Just to clarify for those of you who might somehow still be confused: the previous two posts were jokes. No, Tales of Hearts is not dropped, and you can switch between the Localized and Romanized naming conventions to get Demon Fang or Majinken, whichever you prefer. A surprisingly large number of you were unable to figure out what was going on despite the obvious sarcasm, not-so-subtle hints, and my outright telling you that it’s a joke:
Between this and the readme debacle from the demo patch release, it seems that some of you should perhaps try reading a bit more carefully. Considering the purpose of this project is to provide English speakers with a version of Tales of Hearts that they can actually read, it’s a bit ironic that many visitors to the website don’t, well, read it 😛 Oh well, congratulations to those of you who noticed it, and better luck next time to those of you who didn’t!
On to other news. I guess I’ll talk about battle subtitles this time. Tales of Hearts has a LOT of voice clips being thrown around in battle. The sheer volume of subtitles flashing across the top of the screen can get somewhat ridiculous sometimes. For this reason, there are a few different settings available in the Customize menu to tailor the subtitles to your needs:
- On. Every voice clip that you can’t understand without knowing Japanese has a subtitle. Every time you cast a spell, every time you spam [insert favorite Xing arte to spam here], every time you breathe, you will see a subtitle pop up. Just kidding on that last part… maybe.
- Moderate. The more frequent of the subtitles, like clips from spamming [insert favorite Kunzite arte to spam here] or spell chants, won’t show up, so only less frequent and more important lines will vie for your attention.
- Important Only. Only dialogue specific to bosses that you might be currently facing will be shown; nothing else. This is the option to choose if you really hate having those ugly white things at the top of your screen and want to have them there as little as possible without fear of missing out on (relatively) important character dialogue.
- Off. You are a pansy if you choose this option. You may want to consider hitting up the gym so you can Soma Build your Spiria so you can graduate to a non-wuss option post-haste. I recommend squats (make sure to stick to proper form!) to build up your overall core.
Additionally, I have a request for you guys. I’m stuck. If you got past the volcano level, how did you beat that dragon boss? He keeps slaughtering my guys:
He’s weak to water so I’m playing as Innes and having her tank and spam artes. But he manages to kill off her and Kunzite pretty quickly and then before I can heal up with Kohaku he rips the poor girl apart and it’s gg. ;_;
How do I used arte? I have absolutely no idea what I could possibly be doing wrong. Please give me detailed and useful gameplay advice in your comments. Thanks!
November 1, 2010 at 3:14 am | Permalink
It looks like needs level grinding 😛
I’ve never seen a boss so damn powerful. I don’t know if it was lag on the video(didn’t seem to have any, this comp specializes in video and music, so it can’t be) or your not being able to hit him much.
Heavy damage with lightning-speed claw swinging. The heck is this.
November 1, 2010 at 4:46 am | Permalink
Wtf? Overpowered boss. Serious power leveling seems to be needed here.
November 1, 2010 at 5:38 am | Permalink
Can’t you surround it from the beginning? Not that those dorsal spikes look vulnerable or something, but yeah…
Anyway, it’s my first post here, so thanks for the great job, man!
November 1, 2010 at 8:13 am | Permalink
ahah. I see what you did there x3
November 1, 2010 at 8:56 am | Permalink
Now I’m even more confused, this post is also tagged j/k. Does this mean that everything in this post is also the opposite of what you mean? So it was a joke that it was a joke, but then why would the j/k tags be under the previous posts? Also this j/k post says that the j/k’s under the previous posts mean joke but at the same time that would contradict the current j/k and……
heeeeelllllllppppp….
November 1, 2010 at 9:36 am | Permalink
@Hatake I think the joke is the boss battle thing. “How do I used arte”? Sheeesh, that just vaguely reminds me of that one little Spider-Man meme ( http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZqEbotN0FgQ/ShTTXm63eyI/AAAAAAAABv8/kmrJvPNCv3s/s400/How+do+I+shot+web.jpg )
November 1, 2010 at 1:48 pm | Permalink
Use Shing,Hisui,and Beryl
Then Keep spamming artes up front with Shing and blocking when needed
And Beryl to spam water artes 🙂
November 1, 2010 at 5:52 pm | Permalink
Ah, that boss. I played as Innes, too. There’s this one arte (can’t name it, don’t read/write Japanese) that Innes has where she sorta does a knee upwards jump thing. If you can hit him with it while he’s in the air, you can juggle him for a good while. That’s what I did.
And I also use Hisui instead of Kohak for healing. Hisui has Nurse. And then I set Kohak’s resurrection arte thing on the shortcut panel, so I can resurrect someone even if Hisui is down.
November 1, 2010 at 6:32 pm | Permalink
@Sahgo
I know. That was just me trying to be funny, and as always failing miserably :).
