History VideoGame / TalesOfXillia

!!Trope associated with this game so far:

* LethallyStupid: Ivar. He constantly gets in the way of protagonists and causes trouble solely due to his own massively overblown ego and trusting information that has been shown false before, and even activates the Lance of Kresnik very nearly killing everyone in the area including Milla which [[spoiler:leads to the situation that requires Millia's HeroicSacrifice.]]

** One of the skills Elize learns allows her to cut the party's battle-escape time ''by 80%''. It's called [[WesternAnimation/ChickenRun Chicken Run]]

* WhamEpisode: The start of Act 3: [[spoiler: "It wasn't a weapon."]] The end of Act 3 ([[spoiler: Mila's death]]) and [[spoiler: the party's confrontation with the real Maxwell]] also qualify.

* MulticoloredHair: Milla's hair is red, blonde, and green. With something sorta blue-ish at the end of the green. Now remember who she claims she is and which Spirits that would entail ruling over.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: Xillia is pronounced "Ex-illia" (エクシリア Ekushiria), not "Zillia" as is often said.

*** Milla is a {{Determinator}} on a mission to destroy the Lance of Kresnik, and has blonde hair as well as a laser-like arte, a tetra-spell-looking linked arte, and a Mystic Arte that uses InstantRunes to attack the enemy with a elemental beam. She's basically [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Dhaos]], only not evil or male. Howevever, her endgame status is more like [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Luke]], being a artificial life form made by a major villain]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Alvin, after accidentally shooting Leia. However, Alvin then blames Jude, leading to a DuelBoss battle between them.]]

* DeconstructorFleet: Wouldn't be a ''Tales'' game without it.
** The game deconstructs UndyingLoyalty. What happens when someone forms their entire identity around loyalty to someone or something? It ranges from showing us someone becoming unhinged and borderline mad when the one they followed [[BrokenPedestal breaks the image they had of them]] or dies, to showing a person becoming a YesMan who lacks free will of any kind. Without a GoalInLife beyond blind loyalty, such dedication is unhealthy.
** Also, the game deconstructs the {{Determinator}} trope you see in the ''Tales'' series when it comes to following your beliefs. What happens when you become so determined to follow your beliefs that you're willing to become the very thing you despise? Also, it shows just how empty simply focusing your entire life is when you follow your beliefs and nothing else.

* DuelBoss: [[spoiler:Jude versus Alvin, Milla versus Muzét, Jude versus Ivar.]] The last one counts as a WakeUpCallBoss as well if [[spoiler: Milla]] is your main character, as it's highly unlikely you've used [[spoiler: Jude]] much up to this point.

* FightingYourFriend: [[spoiler:Jude versus Alvin]].
* GagBoobs: Not in a direct way, while Milla has big knockers, they instead uses Jude's lack of knowledge about that for humor ('''[[LargeHam TEACH ME ABOUT ]][[https://youtu.be/xmKR_DziomM BAZONGAS!!!]]'''). After all, 'Bazongas' is a slang word for 'boobs'.

* GreenAesop: The [[spoiler:spirit-consuming]] spyrixes are a pretty clear reference to the conflict between nature and industrialization. [[spoiler:Spyrites are basically renewable energy, offering hope to Elympios, which would otherwise die due to completely depleting its natural resources.]]

* GoodOldFisticuffs: Jude's WeaponOfChoice.

** Some missions have a very spefic timeframe they must be done or the quests are [[PermanentlyMissableContent gone]]. The most jarring part is that while some skits tell you what you need to do, they don't tell you WHERE to go, meaning you can end up wasting a good while searching for a NPC and miss out on some very good interesting side quests.

* HeroicBSOD:[[spoiler: Jude has one, bordering on a DespairEventHorizon, when Milla sacrafices herself to save the party. He only snaps out of it when Alvin shoots Leia.]]
* HoldingHands: [[spoiler: Jude and Milla in the ending. It's a TearJerker as this is before they have to say goodbye because of Milla becoming the goddess of Rieze Maxia]]
* {{Homage}}: Howe's Egg Principle? That's really something [[Creator/ArthurConanDoyle Arthur Conan Doyle]] of SherlockHolmes fame said. Verbatim.

