Tales of Symphonia: The Animation

[mirkosp]

to anyone whose played the game: I've beat it three times and I still can't think of what they named that dang tree!

I played the sequel too, and the name isn't revealed for plot reasons. They just never actually thought out of a name.

Also, seems like the tethe'alla sequel will be only 2 episodes... I wat'd.

[TEKnician]

I've beat it three times and I still can't think of what they named that dang tree!

Uh, dude, they named it Symphonia. Look at the other Tales games, Tales of Vesperia was about Yuri and his guild called Vesperia. The tales games always name the game after something of major importance. That is the only explanation I have, and it seems to work. Plus, Dawn of the New World was a spinoff and had very little relation to the previous game. Even the creators said so. Most of the side quests and secret skits were about the old game, but remember, side quests aren't supposed to have any relevance to the overall story of the game because the designers didn't think that everyone would find them.

Oh, crap, I'm just rambling on, aren't I? Sorry, my point is that they did name the tree. Just think of why they named it Symphonia.

[Haeresis]

I've beat it three times and I still can't think of what they named that dang tree!

Uh, dude, they named it Symphonia. Look at the other Tales games, Tales of Vesperia was about Yuri and his guild called Vesperia. The tales games always name the game after something of major importance. That is the only explanation I have, and it seems to work.

Correction! The tree was named Yggdrasil. Tales of Symphonia and Tales of Phantasia are set in the same world except that ToS is set 4000 years before Tales of Phantasia and the name of the World Tree in ToP is Yggdrasil. Also your explanation doesn't apply to all of the Tales games, since there's nothing in Tales of Eternia named "Eternia" and there's nothing in Tales of the Abyss named "The Abyss" and the same thing applies to many of the other Tales games.

Plus, Dawn of the New World was a spinoff and had very little relation to the previous game. Even the creators said so. Most of the side quests and secret skits were about the old game, but remember, side quests aren't supposed to have any relevance to the overall story of the game because the designers didn't think that everyone would find them.

Oh, crap, I'm just rambling on, aren't I? Sorry, my point is that they did name the tree. Just think of why they named it Symphonia.

Dawn of the New World is a sequel, not a spin-off...very big difference between the two. Also a lot of side quests in the Tales games have relevance to the plot. Look at Tales of the Abyss, the super boss of the game is Nebilim. After you beat her, you learn more about Jade and his past. Also I forget the exact reason for naming it Tales of Symphonia but it has something to do with music...I just don't remember the exact reason.

Now enough of my rambling on.

Only 2 episodes for the Tethe'alla? WHAT?! Best be trolling.

[mirkosp]

Well, we'll get the second DVD with the 2nd ep in may, and no other DVDs seem announced atm. Perhaps they'll just announce them, as 4 eps seems to make more sense, honestly.
Also for the tree name, I seem to remember some subquest in Dawn of the New World about it, but all I can remember is it just being called the "World Tree." Although, Yggdrasill apparently means world tree, so yeah...

[TEKnician]

I have an idea:

Lets come up with a cool name for it and spread it across the internet. I vote for Amenominakanushinokami