Tales of Zestiria - Printable Version

Tales of Zestiria - Printable Version

+- Southperry.net (https://www.southperry.net)
+-- Forum: Arts & Entertainment (https://www.southperry.net/forumdisplay.php?fid=12)
+--- Forum: General Entertainment (https://www.southperry.net/forumdisplay.php?fid=71)
+---- Forum: General Gaming (https://www.southperry.net/forumdisplay.php?fid=74)
+---- Thread: Tales of Zestiria (/showthread.php?tid=68198)

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Tales of Zestiria - JoeTang - 2013-12-26

I've updated the OP with the translated descriptions of the characters given in a recent magazine.

You can read more about the story at Abyssal Chronicles.

Tales of Zestiria - JoeTang - 2014-01-06

Official Site's Grand Opening was today/last night. They have character profiles for Slay and Alisha, and some background information on the story and the setting of Greenwood, the two countries, and the Grove of the Divine. Should probably expect more stuff to be released on a regular basis now, about once every week or two as precedent by other site openings. This particular title is rather early in the development phase though, if they are truly planning on a 2015 release, so they may not have as much information to give.

The character profiles appear to be identical in content to what was in the magazine scans that I've already translated, and there are no official romanizations for the names still. The links read "sray" and "arisha" though, which I hope are not it.

Story talks about how Slay lived in the Grove of the Divine because he was particularly susceptible to being attacked by monsters; he possesses a strong spiritual power that they're attracted to. He's lived isolated in this town, untainted by the unclean outside world (the same type uncleanliness that Alisha talks about in her profile quote). As he's exploring ruins outside of his town, he meets Alisha as they both fall into a crumbling ruin.

Tales of Zestiria - JoeTang - 2014-02-16

[Image: ZazEaDR.jpg]

Some actual new information.

Name: Mikurio (ミクリオ Wink

Weapon: Long Staves
Character Designer: Inomata Mutsumi
Voice Actor: Ohsaka Ryouta
「スレイはあんなヤツだ。幼なじみの僕でも見ててハラハラする。」
"Slay is that type of guy. A childhood friend like me watching him still makes me nervous."
Slay's close friend and rival. He'll point out Slay's erratic behaviour in a calm and composed demeanor. He uses a Divine Echo Artes (天響術, tenkyoujutsu) with a specialty in Water elements. As a Divine, he lives with Slay who can see his form, but Alicia cannot. Divine are said to have a lifespan that's near the point of agelessness and immortality.

天響術
Uses a pure person or object as a vessel and controls it naturally.

http://www.abyssalchronicles.com/?fn_mode=comments&fn_id=1204
http://taletalesource.blog69.fc2.com/blog-entry-3163.html

Official website hasn't been updated with this yet.

Tales of Zestiria - JoeTang - 2014-02-20

http://www.abyssalchronicles.com/?fn_mode=comments&fn_id=1207

Lots of new information from AbyssalChronicals and Famitsu. I'm not going to bother reposting their stuff here, since it's their own scans and translations. You can click the link to see it.

Highlights are an area called "The Ruins of Mabinogio", and a few screenshots of walking around.

Mikurio character art

From Famitsu:
The Divine are a mysterious race that are treated religiously. Using their Divine Echo Artes, they can use pure humans and objects as "Vessels", influencing them. Only humans with high spiritual power are aware of Divine. Those that Divine contract with are referred to as "Monks" (i.e. from the pre-announcement lore book). These monks could freely use the power of the Divines, but they have faded into legends, like the Divine themselves.

Tales of Zestiria - Remoir - 2014-02-21

Mikurio looks cool i like him already.

Tales of Zestiria - JoeTang - 2014-03-04

I was going to update this when I had time to translate it, but that doesn't look like it's any time soon so:
The Official Website was updated on Thursday. The new information includes:
New part in Introduction to Areas
-New description about the area near Izuchi and Mabinogio Ruins, where Slay and Mikurio explore, with screenshots.
Description of Monk & Divine
-Information should be similar to what was in the Famitsu scan earlier.
Additional Slay description + Voice 3
-Description talks about how he's lived in Izuchi since he was a child, together with Divine and humans.

Voice 1 Wrote:Discovering things yourself is the allure of exploring isn't it?

Voice 2 Wrote:I don't care what you call me, I'll find a way to make everyone happy. That's why...

Voice 3 Wrote:My dream is to allow humans and Divine to live happily together, like in the mythical age.

Alisha Voice 3

Voice 1 Wrote:I want to do what I can, for the people of Highland.