* InstantRunes: While typical of a ''Tales'' game at this point, this iteration makes the runes from ''Abyss'' look like preschool art projects (just look up any Mystic Arte exhibition).

* KidHero:
** At 15, Jude is one of the younger protagonists that the ''Tales'' series has seen along with [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Kyle]] and [[VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence Ruca]]; the standard ''Tales'' hero age seems to be 17.
** Rowen is the oldest playable character [[spoiler:who ''isn't'' ReallySevenHundredYearsOld]] in the main series, being 62 years of age.

* LethallyStupid: Ivar. He constantly gets in the way of protagonists and causes trouble solely due to his own massively overblown ego and trusting information that has been shown false before, and even activates the Lance of Kresnik very nearly killing everyone in the area including Millia which [[spoiler:leads to the situation that requires Millia's HeroicSacrifice.]]

* LimitBreak: The fan favorite attacks return once again; introduced via full-body cut-ins (ala ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'').

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Alvin, after accidentally shooting Leia.]]

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* ActionGirl: Milla is the most noticeable example of this. Leia counts as well, but is a bit more hesistant at times and Elize slowly grows into one.
* AlwaysWithYou: [[spoiler:It is hinted in the ending for Jude's side, that even though Milla now lives in the spirit world as the new Maxwell, she still watches over him and presumably, their friends.]]

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: The party theorizes that [[spoiler:the Golden Mage Knight is the physical form of bloodlust.]]

* ArcWords: [[Literature/SherlockHolmes "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."]] Often followed by someone saying "Howe's Egg Principle".

** Leia has a buff spell that gives a [[LuckBasedMission random]] elemental attribute to an ally's physical attacks. Not only does her AI fail to realize how unreliable this is, but she'll even cast it against enemies that ''resist all elements'', where it will drastically lower your damage output. [[note]] However, like with all artes, you can turn this off so that she doesn't use it in battle at all [[/note]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Both King Nachtigal and King Gaius are extremely tough bosses, with Nachtigal in particular being a HopelessBossFight when you first meet him. (Gaius is arguably also a HopelessBossFight the first time you fight him -- the game proceeds in the same way whether you win or not, and suggests that your entire party is more or less equally matched with him...) Both, however, also have a certain degree of [[JustifiedTrope justification]] for this -- Nachtigal fought in the army in his younger days, working his way up from footsoldier to general on merit alone, despite his noble birth (which, in fact, is the main reason he's king by now -- when it came to a civil war between him and his older brothers, the army backed HIM.) Gaius, meanwhile, rose to power on a philosophy of AsskickingEqualsAuthority, and effectively formed his kingdom from a bunch of scattered [[BarbarianTribe Barbarian Tribes]] by virtue of being able to kick everybody else's ass -- in a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy culture that greatly honors personal strength]].
* AutomaticNewGame: If there is no savefile present, the game starts up by letting the player check the settings and then proceeds immediately into the animated cutscene. A proper title menu appears, once the player has viewed the Jude or Milla opening, depending on which route they picked.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:During the final boss battle, each member that isn't Jude or Milla comes into the battle to assist them one by one. What's so interesting about this particular trope is that ''each one of them comes in and uses their Mystic Arte for a DynamicEntry effect.'' Yes, it is ''awesome''.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The two worlds are saved, the well-intentioned antagonists are redeemed and Maxwell steps down, dispelling the schism. However, Milla turns down the opportunity to be reborn as a human, as she feels it is her responsibility to stay in the Spirit World as the new Lord of Spirits]].

* TheCameo: Amongst other DLC were costumes based off of previous Tales series characters much like Graces f had prior to this, complete with said outfits changing the battle music and even adding cameo win-quotes. The pre-order costume set for the game had a [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Cless Alvein]] costume for Jude and a [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Stahn Aileron]] outfit for Milla. There were also Japan-only costumes based off of ''Anime/StarDriver'' and an internationally available set based off of ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster''. As for the publicly available cameo costumes, all playable characters got one each. Jude has a [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Leon Magnus]] outfit complete with earring prop and "Leon - Irony of Fate" battle music, Milla gets [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Dhaos]]' outfit as well as his headband as a hairstyle item and the Narikiri Dungeon X remix of "Conclusion", Alvin fittingly has [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Kratos Aurion]]'s Judgment outfit and hairstyle and "End of a Thought", Elize gets [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Mint Adnade]] along with her nurse hat and "Take Up The Cross", Leia gets [[VideoGame/TalesOfEternia Farah Oersted]] as well as her hairstyle along with "Inferia Battle" and Rowen oddly enough gets [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2 Barbatos Goetia]] complete with hairstyle and the Destiny 1 Director's Cut remix of "Coup de Grace".

