#ar tonelico ii

[alltheoutsinfreeeee]

inspired by/blatantly stolen from this post

little bits of thoughts and details, as well as spoilers, about each below

Favorite Game of All Time: Final Fantasy IX! From characters to themes to soundtrack, while each parts on their own might be inferior to other games, in its full package nothing will ever beat out FFIX for me. I love this game with all my heart.

Favorite Series: The Tales series~ Their stories always manage to capture me, the character designs are iconic... They might be trope-heavy and sometimes predictable, but its MY trope-heavy and sometimes predictable game series.

Best Soundtrack: Ar tonelico II. This was actually very hard and AT2 does still have several contenders. TWEWY, Terraria Calamity Mod, Pokémon... In the end AT2 won out for now because. Well. It's not often a soundtrack is a huge deal in-universe, songs have their own conlang(s) with grammar and everything, and the soundtrack was specifically designed to sound like it was produced on in-universe instruments as opposed to real life ones. Why did I pick AT2 instead of 1 or 3? It's my favorite and I'm biased.

Favorite Protagonist: Niko OneShot and Kirby! Feel good characters that always make me smile. I would die for them. (hey who's that hiding in there, where did he come from--)

Favorite Villain: Magolor, Kuja, Ardyn. My boys, my chew toys. I would die for them, but for entirely different reasons that for Niko or Kirby, and if I hear anything bad about them in my presence I will throw hands. (in my head anyways, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and i shy away from online confrontation. just hope i will never meet you offline because in that case WILL argue in their favor with you for hours.)

Best Story: Finding Paradise. I adore the characters, the game makes me cry everytime I play it, it left even more of an emotional impact than To The Moon did, I have never felt more personally attacked or seen by a video game, let's move on.

Have not played but want to: Digimon Survive I own and have started, but lost motivation a few hours in. I still wanna finish it one day because I keep hearing only good things about it and I'm a sucker for character development and insect Digimon. OMORI I also own and also have finished one route, but I haven't gotten to the hikkikomori route yet. One day. Kirby Squeak Squad/Mouse Attack I genuinely have never played and wish to change that one day. Sassy mouse phantom thief with cane and ice magic? That's entirely my aesthetic.

You Love Everyone Hates: Final Fantasy XV and Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. In both cases I think the hate has mostly subsided by now, but I vividly remember many people disliking both games to an unfair degree. Neither are as bad as people made them out to be.

You Hate Everyone Loves: No :3

Best Art Style: CrossCode, The Murder of Sonic The Hedgehog and The World Ends With You. I like anime artystyle and I'm proud. CrossCode is beautiful pixel art, TMoSTH is so unbelievably cozy, and TWEWY is just *chef's kiss*

Favorite Ending: After careful deliberating I went with Ar tonelico 3. The culmination of an overarching story of three games, connecting with the Planet, making up for sins and ultimately taking the first steps towards salvation. With Ec Tisia sounding in a new age as the credits roll. Beautiful.

Favorite Boss Fight: Sister Friede in Dark Souls 3. * disclaimer that I have never actually played DS3, but I love everything about this fight. Setting, atmosphere, dialogue, music, surprises... Truly peak, even if maybe a stereotypical answer to this question.

Childhood Game: Ocarina of Time, Final Fantasy VII and IX. Most N64 Mario games as well as Pokémon Crystal could be put on here, but I feel like those three are the ones that stuck with me the most.

Relaxing Game: OoT and Kirby again, but also Pokémon Platinum. OoT might sound weird at first, but with the soundtrack, the fishing pond as well as the ranch there really are a lot of cozy spots in the game. Kirby doesn't need an explanation, cozy and relaxing are a core part of the series. Platinum is here because of the soundtrack and nostalgia. It's my for now unrivaled favorite Pokémon game.

Stressful Game: Bloodborne and In Stars and Time. Bloodborne is self-explanatory, but also it's my favorite out of the Soulsborne games. In Stars and Time isn't stressful in the same way a Soulsborne game is, ISAT is emotionally stressful (positive and complimentory). My favorite video game party in several years.

Game you always come back to: FFIX, Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess and Platinum. Kingdom Hearts and TWEWY can also be on here, but the space is a too small.

Guilty Pleasure: The Ar tonelico trilogy. Not because the gameplay, story, music or characters are bad, but because there are some. Let's say outdated anime tropes in it. If you can live with some unnecessary fanservice and also less than stellar localizations in favor for genuinely amazing worldbuilding, and fantastic characters and songs, I am lovingly putting the games in your hands.