Voice 2 Wrote:A knight is strong for those they protect, and kind to their people.

Voice 3 Wrote:Are you so messed up that you involve the people that you're supposed to be protecting from the Spirit War?!?

Mikurio's Page

Voice 1 Wrote:It was just a spontaneous decision, but it went well didn't it?

Voice 2 Wrote:Slay should be more aware that he's weird.

Voice 3 Wrote:C'mon. Let's get going and get finished. I'm sure we'll manage. We're here with you.

Tales of Zestiria - JoeTang - 2014-03-12

http://www.abyssalchronicles.com/?fn_mode=comments&fn_id=1214

Abyssal Chronicles has scans of the newest character, ~~Kanonno~~ Edna. She uses umbrellas/parasols as her weapon.

Also shown in the scan are two Artes, of which only Slay's name is visible, but Alisha's graphic is shown as well.
The banner reads "Grand Announcement of Slay and Alisha's attacking artes"
Slay's arte is called 天滝破 (Tenrouha, lit. Sky Waterfall Wave)
The small description accompanying the arte reads:
"The Ceremonial Sword's various elemental attacks!"
"An elemental arte that attacks an enemy's weaknesses. Slay's basic combat strategy is the ability to advance through combat with advantages."

Alisha's:
"The dynamic Long Spear!"

Also introduced is the sacred mountain Reiforc (レイフォルク Wink

. It stands as the most prominent mountain on the continent, worshiped by the people. It is littered by rock formations that appear like the fangs of a dragon, making it a dangerous area, so why is Edna here?
Lightning is constantly rumbling and there is a legend that a dragon lives here.

Tales of Zestiria - JoeTang - 2014-03-19

http://www.abyssalchronicles.com/?fn_mode=comments&fn_id=1216
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201403/20050127.html

Some new information on Abyssal Chronicles and Famitsu. Really nice high quality scans from Famitsu Magazine there.

A bit more info on the backstory of the game. Mentioned is the Impurity (穢れ Wink

in Alisha's character quote, which I originally assumed was contextual.

Impurity (穢れ, kegare) Wrote:Hatred and envy, malice borne from the negative energies of human's hearts. As this abnormality builds up, Demons (憑魔 are born. It is a poisonous power to the Divine.

Demons (憑魔, hyouma) Wrote:People, plants, and animals that are affected by strong Impurities that transform into monsters. Those with strong spiritual powers can recognize their true forms, while regular people only see ferocious beings, or phenomena like tornadoes and lightning.

There is a screenshot of a Demon boar at the bottom of the page with Edna.

Edna:
A young Divine girl who has powerful Earth element Divine Echo Artes (天響術, tenkyoujutsu). Behind her cute exterior is a cold and mature attitude who enjoys teasing and toying with others with her wicked tongue. After living alone for so long, is this how she acts out when she longs for attention? She's usually calm and collected, but when it comes to her only family, her older brother, she forgets herself and becomes emotional. Her favourite parasol has a mascot character named Normin hanging off it. The reason would apparently take a long time to explain.

While the specifics of the battle system are not yet made public, here is some information on some of Slay and Alisha's artes.

Slay:
Using a Ceremonial Sword he found in an ancient ruin, Slay's combat style revolves around fast attacks. He has many artes that keep in moving through battle or have fast execution, along with several elemental types and self buffs. He is a front-line fighter who can adapt well to situations, picking apart enemies by their weaknesses, using powerful basic and advanced artes.

Artes:
天滝破 (Tenrouha, lit. Sky Waterfall Wave) [Water]
三鷹 (Mitaka[/I], lit. Three Hawks)
太刀紅蓮 (Tachiguren, lit. Long Sword Crimson Lotus) [Fire]
斬鋼 (Zankou, lit. Beheading Steel) [Earth]
無影衝 (Mueishou, lit. Shadowless Thrust) (see Mueishou, also Jude Mathis's Mirage Blitz)

Alisha:
Wielding a spear that is longer than her height, Alisha has fast thrusts as well as wide-ranged sweeps available to her. Taking the interval between attacks to step-move or use artes that have movements associated with them, she can keep an advantageous position on the battlefield with her range. Using her orthodox basic artes and dynamic advanced artes, she can easily evade and attack around her enemies.

Artes:
旋華 (Senka, lit. Spinning Flower)
櫓独楽(Yagura Goma, lit. Lone Tower Ease)
旋光連舞 (Senkourenbu, lit. Spinning Light Dance)
斬華 (Zanga, lit. Beheading Flower)
葬炎雅 (Souenga, lit. Elegant Burial Pyre) [Fire]

Alisha hhhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

Tales of Zestiria - JoeTang - 2014-03-28

Official Site Update:

Edna's Character Page

Voice 1 Wrote:That's right. Humans don't think about your feelings. But that can't be helped. That's just how humans are.

