Life Bottle Productions has released two new English translation patches for Tales series fans. The first of these is for Tales of Phantasia: Full Voice Edition. Full Voice Edition was the earlier PlayStation Portable 2006 release of Tales of Phantasia without the updated battle system and new character introduced in the 2010 Cross Edition.
Like the previously released Tales of Phantasia: Cross Edition patch, the FVE patch introduces QoL improvements including the following:
- Added a skit prompt on the world map
- Added a new Red Lantern location in the Aifread quest
- Restored the original ending credits song
- Removed the Dark element from Suzu’s Chizakura weapon
- Made the stealth section of Alvanista Castle less punishing
- Added a toggle for turning Battle Subs on/off
- Added a toggle for turning enhanced Holy Bottles on/off (enhanced bottles stop encounters fully for their duration, as in modern games)
- Monster Book is now alphabetically sorted and starts at the first entry
- Added all Dhaos forms to the Monster Book
- The Sorcerer’s Ring doesn’t need to be equipped to be able to shoot fire
- Curio’s Mirror and Scout Orb now carry over in New Game+ if you select the option to carry over items
- Restored Rhea’s Super Deformed sprite from ToP GBA
- Monster Book sprites now use the actual enemy graphics
- Ishrantu’s Monster Book entry now correctly lists the elemental weakness as Earth
- One censored skit about drinking is now restored
- Fixed coords for two hotspots which were misplaced in the original game (bookshelves in the back of the item shop in the Elven Settlement and Arche’s crying animation during a cutscene)
- Fixed HP/TP restore on level-up not taking accessories into account
- Added a Technical Ring to the starting equipment
A patch without the improvements listed above is also available. You can download the translation patch HERE.
The next patch is for Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave Innocence R Demo. The demo translation is considered the “first big step in translating the whole game.” It includes a scenario that is exclusive to the demo. The demo released on the same date Tales of Innocence R launched and was made to cross promote both Innocence R and Twin Brave. Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave launched the following month. The demo translation patch translates all of the text in the demo and provides subtitles for the promo video.
You can download the patch HERE and areach the online patcher HERE.
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