History Headscratchers / TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld

* I mean, that was her whole gimmick in the first game, but in the sequel, she doens't get any of the summoning moves, or even the Tethe and Sylva seals. And yet she summons effortlessly in cutscenes (granted, she only does it twice, and we don't even see the second one).

** I personally think it only makes sense if you go with the "The original cast has removed their Exspheres" angle (which is even said in-game that they gave their's back). Without her Exsphere, Sheena can't properly gather elemental mana (or whatever she needs to summon) unless she's literally surrounded by it. Think about it; she summons Celcius in the Temple of Ice, and Undine in the Hot Springs. Both times, she is in an area filled with the element she needs, but she cannot summon anywhere she chooses anymore.

** Good question, and I don't think there's a better answer than "RuleOfDrama." It was dramatic for the heroic pair of lovers to defeat the villainous pair of lovers. I dunno, I felt like there was ''some'' kinda [[NotSoDifferent comparison]] going on between the pairs of Emil and Marta, and Decus and Alice. They're all willing to kill to protect the one they love. And when you see someone you've hated forever swinging a {{BFS}} at the one you love, you're probably not thinking rationally enough to do anything beyond "kill them before they kill him!" Marta certainly wasn't. As for that side-note, I was thinking the same thing, so I figured it was an extremely sharp riding crop (that the in-game graphics didn't allow for), allowing her to use it pretty much like a rubbery sword...[[DoubleEntendre What? What're you looking at me like that for?]]

* Now, if you take ''Dawn of the New World'' to be canon (which Namco seems to be doing, given how much they've promoted it and shoehorned Richter into cameo roles), either Ratatosk went back on his promise (which would mean the world should be overrun by demons, which in ''Phantasia'' it obviously isn't and there's no evidence anywhere of some kind of demon war), the bad ending is the canon one (unlikely given it's fairly short, doesn't give you a NewGamePlus, and one of the main points of the game is constantly bringing up how [[StrangledByTheRedString absolutely made for each other Emil and Marta are]]), or Namco just [[RetCon Ret Conned]] away the entire existence their very first ''[[TalesSeries Tales]]'' game.

** Because Namco was intent on driving home the {{Mons}} thing, and nerfing all of the original cast. There's no good reason for it, it's just a case of ItsSoBadItsHorrible.
*** You obviously didn't realize that '''[[AC: THE CHARACTERS CANNOT LEVEL UP. AT. ALL.]]''' On top of that- they all have elemental attacks due to UNCHANGEABLE equipment... Hmm? Lloyd's Mystic Arte? Yeah. 1 Damage to Heqet. Oh, yeah? Unknown? Unless you're very skilled, don't even try it using them.
***** Actually, they level with the storyline, it has nothing to do with Emil and Marta's levels. They can't get past level 50 no matter what you do. On the other had, Emil and Marta can reach level ''250''. The main cast could do that in the original as well. If only allowing them to reach 1/5 of the level of the other characters isn't nerfing, then what is?
**** It's an off-screen Undine in the [[AccidentalPervert Hot Spring Scene]].

** I personally think it only makes sense if you go with the "The original cast has removed their Exspheres" WMG. Without her Exsphere, Sheena can't properly gather elemental mana (or whatever she needs to summon) unless she's literally surrounded by it. Think about it; she summons Celcius in the Temple of Ice, and Undine in the Hot Springs. Both times, she is in an area filled with the element she needs.

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* Isn’t the elves and Ratatosk kind of guilty of world domination and are kind of in the wrong? They are originally from Derris Karlan, not from the same world as Aselia and they kind of take over the planet and sort of terraform to suit their needs and kicked out the demons back to Nilfihiem. Now I am not saying the demons are the good guys and they would had probably did horrible things to Aselia if they were released and full power but they do kind have the right to be pissed off that they are kicked out of their home in a way. Also are demons considered “alive?"

[[WMG: About the demons...]
* But isn’t the elves and Ratatosk kind of guilty of world domination and are kind of in the wrong? They are originally from Derris Karlan, not from the same world as Aselia and they kind of take over the planet and sort of terraform to suit their needs and kicked out the demons back to Nilfihiem. Now I am not saying the demons are the good guys and they would had probably did horrible things to Aselia if they were released and full power but they do kind have the right to be pissed off that they are kicked out of their home in a way. Also are demons considered “alive?"

** While whatever happened after Ratatosk when through with his plan, and whether he succeeded or not, is up to speculation apart from the few things Phantasia tells us he did do (Removing the need for mana from most life forms including the planet itself), we can tell he did not mean to hurt anyone, as when Sheena asks him whether Summon Spirits will be fine he responds that he will make sure there's enough mana for them. The purpose of Richter becoming a partial seal was to give Ratatosk enough time to forge a new seal without killing Yggdrasil and change the makeup of living beings just enough for them to not need mana to survive; if Yggdrasil doesn't die then that means it still produces mana for spirits.

*** Narakiri Dungeon are also considered escort titles, but thanks to them (Along with DotNW) the timeline makes an awful lot more sense.