I missed that spiderman meme though. When was that?
November 1, 2010 at 6:48 pm | Permalink
It looks so strange to see a shield in place of 鋼.
R.I.P. 鋼.
November 1, 2010 at 7:05 pm | Permalink
Okay okay. I’ll help you (I’m an expert gamer I’ve been playing video games since last week.) First, your move set. Make sure all of your moves for Innes is her first move (you know the one, right? The one with the SMASH!!! thing?) Then, you set Kohak for spell blasting (fire is super effective, contrary to popular belief.) Kunzite can do nothing because he’s hopeless and a robot (he can be the main character of Tales of Hearts FES, but won’t be helpful here.)
Okay, your team is set?
Make sure you’re fully healed.
Prepare for one hell of a battle.
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Also, I really like how this translation is shaping up. It’s a shame you didn’t show the arte or item menus in the video, but for what is shown, it’s pretty nice.
November 1, 2010 at 8:24 pm | Permalink
It’s obvious that you let yourself lose, lol.
Well, I always use shing, kohak, and beryl. just spam shing’s crushing earth arte, and let beryl cast the aqua gate thing, always put hisui on the control panel with his nurse and the other arte that heals 70% of one members hp.
aaaaanywaaaayyysss…. i’m already at Creed, can someone help me defeat him? damn his so tough, he changes element all the time…
November 2, 2010 at 12:36 am | Permalink
@Hatake: Aww, I took a joke seriously again >_< Whyyy do I keep doing that…
November 2, 2010 at 4:54 pm | Permalink
Tyson:
I’m pretty sure he’s already doing that, for the most part.
November 2, 2010 at 11:43 pm | Permalink
I guess the only way to make people here indentify a joke is to title the post “HEY, MORONS, THIS IS A F***ING JOKE!”
I’m amazed no one told him how to use artes yet.
November 3, 2010 at 12:49 pm | Permalink
try a team consist of Beryl(main attacker, set it can only use water spell or you control it or set her to spam spell from far), Shing and also Kohaku as healer( best if you control her since she cant take much hit, jus spam heal from a far) or replace Kohaku with Hisui since he can heal and also use water spell. Although Innes is water type user but she cant take much hit( i dunno why) and Kunzite does not have advantage at this fight. Well this is my opinion, in the end it still up to you =D
November 4, 2010 at 5:25 am | Permalink
. . .its like your letting your team be killed on purpose. . .
November 4, 2010 at 9:06 am | Permalink
…its likely you’re all too stupid to see this is just another silly joke of his.
And BTW to use artes press and hold the power button.
November 4, 2010 at 3:32 pm | Permalink
You’re on the right track, just keep running into his attacks over and over again and he’ll die in no time.
November 4, 2010 at 8:47 pm | Permalink
I beat him pretty easely with Shing Hisui and Beryl
Keep Hisuis as a total healer and pplay as beryl and have her spam that attack that you triwl around and it shoots water.
Shing was My Canon fodder who would never die thanks to Hisui.
November 4, 2010 at 9:58 pm | Permalink
lol that was one pathetic defeat.
November 4, 2010 at 11:15 pm | Permalink
@yalue:
Oh! I guess Kaji’s just a terrible player then. I mean, he didn’t even get a chance to do much. That combo is a guaranteed win and yet…
November 5, 2010 at 9:08 am | Permalink
my.. one of kaji jokes again…
November 5, 2010 at 9:37 am | Permalink
Tyson:
Well, he’s probably just been unlucky. Maybe if he got in a few more stat buffs things would have been different.
November 6, 2010 at 8:21 am | Permalink
Thanks for the preview video. 🙂
Looks pretty nice.
November 6, 2010 at 2:04 pm | Permalink
…Is it some way to tell us that he’s up to this part of the game in the translation, or is it “just” to show us how the subtitles and everything in battles are?
‘Cause if I remember correctly, this boss is one of the last we fight in the game… That would be nice, but whatever, wait and see, as they say. ^-^
November 6, 2010 at 5:08 pm | Permalink
I see what you did there Kaji….
November 10, 2010 at 2:59 pm | Permalink
the jokes… they never end… they just never end!
November 11, 2010 at 5:07 am | Permalink
Dear Kajitani Eizan,
I AM GOING TO KILL YOU.
…after Tales of Hearts is released.
p.s. this is a lie
November 11, 2010 at 8:11 am | Permalink
I think this video can help you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMBtAJixVrE
or not. [?]
And try level up, the boss is hiting 1/3 of your HP [Or Kohak defense or/and HP is really low.
10~20 levels can solve the problem [?]
Continue Spam Water arts for win!1!