Voice 2 Wrote:Stuff like chasing legends and "believing in yourself". Trying to ask a girl out like that is way behind the times. Zero persuasive ability.

Voice 3 Wrote:That's a pretty bold thing to say. You're really eager to climb the stairs to adulthood aren't you.

Story page for Defilement (穢れ Wink

, which is what their site link names it, I mentioned it earlier as "Impurity" and AbyssalChronicles calls it "The Unclean". You can see a nice before and after screenshot of a town there, as well as a picture of a defiled boar. No new text information though.

Location page for Divine Mountain, Reiforc

Battle Style descriptions for Slay and Alisha.

Nothing we didn't see in Famitsu a few days ago, though there are better HD screenshots.

Tales of Zestiria - Hanabira.Kage - 2014-04-11

Since [MENTION=535]JoeTang[/MENTION]; still hasn't posted it yet...

http://www.abyssalchronicles.com/?fn_mode=comments&fn_id=1232

New character Lyla revealed. Visit the link for more details.

And before anyone can make the joke:

[video=youtube;uCTLsfLbIpA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCTLsfLbIpA[/video]

Tales of Zestiria - JoeTang - 2014-04-11

Thanks for letting me know.

Name: Lyla (ライラ Wink

Weapon: Paper/Pages
Character Designer: Inomata Mutsumi
Voice Actor: Matsuki Miyu
私はずっと待っていました。穢れを生まない純粋で清らかな心を持ち、私の声が届く者が現れるのを
I've always been waiting. For a heart that does not birth Defilements, pure and chaste, whom my voice reaches, to appear.
A fire-type Divine who guides Slay towards becoming a Monk. He meets her during a festival.
She gives precise advice like an instructor, as an older woman. She sometimes runs wild with her delusions though.
The lady of the lake who resides inside the legendary ceremonial sword.
Waiting for someone who has the abilities to become a Monk. In a fateful encounter, she meets Slay and becomes bound through a marriage contract! (srsly)
Slay becomes a vessel for the Divine, granting him the power to calm Demons.

Battle Styles:
Mikurio: Shooting and ranged attack style, with simple healing. (pineapple Hisui)
-Water-type Divine Echo Artes capable of counterattacking or pursuing. An all-rounder who can also use simple healing abilities.
Edna: Time-delay activated "trigger" style (I believe this means traps, ground effects, delayed explosion type things. Thinking similar to Rowen's Meteoric Waltz, or Spectral Purge, and Raven's traps?)
-Trigger-style Earth-type Divine Echo Artes, a technician who can create diverse combos even on her own. (technician as in skill, rather than combat engineer)

Tales of Zestiria - JoeTang - 2014-04-15

http://taletalesource.blog69.fc2.com/
Can't see any other source for this, but I'm not too keen in searching for anything. This blog seems to have whatever abyssal chronicles has a bit earlier.
EDIT: http://www.famitsu.com/news/201404/17051761.html
blogger posted an additional source link (or I missed it the first pass). Presumably, the content that's not shown on the site was included in their latest magazine.

A bit more info on Lyla:

青春ですね？男の友情！そうですね？
"This is the springtime of youth right? Friendship between men! That's it right?" (obviously referencing Slay and Mikurio)

私の剣となるということは私を宿す器となり、宿命を背負うということ
"The sword that I become is the vessel within which I reside, a fate I must bear."

A Divine who resides in a holy sword to be drawn by the one the legends proclaim to be a monk. After a certain event, she continued to wait for one who would become a monk to appear, having a fateful encounter with Slay. She sees hope in him and is bound by a marriage contract. Using the vessels of Divine Slay has the ability to defeat Demons. She is a fire elemental divine. They meet during a festival of sorts. She gives precise advice like an instructor, as an older woman. She sometimes runs wild with her delusions though.

In regards to the talents of a monk, they are able to contract with multiple Divine. Contracts with 4 Divine, one of each element, is ideal, but in all of history, this feat has almost never been accomplished.