** The Lance of Kresnik seems to be the most horrific version of this. [[spoiler:It sucks out the life energy of everyone around it so it can fire a WaveMotionGun. Even worse, Nachtigal is experimenting on his own people to ''improve'' the process']]
** On the smaller scale, Boosters are this as well, dramatically increasing an individual's mana output - at the cost of your life energy. However, as a soldier puts it, this cost is mainly only after long periods of use, and even then how much depends wildly among the afflicted. After hearing this, Rowen is worried for [[spoiler:Elize, knowing full well that Teepo is a unique booster prototype.]]

* CombatMedic: Jude, intentionally, but his small pool of healing moves makes his status as one disputable. Leia, on the other hand, is a true qualifier.
* CombinationAttack: Link Artes. Several between characters, depending if they have the artes that complement each other.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Averted for the most part... until you get to the boss battles.

* DeconstructorFleet:
** The game deconstructs the UndyingLoyalty trope heavily. What happens when someone forms their entire identity around loyalty to someone or something? It ranges from showing us someone becoming unhinged and borderline mad when the one they followed either [[BrokenPedestal breaks the image they had of them]], or dies, to showing said person becoming a YesMan who lacks free will of any kind. Without a GoalInLife, blind loyalty is unhealthy.
** Also, the game deconstructs the {{Determinator}} trope you see in the ''Tales'' series when it comes to following your beliefs. What happens when you become so determined to follow your beliefs that you're willing to become the very thing you despise, and also shows just how empty simply focusing your entire life is when you just simply follow your beliefs and nothing else.
* DidNotGetTheGirl:
** In the end, much to the sadness of [[spoiler: both Jude and Milla, they cannot stay together.]]

** As well as [[spoiler: Rowen, who was going to get married to Nachtigal's sister, but she was presumed dead during a great flood. While she's eventually found to be alive and healthy, she has suffered amnesia and completely forgotten Rowen]]. Xillia seems fond of this trope.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Jude does this to [[spoiler:the real Maxwell]] through sheer [[{{Determinator}} determination.]] And yes, it is [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome incredibly awesome.]]

* DualBoss: The FinalBoss.

Jude Mathis is a bright young medical student studying in the capital of Rashugal. When a large number of patients are suddenly admitted to his hospital, he investigates the cause and encounters a mysterious woman called Milla Maxwell. Milla claims to be "Maxwell", the legendary King of Spirits, and has come to investigate a recent wave of spirit deaths within Rashugal. Together, she and Jude discover a [[AwfulTruth horrific secret]] lurking in the heart of Rashugal, and are soon forced to flee from the military.

* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did You Just Punch Out The Lord of Spirits?]]: Jude does this to [[spoiler:the real one]] through sheer [[{{Determinator}} determination.]] And yes, it is [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome incredibly awesome.]]

* DeconstructionFleet:

Another entry in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'', released in Japan for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 on the 8th of September 2011. It currently holds the record for the fastest-selling ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' title and the second fastest-selling [=PS3=] title with approximately 525,605 copies sold in the first week. It was released on August 2013 in North America and Europe... where it dethroned ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' [[http://www.siliconera.com/2014/12/11/bandai-namco-say-theyre-paying-attention-fans/ as international best-seller]], at least, when comparing single system releases, [[https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20080414/tov1.html/ as Symphonia's multiple original versions still outsell it]]. Thanks to some math,this would mean it is now one of a handful of ''Tales'' games to sell a grand total of a million-plus units worldwide. In short: this game's pretty successful.

