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cherrhara · 9 days

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Tales of the Abyss has a lot of smaller details throughout the game. All over the world has fonic writing, and it does have meaning. Spoilers ahead!

There are signs:

Even the map and logo has fonic:

Funny thing about the logo is that East and West are switched despite dialog and the in-game compass matching our own world's. It also displays numbers one through ten, going counterclockwise. There is not an x in the language so six is "si." Pretty neat!

The fonstone has fonic as well (spoilers):

In Mt Zaleho, the fonstone that Ion reads has fonic writing on it. When translated, it is a repeating phrase of "but out of sight." The top most point was more difficult until I realized it was just upside down. This is funny in a meta way because the player doesn't have the ability to read the score, so the true meaning of the words is "out of sight." Kudos devs. Though it is understandable, I also wouldn't want to write that whole score on that stone. It was a lot of text!

Nam Cobanda has a lot of fonic examples along with the plentiful other references:

It is not the first time Abyss referenced Tales of Eternia (Destiny 2). Many of Anise' Dolls are references to the game, plus cameos can be seen in the Coliseum.

Dragon Buster has fonic copyright notices. The cowboy booth is labeled the cyclone/hurricane (most likely tornado because of common tornado picking up cows imagery). Finally, for now, there's boxes on the shelves with letters. Not sure what they would mean, but they're there!

Props to the game developers for putting so much work into this game. It is very fun to try to find and translate the little details! These were only a few examples I have found, but hopefully, it is interesting to others as well!

#oooh very interesting #i do remember that in one of the interiors in akzeriuth it says “good luck” on the wall :')#tales of the abyss #tales of #cool stuff

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cherrhara · 17 days

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Sylph-Redecan 22, ND 2023.

Variant under the cut.

#THATS BEAUTIFUL #the stained glass effect looks so cool #jade curtiss #tales of the abyss #tales of #cool stuff

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cherrhara · 17 days

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Class is in session

School festival preparations!

I voted for Jade in the Festival committee poll, and he actually placed fourth!!! So I drew him as a teacher to celebrate 🥴 ooc, I know, but the irony is so funny I couldn't let it go lol

#teacher jade...#i love the composition op!!#jade curtiss #tales of the abyss #tales of #cool stuff

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cherrhara · 17 days

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