Battle Style:

Spoiler

Humans:
Humans excel at physical attacks, with an emphasis on movement and mobility.
O Button activates speed and mobility style attacks (特技, tokugi).
X Button activates powerful penetrating artes (奥義, ougi) (penetrating as in busting through, breaking past, etc)
Particularly useful in distracting enemies while other characters are using Divine Echo Artes (i.e. chanting spells)

Divine:
O Button activates midrange style attacks (特技, tokugi).
X Button activates powerful and long range Divine Echo Artes (天響術, tenkyoujutsu).
Take cover in a safe position to reduce the risk of being interrupted while chanting Divine Echo Artes.

Mikurio:
Performs closequarter combat by loading Spiritual Power into his staff and using midrange attacks. His Divine Echo Artes are a shooting-style and area of effect-style attacks that perform well at counterattacking and pursuing. He is also capable of simple healing artes.
Splash (スプラッシュ Wink

Violet High (ヴァイオレットハイ Wink

Twin Flow(ツインフロー Wink

Kirimizu (斬水（きりみず）, lit. beheading water)
Tachimizu (達水（たちみず）, lit. reaching water)

Edna:
Uses her umbrella for close range attacks, while opening it unleashes spiritual power projectiles that have various effects. Her Divine Echo Artes consist of area of effect-style and time-delayed trigger-style attacks. She is capable of setting up combos other characters can't do on their own.

Air Pressure (エアプレッシャー Wink

Rock Lance (ロックランス Wink

Embrace End (インブレイスエンド Wink

Powder Snow (粉雪（パウダースノウ）, lit. powdered snow)
Sky (晴天（スカイ）, lit. clear skies)

Named Dungeons:
Lakepillow Plateau (レイクピロー高地 Wink

Temple of the Lady of the Lake (湖の乙女の聖堂 Wink

Vivia Canal Ruins (ヴィヴィア水道遺跡 Wink

Thoughts:
About Lyla:
Lyla resides within a sword. Whether this is the ceremonial sword that Slay finds in the Mabinoginon Ruins (I think?) or a different Holy Sword, is unknown. The text references a holy sword (聖剣 Wink

compared to Slay's originally introduced ceremonial sword (儀礼剣 Wink

. Since she doesn't meet them until a festival, it's likely the latter, though it is possible she resides within his ceremonial sword and just doesn't appear until later. The story told has a slight resemblance to King Arthur legends, with Lyla being the lady of the lake and the drawing of a holy sword to deem worth.
Once again, there is reference to marriage (輿入れの契約を結ぶ Wink

. Could be the specific term used for Divine contracting though.
Presumably, combat consists of Slay and Alicia using weapons that have Divine residing in them. The Divine would be able to materialize themselves, but the item would still possess their spiritual power, allowing them to combat. Otherwise, you would have to sacrifice a party member to battle, if they are required to exist within the item, since Lyla explicitly possesses inside a sword.

About Battle Style:
Seems to be a modification on Graces's style shift. Typically, O activated the basic attack, which would never be called 特技, which are the most fundamental and lowest level artes, in particular, for hand-to-hand users like Farah, Regal, etc. Probably since they didn't care for the approach Xillia took, where basic attacks had a bit of flash and speed to them but weren't considered too strong for utility compared to Graces.

Mikurio does sound to be an all-rounder like stated in an earlier post. Capable of close range attacks, with mid and long-range Divine Echo Artes. Minor healing, possibly similar to Zelos/Kratos, Regal, Raven, Hubert. A bit different in regards to Xillia 2, where every character had access to a healing skill, though Xillia 1 had fewer. None of his healing artes have been named. His style might actually be close to Pascal, as he has a staff, and his artes are described as shooting range.
Strangely enough, the artes given in kanji don't use on'yomi and use kun-yomi instead for pronunciation. Typically, any arte that's named in kanji will always use on'yomi. There are a couple of exceptions, though I can't really name them.

Edna seems to have a base ability similar to Elise, with a bit of projectile play on her weapon. She seems to have a trap-style or delayed explosion style attack. Things that come to mind are Raven, and several Xillia 2 artes, like Rowen's Embuse Marche, Muzet's Force Mine, etc. Another untypical thing about Edna is her kanji-artes have transliterated English readings. She also possesses several ice-element artes (Embrace End, Powder Snow) despite being Earth element, which indicates that either Ice is now Earth, or there is some other method of earning a combination-element arte if they keep the system from Xillia.

So far, no info on Lyla's style. If she's an offense-type, I'm dreading to see a male wind-using healer. pls stahp.

Tales of Zestiria - Flonne - 2014-04-17

all I needed to hear -
>Go Shiina and Sakuraba collabing on OST
Buying even if the rest of the game is absolutely terrible, though the rest is looking good too; I played through Legendia and liked it almost exclusively because Go Shiina is so awesome.

evidence:
http://www.abyssalchronicles.com/?fn_mode=comments&fn_id=1190

Quote:Fun find in the trailer: the music in the game will be both by Motoi Sakuraba and... Go Shiina (Tales of Legendia).