* {{Deconstruction}}:
** The game is a deconstruction of the UndyingLoyalty aspect you see in RolePlayingGames by showing us what happens when someone becomes so loyal they become blindly loyal, and also shows that you can't always rely on pure loyalty to make it in life and that everyone needs to find a GoalInLife of their own.

* BadassGrandpa: For the first time in ''Tales'' history, a 60+ year old butler joins the fray of playable characters. Bringing the roster to six, enter Rowen J. Ilbert.

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: That whole "[[WhamEpisode finding a horrible secret within the research facility]]" at the beginning of the game? [[spoiler:It turns out that there's a WaveMotionGun within there and that it's [[PoweredByAForsakenChild Powered by Several Forsaken People]].]] This small revelation kicks off why Jude stays with Milla.

Jude Mathis is a bright young medical student studying in the capital of Rashugal. When a large number of patients are suddenly admitted to his hospital, he investigates the cause and encounters a mysterious woman called Milla Maxwell. Milla claims to be "Maxwell", the legendary King of Spirits, and has come to investigate a recent wave of spirit deaths within Rashugal. Together, she and Jude discover a [[AwfulTruth horrific]] [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler secret]] lurking in the heart of Rashugal, and are soon forced to flee from the military.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: The FirstEpisodeSpoiler messes up the viewpoint of the entire game's struggle.

** The WarScene at Fezebel Marsh. The game counts the entire fight, those dozens and dozens of soldiers, as one battle. And there is a food that increases experience gain by 100% for a single fight. You do the math on that.

* FiveBadBand: Gaius (BigBad) and the Chimeriad - Wingul (TheDragon), Presa (TheEvilGenius), Jiao (TheBrute) and Agria (DarkChick).

* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did You Just Punch Out The Lord of Spirits?]]: Jude does this to [[spoiler:the real one]] through sheer [[{{Determinator}} determination.]] And yes, it is [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome incredibly awesome.]]

* MagicalIncantation: Incantations act as proof of a contract between Spirits and Channelers, allowing them to use their arts... [[CrowningMomentOfFunny except for Milla, who simply infuses her desires with the mana she offers, which is more of a threat.]]

* MacguffinDeliveryService: Milla is GenreSavvy enough to try to avoid being this. [[spoiler: Unfortunately Ivar isn't.]]

Another entry in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'', released in Japan for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 on the 8th of September 2011. It currently holds the record for the fastest-selling ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' title and the second fastest-selling [=PS3=] title with approximately 525,605 copies sold in the first week. It was released on August 2013 in North America and Europe... where it dethroned ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' [[http://www.siliconera.com/2014/12/11/bandai-namco-say-theyre-paying-attention-fans/ as international best-seller]], at least, when comparing single system releases, as Symphonia's multiple versions still outsell it. Thanks to some math,this would mean it is now one of a handful of ''Tales'' games to sell a grand total of a million-plus units worldwide. In short: this game's pretty successful.

Another entry in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'', released in Japan for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 on the 8th of September 2011. It currently holds the record for the fastest-selling ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' title and the second fastest-selling [=PS3=] title with approximately 525,605 copies sold in the first week. It was released on August 2013 in North America and Europe... where it dethroned ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' [[http://www.siliconera.com/2014/12/11/bandai-namco-say-theyre-paying-attention-fans/ as international best-seller]], and thanks to some math, would mean it is now one of a handful of ''Tales'' games to sell a grand total of a million-plus units worldwide. In short: this game's pretty successful.

* HeroicBSOD:Jude has one, bordering on a DespairEventHorizon, when [[spoiler: Milla sacrafices herself to save the party.]] He only snaps out of it when [[spoiler: Alvin shoots Leia in the back.]]

* GagBoobs: Not in a direct way, while Milla has big knockers, they instead uses Jude's lack of knowledge about that for humor ('''TEACH ME ABOUT BAZONGAS!!!'''). After all, 'Bazonga' is a slang word for 'boobs'.

%%* HeroicBSOD

* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did You Just Punch Out The Lord of Spirits?]]: Jude literally does this to [[spoiler:the real one]] through sheer [[{{Determinator}} determination.]] And yes, it is [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome incredibly awesome.]]