History YMMV / TalesOfPhantasia

* OlderThanTheyThink: Many people think that this game is the first UsefulNotes/SuperNES game with a vocal song in-game, but it's not. The infamous unlicensed game ''VideoGame/HongKong97'', which came out a few months before this game, has an [[BrokenRecord uninterrupted 5-second loop]] of ''I Love Beijing Tiananmen'' complete with vocals as the only sound in the game. Most people still agree that ''Tales of Phantasia'' does it much better than ''VideoGame/HongKong97'', though.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: This game is still playable today but it's shown its age. A lot of the stuff that made this game stand out were later done better by later VideoGame/TalesSeries games or became commonplace. (''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' was called "The game that sings" originally because it had a theme song. This is standard routine for the VideoGame/TalesSeries game; but a lot of other games have theme songs, too.) The Linear Motion battle system was also ''really'' cool and innovative for its time; but compared to the other Linear Motion Battle systems (Especially the 3D and pseudo-3D ones) it is Bare-Bones. Even compared to ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia'''s LMBS, this game's LMBS can frustrate people with how chuggy it is. Also, this game's major twist was that [[spoiler:Dhaos was just a WellIntentionedExtremist]]. (However; Dhaos is still one of the most memorable VideoGame/TalesSeries Villainous Blondes)

** Pluto, a secret summon set up as a BonusBoss at the end of an incredibly difficult BonusDungeon, is supposed to be incredibly tough. Which, sadly, he's not. Due to programmer oversight, he flinches and is pushed back nigh constantly when hit with Demon Fang, Cress's ''first move''. The entire battle ends up being Cress sending [[BeamSpam endless arcs of Demon Fangs]] at Pluto and the rest of the party nuking the crap out of him, all while he sits ineffectually off in the corner, presumably crying about CherryTapping bastards.

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* PolishedPort: The Playstation and PSP versions steal the show, not only using ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'''s engine for smoother gameplay and combat but generally adding more on top like Suzu as an OptionalPartyMember. They're also notable for the more in-depth Skits, the Manual Ring allowing you to take total control over the battles, and actual voice acting, especially the PSP release with the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Full Vocal Version]] filling in ''all'' of the cutscene dialogue.

** Wyvern in the SNES version. He appears at the end of an extremely brutal and long BonusDungeon, but his only attacks were a physical attack that was strong but could be quickly healed by your cleric and creating a pair of stationary fireballs in front of him that would kill Cress in seconds upon contact, but could be absorbed by the armor found earlier in the dungeon and was harmless if you didn't try to jump at Wyvern while the fireballs were active. In the PSX-version, he TookALevelInBadass and took one UpToEleven. His fireballs are no longer stationary but were shot across the entire field and could penetrate your meatshield to hit the characters behind him.

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* {{Mondegreen}}: What the heck does ''Gua Toledo'' mean?[[note]]Mint's Japanese VA's attempt at saying "First Aid", coupled with compression artifacts, resulted in several tropers hearing her say this line in the SNES version.[[/note]]

* PortingDisaster:

* MisBlamed: The official translation is often bashed for such things as "removing" adult humor that was ''never in'' the original. The only things that were the translations fault, however, was "Kangaroo" instead of "Ragnarok" and some inconsistencies with ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''.

** The English iOS port, an AllegedlyFreeGame, managed to be worse than the GBA port: it has an [[http://kotaku.com/theyve-turned-a-classic-jrpg-into-an-always-online-fr-1510608500 always-online requirement]], an [[PayToWin in-game purchase system]] (necessary, as the difficult was increased, and grinding takes more time than in other versions), the controls are overly sensitive (especially on an iPad), and the opening song and all the skits were removed. The final nail in the coffin was Namco pulled the plug on their server, turning every single copy of the game became a virtual paperweight and screwing over anyone who spend time and money with this.