Tons of Hours Played: TWEWY, Platinum and Tales of Vesperia. You guys don't know how obsessed teenage me was with TWEWY. Platinum is, again, my favorite Pokémon game. And I wouldn't ever have gotten started on tumblr if it wasn't for Vesperia~ I keep gushing over Symphonia and the Abyss, but Vesperia's my go-to Tales game. Not one character I dislike in the whole party. They are all my children. Yes, even the 35 year old.

[videogamepolls]

Requested by anon

[jadelapis]

Sometimes when I'm in a lot of pain, or having like bad nausea or something, I think: "Infel Was Right: Upload me to the Cloud"

Then I remember what world I'm in and as much as a "Formless Bliss" would be great in theory, Dropbox would just make it so my relatives will have to pay a lot of money for like half a terabyte of my soul + pokemon facts and, like every month, despite what they're paying, they'd be reminded they could free up space by deleting me (despite having plenty of space left). And of course my soul will be used to like, shill for Amazon or Microsoft or something.

Terrifying.

[watasemasaru]

my bestie has rehomed with me best gworls luca trulyworth and cloche leythal pastalia <3

ichigo can be their stupid brother and vegeta out of frame uncle dad.

[nero-draco]

Decided to make this

[aestheticallypleasinganimeboys]

Batz Trulyworth - Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica

[chibi-celesti]

Infelious Rhaplanca (May my Love Reach You Someday)

Pairing: Your TW fav x Reader. (For this story, they are the role of Prefect.) Gender neutral pronouns used for Reader.

Synopsis: You chose to save those you love by ending it all.

(To end the Overblot pandemic, one live is forsakened for the survival of many.)

A/N: Rhaplanca and Maoh are mythological Gods in the lore of Ar Tonelico(specifically AT II: Melodies of Metafalss), but you can perceive Maoh as another way of Reader referring their love as Maoh in this case as they(Reader) are the Rhaplanca of this tragedy.

This is based on the song of the same title of Ar Tonelico III Soundtrack. The translation was from AbstracGarden, one of many channels that have translations of Ar Tonelico and Ar Nosurge songs.

~Infelious Rhaplanca~

Everyone… I'm so sorry.

I don't want to leave you all, but if I don't do this then you all the rest of the world will suffer.

There is hardly any semblance of life left. The black iquor spreading like wildfire to many realms, transforming-no corrupting-everyone, magical and magicless. Relishing in tormenting so many people of this beautiful world. 

That's why…!

The Prefect of Ramshackle ran as fast they could to the highest point of their destination, the Tower of the Great Sorcerer. While it is leagues away from everyone else fighting for their lives against the Blot in each of the Seven Realms they've seen during their time in Twisted Wonderland, they knew it was the best choice for what they had planned. 

They looked down to their hands at the eight blot stones, knowing the ritual needed them plus one more energy source to expunge the malicious darkness once and for all. Looking back at everything they've experienced in the last year and a half in this world, it was hard to hold back their tears. It wasn't long before the dam finally broke. I don't want to leave you, but I don't want you to die either. Please forgive me, and may my love reach you and others.

They thought back of their friends, the highs and lows they experienced with them. The chaos of challenging each Overblot born from years of concealed anger and sorrow. And lastly, their thoughts drifted to him. That one person who made a difference in their lives. The person they loved so much, one who they wanted to share their future with. Live on for my sake, please?

Once they felt like they had nothing left to shed, they proceeded with the ritual. Placing the stones around them in a circle, they rose to their feet and began the rite of (METAFALICA) to save the world.

~Rrha ki ra chs longherna mea sos juelicc yor etealune,

En wearquewie yorr iehaw anw plargamera der zayea pauwel.~

~Presia, rrha quel ra shyfac rre Lasnatine chs weareqye oz plargmera.~

~En rre murfanare oz mea,

Meycray tes inferiare terrma, Maoh.~

MARRSEFXIL

EFAHECDOY

TITSSSYE

AZIYVRS

FOGQUW

AABIM

LXAE

IYX

CI

A

[I call upon the creation of the new World, METAFALICA.]

With each word recited, they felt parts of their body deteriorate. They thought it would hurt more than this; however, that wasn’t the case. It was painless, freeing almost. And the more they sang the rite for crafting a better world, the lighter they felt. The tears fell from their cheeks again, wishing they saw their beloved once more and hoping that he is not angry at their decision to do this.

“Prefect!!” They heard someone shout at them in the tower. They looked as best they could in their current state-

And saw the one they love, battered but still alive. With horror written all over their face. “What are you- STOP!! PLEASE!!” He rushed to their side, begging them not to leave him. He grabbed at them, or as much of them that is left. “Why?! Why would you do this?!”

“I…wanted…to save you… and everyone.” They were beginning to feel tired. “Saving everyone…is more important…than a magicless human’s.”

