Tales of Legendia will be coming out for the PS2. So far, the game seems like it will be ok, but the main thing I don't like is this really random-as-hell artwork they're using for it. Anyways, here's some stuff about it...
Story (as translated from
namco-ch.net/talesoflegendia/story/index.php)A young boy named Senel Coolidge, who can use the special techniques of the art of claws (soujutsu), set out in a small boat with his younger sister Shirley, and drifted on the sea covered in fog. After their food is gone, and their energy starts to run out, an island suddenly appears inside the fog. Yet it was approaching at such a surprising speed that Senel cut the rudder, and before long, the small boat is caught up in stormy seas. When the two wake up on the beach, they realize that this isn't a normal island. It seemed that the vegetation that covered the ground was growing very well, and the appearance was different from that of an island, but the difference in the ground underneath them was obvious, as it was a huge, artificially-made "boat".
Character Profiles (same as Story)
Senel Coolidge
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Height: 171 cm (5'7")
Weight: 59 kg (130 lbs)
Weapon: Wrist (The general term for knuckles, gauntlets, and other weapons)
Occupation: Marine Trooper (Coast guards who fight against criminals and monsters)
A young man who is a master of the art of soujutsu, and whose specialty is hand-to-hand fighting.
He used to be a marine trooper who faced monsters in order to protect the seas, so he's good at steering a boat and swimming. He'll accomplish anything that he's decided to accomplish, and he has a very strong will.
When things are explained to him, he has a tendency to suddenly act badly towards them, so many people think he's an impolite jerk.
He lived alone with his younger sister Shirley, but while drifting in the ocean, they arrived unexpectedly at some historic ruins, and they ended up getting dragged into a battle that will decide the fate of the world.
Shirley Fennes
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Height: 154 cm (5')
Weight: 41 kg (90 lbs)
Weapon: Pen (Such as feather pens)
Occupation: None
Senel's sister who is younger than him by two years. She is always worried about her brother, who has a very dangerous job.
She bathes in the sea water, and gets hit by the sea breeze, so she has a very special constitution.
Normally she is quiet and obedient, and she leaves no impression on her surroundings, but ig she has firmly decided to do something, she proves that she also has a side to her that can be forceful.
It is found out that she is (they are?) a descendant of the people who controlled the ruins, the "Melness", and they get thrown about by fate.
At the end of the difficult road ahead, what will she gain?
Will Raynerd
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Height: 188 cm (6'2")
Weight: 76 kg (167 lbs)
Weapon: Hammer (Huge hammers)
Occupation: Peace Officer (He mainly studies natural history)
Senel first met this man at the boat ruins. He uses bless-type soujutsu.
He works as a peace officer in the town at the top of the boat ruins, "Weltes, the Lighthouse Town", where he has the trust of all the people.
However, even though people see him as a peace officer, he insists that he is a natural historian.
He excels at leadership and decision making, he is a strict senior member of the party, and his existance in the party becomes greatly relied upon.
But even to someone like him, the truth is that he has one weakness. That weakness was to be expected...
Chloe Valens
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Height: 167 cm (5'5")
Weight: 49 kg (108 lbs)
Weapon: Sword (Double-edged Western-style sword)
Occupation: Knight
A girl who is seen as a prodigy in the use of a sword, and is a user of Arts-type soujutsu.
As her family line of the Valens' is a family of knights in one country, the name is also known in other countries.
She is very self-concious of her family's standing, so she has made herself always act in a way fitting a knight. But because of this, inside she acts like a cute little girl.
She visited the boat ruin, and wouldn't tell anyone what her objective was, but will there ever come a day where she'll tell them what her objective is?
Norma Biatty
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Height: 157 cm (5'1")
Weight: 43 kg (94 lbs)
Weapon: Straws (That create soap bubbles)
Occupation: Treasure Hunter
A young treasure hunter girl that Senel's party meets on their journey. She uses bless-type soujutsu.
Searching for Everlight, the "miraculous treasure that can grant any wish", she comes with them on the boat ruin.
She likes joking around, and she constantly makes fun of the people around her, or of herself, trying to get people to laugh. Sometimes, it's as if she can understand everything and she'll use very pointed speech, but she can't insult people (I'm pretty confused on this sentence...). She enjoys giving the people around her nicknames that only she uses.
Moses Sandor
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Height: 182 cm (5'11")
Weight: 66 kg (145 lbs)
Weapon: Throwing Spear (An endless amount of spears are carried, allowing for many to be thrown consecutively)
Occupation: Leader of some Bandits
He fights with javelins, and uses arts-type soujutsu.
He comes from a family of monster-tamers, and he has a Garf (a type of monster) that he has managed to tame.
Inside the boat ruin people know that he is the leader of bandits, and he leads a crowd his followers on a rampage.
He sees everyone as his family, and will protect them no matter what, as they can't be replaced. When people see him they often think that he's very uncivilised, but in reality he's very kind, and is a very helpful young man. Also, sometimes he will unexpectedly start crying.
Jay
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Height: 155 cm (5'1")
Weight: 47 kg (103 lbs)
Weapon: Dagger (Single-edged dagger)
Occupation: Military Intelligence Officer
A ghost-like boy. He uses art-type soujutsu. He always seems to be just one step away from anthing, so he seems to be very cool and collected. He's very good at analyzing military intelligence, so he has many duties as if he was a normal military officer.
When he talks, he mixes sarcasm and a wicked tongue, hurling abuse at the person he's talking to, making it difficult to say he's sociable.
But even someone like him will behave like a boy when talking to some people. But since he was raised at the boat ruin from a young age, he has a deep love for it.
Grune
Gender: Female
Age: ?
Height: 175 cm (5'8")
Weight: 53 kg (116 lbs)
Weapon: Pot (They don't seem to be normal pots...)
Occupation: Unknown
An unidentifiable woman. She uses bless-type soujutsu. She can control things going on around her, she can change the mood around her, and she has the special ability to be able to calm people down.
She lost the memory of anything other than her own name, but even because of that she never is depressed, and she always is grinning.
She is never depressed, or agitated, but in reality she is probably far more sensitive than anyone else.
Also, she has a very nice body.