Shirley is quiet, polite, and portrayed as deceptively weak during the first half of the game, during which the objective is, in a nutshell, to rescue her from various kidnappers and bad guys, who want to use her power to fuel their own desires. As cliche as it sounds--and it is, and as cliche as Shirley's personality can be, she still can pull off being a likeable character, having her own nuances and unique personality past the cliche-drowned main quest. Although there are many Shirley bashers out there (most of which make up the most outlandish reasons, which are usually even disproved by canon), there are few reasons to hate this kind girl, despite, perhaps, being the victim of too many cliches.
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