History HoYay / TalesOfVesperia

* The [=PS3=] version even adds some [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNgB-PJ2jpM new]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeEJufI8GkI scenes]] where Rita and Estelle pledge their eternal friendship and ''raise a baby together''.

* On the Flynn and Yuri thing, in the [=PS3=] version they have a dual Mystic Arte together, which may draw comparisons to previous OfficialCouple Emil and Marta's team-up attack in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' and the team-up attack used by later OfficialCouple Jude and Milla in VideoGame/TalesOfXillia.

*** Since the [=PS3=] version has Flynn in the party at that point, instead you get a skit after wearing a soldier uniform for a little time. Flynn is, as mentioned in the skit above, laughing while Yuri gets [[LuminescentBlush very flustered]] and, from some of his reactions and lines, suggests he was hoping for something more ''flattering'' from Flynn (such as the WolfWhistle above).

* In the [=PS3=] UpdatedReRelease Patty ''immediately'' treats Flynn as a rival as soon as she hears about him. Yeah. She hasn't met him yet and already sees him as a rival to her quest for Yuri's heart just from how people talk about him in relation to Yuri.

** You can also get an optional soldier costume for Yuri later in the game. If you wear it and talk to Flynn, he'll [[https://twitter.com/luluriapetal/status/1534288062695583747 ''WolfWhistle'']].

** You can also get an optional soldier costume for Yuri later in the game. If you wear it and talk to Flynn, he'll ''WolfWhistle''.

** They give off a very strong RomanticTwoGirlFriendship vibe, what with Rita constantly fretting and worrying over Estelle's safety and [[DeclarationOfProtection how protective]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5lciiqp5Oo she becomes of her]] as the game progresses. And while it seems one-sided from Rita's end, there's scenes such as them sleeping in the same bed at the inn at Heliord. A later scene has Estelle fall asleep at the foot of Rita's bed while watching over her.

-->'''Zelos:''' "But really though, isn't it true that you [[ImpliedLoveInterest and that Estelle gal]] [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship are pretty close?"]]

* The [=PS3=] version even adds some [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNgB-PJ2jpM new]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1KqKrNvV8o scenes]] where Rita and Estelle pledge their eternal friendship and ''raise a baby together''.

*** Not necessarily. We've seen that at least one of them can take on human form.

** They give off a very strong RomanticTwoGirlFriendship vibe, what with Rita constantly fretting and worrying over Estelle's safety and [[DeclarationOfProtection how protective]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5lciiqp5Oo she becomes of her]] as the game progresses. And while it seems one-sided from Rita's end, there's scenes such as them sleeping in the same bed at the inn at Heliord. A later scene has Estelle fall asleep at the foot of Rita's bed while watching over her. ''Then'' there is the lost baby event that has both of them work together. It ain't subtle.

** They give off a very strong RomanticTwoGirlFriendship vibe, what with Rita constantly fretting and worrying over Estelle's safety and [[DeclarationOfProtection how protective]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5lciiqp5Oo she becomes of her]] as the game progresses. And while it seems one-sided from Rita's end, there's scenes such as them sleeping in the same bed at the inn at Heliord. A later scene has Estelle fall asleep at the foot of Rita's bed while watching over her.

** Near the end of the babysitter sub-event, Estelle notes that she and Rita look like a married couple:

* If you complete Aurnion's construction and approach the monument in the town square, it'll trigger a sub-event in which Rita confides that she grew up as an orphan. So Blastia essentially became like family to her, which prompts the following dialogue between her and Judith:

** As soon as you enter the first dungeon with Rita, she is caught by the main character, staring at Estelle with little blush marks. She doesn't continue to stare, but will get very flustered when the other characters tease her for being close to Estelle.
** Estelle's ecstatic reaction to Rita first calling her by her AffectionateNickname instead of Estellise. Paired with Rita's LuminescentBlush and stuttering when it's pointed out.
** The whole method to save the world at the end? Rita made it ''just to save Estelle''. The world was just a welcome bonus.
** [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai Namco]] put on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwC5VHMaI3Y "Tales of Ristelle"]] live-action skit, which hung a massive lampshade on Rita's affection for Estelle. [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Zelos']] JP VA tricks Rita's VA into showing up, by telling her Estelle would be there. When Rita calls him out for it, he and [[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia Milla]] tease her for being {{tsundere}} towards her.

** The [=PS3=] version even adds some [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNgB-PJ2jpM new]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1KqKrNvV8o scenes]] where Rita and Estelle pledge their eternal friendship and ''raise a baby together''.
*** A sidequest in the ruins of [[spoiler: Yormgen]] rewards you with swimsuits for the guys and girls respectively. Rita refuses to wear hers until Estelle says she'd probably look cute in it. After Rita [[GilliganCut puts it on]], Estelle gushes over how good it looks on her, which causes Rita to blush and say the same about Estelle.
*** If you complete Aurnion's construction and approach the monument in the town square, it'll trigger a sub-event in which Rita confides that she grew up as an orphan. So Blastia essentially became like family to her, which prompts the following dialogue between her and Judith:

*** Rita then looks directly at Estelle, whose speech balloon blocks Yuri and the others from view while she and Rita stare [[HomoeroticSubtext at each other.]] None too subtle implication there.

* If, after some twenty hours at least, you haven't done some serious thinking about how much Rita is concerned about Estelle's well-being, then, friend, you're not paying any attention. Makes one wonder just what it is she [[spoiler:finds in Rita's drawer not long after they meet]].

** The fact that a guy named [[YuriFan "Yuri"]] christens them as, [[PortmanteauCoupleName "Ristell"]] adds fuel to the fire, during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5yexLrUfXI the skit]] that triggers by using Rita's Levitation skill for the first time.

* The scene that comes closest to confirming the attraction takes place when the party returns to Halure, after Rita first joins them. Yuri has a private chat with Rita about Estelle, that essentially amounts to IfYouHurtHer

** Yuri adds fuel to the fire during [[PortmanteauCoupleName the "Ristell"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5yexLrUfXI skit]], which is triggered by using Rita's Levitation skill for the first time. Rita levitates while Estelle holds on to her legs.