“THAT’S NOT TRUE!!” He rebuked them. “YOU ARE IMPORTANT!! TO OUR FRIENDS, TO ME!! DO WE NOT MATTER TO YOU?!”

They shook their head. “No…never…you all…,” they’re having trouble speaking and their eyelids were getting heavy as more of their body faded up to their upper chest. “I love you all…so much…” One more tear slipped from their eyes as they felt their lover leaving them a kiss on their lips one last time.

“I love you, too.” His voice broke as he saw the remnants of his beloved disappear in his arms.

Soon, the ground beneath his feet began to glow, blinding and swallowing him in a warm light. The light continued to spread all over Twisted Wonderland from the Queendom of Roses, Briar Valley and the Far East, to the depths of the Coral Sea and Isle of Woes. Monsters and Phantoms of Blot, and people close to succumbing to the darkness were engulfed in the light. The beasts dissolved away into the light mercifully, and those close to death were healed and rescued from its clutches. The nature of the planet was reforming itself, cleansing away the Blot from its veins.

The Prefect’s last wish to save those they cared about was fulfilled.

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Hope you enjoyed this bucket full of angst. The sad feels hit me like a truck and this came out from it.

[its-to-the-death]

Villain Song Showdown Preliminary Round #23

Top two will make it into the bracket

Songs below the cut

Hans of the Southern Isles Reprise - Villain: Hans

Life's Too Short - Villain: Elsa

Edgar Gets His Heart Broken - Villain: Edgar

Edgar Builds a Business - Villain: Edgar

Blood Red Dogs - Villain: Blood Red Dogs

What's Up Duloc? - Villain: Lord Farquaad

If I'm Gonna Eat Somebody (It Might As Well Be You) - Villain: Goanna

Masters of the Sea - Villain: Captain Gutt and his group of pirate guys

EXEC_SPHILIA/. - Villain: Mir

[megamidevice]

Croche Leythal Pastalia • Ar Tonelico II 1/8 Scale Figure by Max Factory

[spitblaze]

the one time I've heard the "bad translation" thing and it really wasn't about the localization was for ar tonelico ii, which was clearly really rushed, and besides the translation changing the tone of the story, and including a lot of grammatical errors, and cutting out sections of the storyline, the english translation introduced game breaking bugs (if one of the later bosses completes this attack they're programmed to do, it WILL crash the game.) (There is, thankfully, a fan translation that fixes all of the bugs introduced, and adds stuff that was previously dummied out)

Oh my god that was on the ps2...I know translation wasn't where it is now quite yet but I thought that kind of awful TL job was left back in the snes era with Breath of Fire 2 😭

[wyvern-flames]

Ar tonelico and Akiko Shikata in general are the vibes I get from six.teen (and Clive himself) so don't be surprised when I proceed to reblog their songs and maybe even brainstorm about Ar tonelico II verses I will never get to make because that game is so niche...

[alltheoutsinfreeeee]

EXEC_over.METHOD_SUBLIMATION/.~lamenza my beloved

[jadelapis]

Musing on 澪 and being a Maiden of it don't mind me

Waterway. Channel. 澪 (Mio).

But WHAT waterways. What Channels?

(If you're wondering, I asked my brother and he had no idea basically going "I only see that kanji in names and in Ar Tonelico")

It could mean just "Fresh Water" (like how the Awful NIS translation went with "Aqua" which may not have been a bad choice). I bet along with worrying about land, you worry about water in Metafalss.

But my brilliant, diseased brain had another idea.

Being a Maiden of Mio means you preside over the Sewer System. This is not me making a shot at Cloche (though I went with Luca tbh); Managing Wastewater is INCREDIBLY important. I think that's one of the concerns with parts of Florida going underwater in the future but do NOT quote me on that.

Like, The Romans had Cloacina goddess of their sewers. Maybe Lady Cloche Leythal Pastalia is integral not just to the People of the Second Tower gaining land, but to managing it.

[watasemasaru]

If you didn’t already get this from one of the moots —> 🎶✨when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite people (positivity is cool)✨🎶 (only if you feel like it ofc <3)

doing it again ᕦ⁠ʕ⁠ ⁠•⁠ᴥ⁠•⁠ʔ⁠ᕤ

Taisetsunamono Wa Kimiigai Ni Miataranakute - flumpool

TO DAZZLING DARKNESS - the GazettE

Mother - MUCC

Slum Town - Ar Tonelico II Melody of Metafalica OST

girly highester! - Minako Kotobuki

[dmitriyuriev]

War against the Goddess (drew a quick Infel this morning)

[aestheticallypleasinganimeboys]

Leglius Branchesca - Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica