History VideoGame / TalesOfRebirth

* DifficultySpike: For the series as a whole. It isn't uncommon for veteran players of previous games to die ''a lot'' during the early game. It doesn't help that Rebirth plays differently than most Tales games in terms of strategy and that the Enhance and Inheritance systems involve a lot of luck, unseen factors and trial-and-error.

* DifficultySpike: For the series as a whole. It isn't uncommon for veteran players of previous games to die ''a lot'' during the early game. It doesn't help that Rebirth plays differently than most Tales games in terms of strategy and that the Enhance and Inheritance systems are quite complicated even for native Japanese speakers.

* ElementalPowers: Force.

* FantasticRacism: Main theme of the game is whether Gajuma and Huma can co-exist.
* FightingYourFriend: Even though it is one of the Tales games that entirely lacks a traitor in your party, Rebirth ''love'' pitting you against your party members, especially at your first meeting.
** To the point that Rebirth is the only game in the series where you canonically fight [[spoiler:''all'' of your party members at some point (even [[TheHero Veigue]]).]]

* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Veigue
** TheLancer: Mao
** TheBigGuy: Eugene & Tytree. Tytree can double as TheHeart due to his outrageous optimism in the middle of racism and dark thoughts here and there.
** TheSmartGuy: Hilda
** TheChick: Annie
* ForTheEvulz: Saleh, a type of guy who for no better reasons... just LOVE doing evil things and trampling on hope and love.

* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When Veigue almost lost it, Tytree takes him to a beach... and then incites a fistfight with him so he got better. Veigue later repeats it on [[VideoGame/TalesOfEternia Reid]] in the Viva Tales bonus DVD.
** Note that Reid had done nothing to actually deserve this, it was merely Veigue taking things way out of proportion.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler:Yuris, depending on your interpretation]], when you think about it, it came out of nowhere and was only mentioned by the last parts of the story.

* HalfHumanHybrid: "Half"s, who are half-Huma, half-Gajuma and universally discriminated against. Militsa of the Four Stars is a Half, as is [[spoiler:Hilda]].
* HatePlague: The [[spoiler:influence of Yuris]] in the second half of the game causes all Gajama to irrationally develop prejudice against Huma, sometimes to murderous extremes.
* HotBlooded: Tytree.
* IllGirl: Not exactly inflicted with a terminal disease, but Annie plays this part during one arc.

** Early in game, Mao pretended that Eugene is his servant. Late in game, Eugene pretended that the whole team is his servant. For situational uses. There's also a skit detailing this.

* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:Agarte]], whose plan is motivated by her love for [[spoiler:Milhaust]].

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tytree delivered one to Saleh. Unfortunately, Saleh is too thick-headed to listen.

* RoyaltySuperpower: The Force of Moon, which is passed down the royal family and is central to the events of the game. [[spoiler:Zilva herself has royal blood and can use it, but no one knows this.]]

* UnstoppableRage: You go into this if your Force go out of control.

* YouCantGetYeFlask: Some of the answer puzzles can be... [[GuideDangIt Frustrating]], to say the least.
* YouKilledMyFather: Annie intends to get revenge on Eugene for this.
** [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out Eugene really DID kill her father, but in self-defense: Annie's father was trying to kill Eugene. Double-subverted when it turns out Annie's father was being possessed by Agarte's EvilChancellor, Zilva.]]

''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth'' is the sixth instalment of the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'', released in 2004 for Sony Playstation 2.

Unfortunately, even after the PSP port, this game has never seen the light of day outside of Japan. But at least Eugene is playable in ''[[TalesOfTheWorld Tales of The World: Radiant Mythology]]'', and Annie is an [=NPC=]. And with the localization of ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces F'', Veigue will also see a localized appearance. But hey, at least a FanTranslation project for this game is finally coming along, for the [=PS2=] version (and possibly the PSP version, although there are a few technical difficulties on its side)!

** [[UnresolvedSexualTension Don't]] [[VitriolicBestBuds forget]] [[HotBlooded Tytree]] [[HoYay and]] [[DefrostingIceKing Veigue]].

''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth'' is the sixth instalment of the ''TalesSeries'', released in 2004 for Sony Playstation 2.

-->''"Life doesn't have any one colour."''
-->''-- Doctor Barrs''

Unfortunately, even after the PSP port, this game has never seen the light of day outside of Japan. But at least Eugene is playable in ''[[TalesOfTheWorld Tales of The World: Radiant Mythology]]'', and Annie is an [=NPC=]. And with the localization of ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces F'', Veigue will also see a localized appearance. But hey, at least a FanTranslation project for this game is finally coming along, for the PS2 version (and possibly the PSP version, although there are a few technical difficulties on its side)!

* SuperpowerLottery: The effectiveness of one's Force varies drastically, with some people getting MindControl or BodySurfing as powers while others merely get super strength on par with anyone sufficiently trained.

* YouCantYeFlask: Some of the answer puzzles can be... [[GuideDangIt Frustrating]], to say the least.

** [[SlapSlapKiss Don't]] [[VitriolicBestBuds forget]] [[HotBlooded Tytree]] [[HoYay and]] [[DefrostingIceKing Veigue]].

* ShipTease: Veigue and Claire. Agarte and Milhaust. Tytree and Hilda. [[spoiler: And despite all that, only Agarte and Milhaust reach any resolution, with everyone else in Status Quo, altough side material more or less scream the obvious fact that Veigue and Claire are together. Oh, and Agarte dies in the end, so... no OfficialCouple for you!]].

* TurtleIsland: The Sacred Beast of Earth, Randgriz, was initially big enough to be mistaken for an island while traveling the sea by the legendary pirate, Airfread. When the Sacred Beasts tell Eugene to find the "Isle of Illusion", the party obtains the pirate's map and realize the island is, in fact, [[spoiler:Sunnytown.]] Randgriz's body became the foundation of the city.

* LittleBitBeastly: "Half"s are like this, looking pretty much like humans but with minor animal characteristics.

* FightingYourFriend: Even though it is one of the Tales games that entirely lacks a traitor in your party, Rebirth ''love'' pitting you against your party members, especially at your first meeting.

** Ninon, the young girl with the Force of Feather. She was ostracised from her village because her inability to control her Force made everything float.

** In Arabic, Saleh is a proper name, and means "the pure". As for Tohma (litterally "accusation/suspicion"), not so much...

* BigBadWannabe (Saleh is evil, has a huge ego, but he really cannot back his claims up and instead gets his ass kicked all the time)

* CatchPhrase (Tytree: "That's worth *insert number from 1 to 5* stars!")

* CoolOldGuy (Eugene)
* LittleBitBeastly ("Half"s are like this, looking pretty much like humans but with minor animal characteristics.)
* [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice... Country Boy]] (Veigue is cold, antisocial, but he eventually warms up in the end)
* DualBoss (The Four Stars love pulling you into these. [[spoiler:In their final battle, you fight all four ''at once''.]])
* ElementalPowers (Force.)

* EvolvingWeapon: The Enhance and Inheritance system. Weapons and armour gain Enhance Points during fights, which can then be spent on raising the individual equipment's stats or awakening latent abilities. Enhanced equipment can then be fused into non-enhanced equipment, granting the latter boost to its stats. Occasionally, an "Irregular" happens, and the equipment may change form or awaken very powerful and rare abilities.

* FinalSolution ([[spoiler:The main goal of Zilva is to eradicate all Huma]].)

** TheBigGuy: Eugene & Tytree (Tytree can double as TheHeart due to his outrageous optimism in the middle of racism and dark thoughts here and there)

* ForTheEvulz (Saleh, a type of guy who for no better reasons... just LOVE doing evil things and trampling on hope and love)
* FourIsDeath (The Four Stars of Callegea)

* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan (When Veigue almost lost it, Tytree takes him to a beach... and then incites a fistfight with him so he got better. Veigue later repeats it on [[VideoGame/TalesOfEternia Reid]] in the Viva Tales bonus DVD)

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere ([[spoiler:Yuris, depending on your interpretation]], when you think about it, it came out of nowhere and was only mentioned by the last parts of the story)
* GrandTheftMe ([[spoiler:Agarte manages to switch bodies with Claire at the [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle fake ending]], and much of the remaining plot is spent trying to switch them back once Veigue figures it out. In the past, Zilva also pulled this on Doctor Barrs in order to poison the king and get Eugene exiled.]])
* HalfHumanHybrid ("Half"s, who are half-Huma, half-Gajuma and universally discriminated against. Militsa of the Four Stars is a Half, as is [[spoiler:Hilda]].)
* HatePlague (The [[spoiler:influence of Yuris]] in the second half of the game causes all Gajama to irrationally develop prejudice against Huma, sometimes to murderous extremes.)
* HotBlooded (Tytree)
* IllGirl (Not exactly inflicted with a terminal disease, but Annie plays this part during one arc)

** When the party calls out Hilda on deceiving them, she shrugs them off by saying they're to blame for believing her claims. Right afterwards, when Tohma reveals he's been lying to her about fulfiling her wish, he throws the same line back in her face.

* LoveMakesYouEvil ([[spoiler:Agarte]], whose plan is motivated by her love for [[spoiler:Milhaust]].)

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech (Tytree delivered one to Saleh. Unfortunately, Saleh is too thick-headed to listen.)
* TurtleIsland: The Sacred Beast of Earth, Randgriz, was initially big enough to be mistaken for an island while travelling the sea by the legendary pirate, Airfread. When the Sacred Beasts tell Eugene to find the "Isle of Illusion", the party obtains the pirate's map and realise the island is, in fact, [[spoiler:Sunnytown.]] Randgriz's body became the foundation of the city.
* UnstoppableRage (You go into this if your Force go out of control)
* {{Wutai}}: Though the eastern continent seeems to be a mixture of various cultures, Kyogen is basically Edo period Kyoto.
* YouKilledMyFather (Annie intends to get revenge on Eugene for this.)

* MatchMakingQuest: The first sidequest available, which extends to the endgame has Veigue act as a mediator between Monica and Steve in Sulz. Completing it nets Veigue the "Love Cupid" title.

* ManipulativeBastard (Tohma, who [[spoiler:pretty much made up Hilda's past and uses them to break her oh-so-many-times]]. There's also [[spoiler:Zilva, the bitch that orchestrated the death of Ladras and framing of Eugene, then manipulates Agarte into starting her body-switching plan. All so Zilva can take over Callegea and eradicate all Huma.]])
* TheMedic (Annie, being a doctor's daughter and all)
* MyCountryRightOrWrong (Milhaust)
* NobleTopEnforcer (Mainly Milhaust, but before exile, Eugene is also this)
* OneeSama (Annie thinks Hilda is one. Tytree is also rumored to be interested in her because of this, and his sister complex)