November 12, 2010 at 4:54 am | Permalink
To defeat the dragon:
1. Have everyone stand right in front of it.
2. Shout “FAT BEN MADE POOP!”
3. ?????
4. PROFIT!
November 12, 2010 at 5:50 pm | Permalink
It’s amazing that there are that many people that don’t really read your posts. You even said that it’s a joke and they still don’t get it…
Well, thanks for doing this translation-thingy ^^
November 13, 2010 at 9:05 am | Permalink
@Raikage46 I think its because people skimmed right through it. Usually if people say its a joke they say it at the end. But not K-E, he writes it in the middle of a wall of text that most people would tl;dr to.
November 13, 2010 at 9:07 am | Permalink
and btw the use artes: delete your save file; take out your Tales of Heart card; throw it against the wall; step on it, dip it in water; order a new copy and; start again. Then press B to use artes.
November 13, 2010 at 4:45 pm | Permalink
Looks good to me. Can’t wait.
…But what if I prefer Majinken Fang? XD
November 14, 2010 at 1:43 am | Permalink
What I did with this boss was use Shing (I know what you’re using, I just prefer this name), and arial combo him. Just set arial artes and try to get long strings of attacks in. If you have a flash card, using an actual DS would probably work better.
And as well, if all else fails, grind, grind, grind.
November 16, 2010 at 4:21 pm | Permalink
Power-levelling is what I did in Legendia when it pulled lame stuff like that…
November 18, 2010 at 2:05 pm | Permalink
Okay, seriously, first STOP REMOVING MY COMMENTS! It’s f…ing rude and offending.
Second, don’t let your EG gauge stay in the red. It magnifies damage you receive.
Third, use a life bottle with Kohak. You HAVE time, so you’re either clueless or joking (I’d bet on the latter).
November 18, 2010 at 7:21 pm | Permalink
No one is removing your, or anyone else’s, comments. Unless your other comments involved you trying to sell Zunes, ab machines, or Viagra.
November 18, 2010 at 7:22 pm | Permalink
For those who did not see what was going on in the video:
He spammed stat buffs without attacking with Innes and attacked using fire artes with Kohaku until the very end. He then opens and closes the menu without selecting anything.
Also, the enemy does so much damage, I wouldn’t be surprised if the difficulty was on mania.
November 20, 2010 at 4:44 pm | Permalink
Anyone wanna’ buy some viagra and condoms? lol Sorry Kaji, I couldn’t resist… I’m just kidding…
Anyway, try using a different team… If he has a high offense use a team with multiple healers… Earlier on Hisui learns some pretty good healing artes, and with Amber using healing artes too all you need is to pick Innes, Kunzite, or Shing to be your main attacker… I haven’t fought this thing, but from what I can see having one person run recklessly into the beast while the other 2 members support him or her might work better than having 2 members rush at it and try to beat the tar out of it…
November 21, 2010 at 11:33 am | Permalink
Uhm…now,after more than an entire year writing,reading and visiting yuor site…I start understand you Eizan
Maybe I was the most sad guy at the time of your first serious joke,when you said the translation project was deleted.
Then,I start to read all your posts,together with all the other people in your forum,and I start understand something.
Maybe what you’re trying to do with your jokes is to have a greater awareness of the desire of all those who wait for a patch, to see if attention to this wonderful game increases or decreases over time among his admirers.
What I can tell you is that the expectation is high amongst ourselves, but believe me, nothing can distract us from looking for your updates, you may have seven years of Tales on your shoulders, but between us there are people who learned to love this series from the beginning.
I’m sorry if I may have written offensive things in the last message, but … I was very pissed off … I think you can understand me, right?
November 21, 2010 at 11:46 am | Permalink
Just beat the boss the other day.
Kaji, you’re so crazy~
November 24, 2010 at 12:22 pm | Permalink
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November 24, 2010 at 8:00 pm | Permalink
@If you can cover your pOnOs with your thumb…
Seriously, that was uncalled for
November 28, 2010 at 11:31 pm | Permalink
What is a pOnOs? Sounds yummy.
December 1, 2010 at 2:12 pm | Permalink
“What is a pOnOs? Sounds yummy.”
Obviously reference to that Fate/stay night doujin, but this is actually funny, since “ponos” is russian for “diarrhea”
December 3, 2010 at 10:02 am | Permalink
Sorry, couldn’t resist =P
December 7, 2010 at 12:20 pm | Permalink
Haha Kajitani-Eizan saying he won’t drop the project?
Yo dawg! He heard you like jokes, so he put a joke inside his joke so you can get fooled while you get fooled.
Seriously, just drop this and announce a patch for another Tales. You know you will do it sooner or later.
December 7, 2010 at 5:57 pm | Permalink
Hehe you sneaky little bastard ;). i see watya did there