For more info about Tales of Zestiria, read our post on the game's reveal and a bit on the game's characters.

And again, localization has been confirmed for Tales of Zestiria! Read all about it here!

(oh yeah, and I guess localization confirmed is good too, lol)

Tales of Zestiria - JoeTang - 2014-04-18

http://www.abyssalchronicles.com/?fn_mode=comments&fn_id=1235

Abyssal Chronicles has their article out on the info I posted two days ago. They have a few magazine scans included which have screenshots that aren't available on Famitsu's site.

The second scan shows screenshots of two named areas mentioned; Lakepillow Plateau and Temple of the Lady of the Lake.

The third scan shows Vivia Canal Ruins.

Lakepillow Plateau (katakana are the separate words for lake and pillow, can't be assed to create a fictional name with the same phonology)
The large plateau that spreads across the foot of the tall mountain that Izuchi, Slay and Mikurio's town, rests on. The surrounding mountain range supplies water into through strong rapids across Lakepillow Plateau, where the water flows towards the capital into the lake "Ladylake". This is the first location in the "lower world" where Slay and Mikurio visit on their journey outside of Izuchi.

Temple of the Lady of the Lake
A temple that receives the guardianship of the Lady of the Lake, which houses the monk's holy sword that cannot be drawn. The "Holy Sword Festival" is has been held here in recent times, for men of valor to attempt to draw the sword, as they vie for fame. In the past few years though, the Holy Sword Festival has been held off due to various conflicts in the world; however, this year, due to Alisha's efforts, it is being held again.

There's a description for the Vivia Canal Ruins, but since Abyssal Chronicle's watermark blocks part of the text, I'm not going to bother trying since it takes me a long time to do this to begin with.

All the hinting to meeting Lyla at a festival hints to this Holy Sword Festival, where she is the Lady of the Lake who resides inside this undrawable Holy Sword of the monk's. For the timeline so far, we have Slay and Mikurio leaving Izuchi to journey for whatever reason, possibly because they meet Alisha as they are in the Mabinoginon Ruins. Slay finds his Ceremonial Sword there, if I recall correctly, so it's different than Lyla's sword. They should meet Edna along the way down from the mountains towards this temple, where they'll meet Lyla.

Tales of Zestiria - JoeTang - 2014-04-24

Localization for Tales of Hearts R for PS Vita confirmed, (Winter 2014?)
Localized Tales of Xillia 2 release date is set for August 19, 2014 for NA and August 22, 2014 for EU.

Today, they updated Zestiria's official website with the information that was recently in Famitsu.
The front page now shows the tag line of the game "Legend will one day become [Hope]".

Lakepillow Plateau, Temple of the Lady of the Lake, Vivia Canal Ruins screenshots and descriptions.
Vivia Canal Ruins

AbyssalChronicles Wrote:A ruin that spreads beneath Lady Lake, and has a different style and architecture as compared to the capital's current state. The place is like a complicated maze full of relics and ruins from the past, such as a mysterious device said to be hidden there. Some say the Highland Royal Family knows about it, but the truth is unknown.

Monk's Contract
Monks form contracts with Divine, using their own body as a "Vessel" for the Divine to dwell in, allowing their physical abilities to surpass regular humans, and giving them capability to control Divine Echo Artes.
A contract requires an enormous amount of spiritual power, but above all, requires a pure heart untainted by Defilement. When a Monk forms a contract with a Divine and their body becomes a vessel, it is referred to as a [輿入れ] (This term is used to mean "marriage into the family", but its literal meaning is "to enter a palanquin").
Within the contract, the Divine is referred to as the ｢主」 (master) and the Monk is referred to as the ｢従｣ (subordinate), and the Monk cannot one-sidedly break the contract.
Depending on the Monk's talent, they may be able to form contracts with multiple Divine at the same time.
Contracts with four Divine, one of each element, is regarded as the ideal, but there have historically been few (none?) Monks who have gathered four Divine and accomplished this.

Lyla
I was hoping that she would use her Yoshinoya voice. Maybe when she goes "delusional".

Voice 1 Wrote:(same as her character quote)
I've always been waiting. For a heart that does not birth Defilements, pure and chaste, whom my voice reaches, to appear.

Voice 2 Wrote:What you fear is not failure. When you fear failure, you cannot trust your answers.

Voice 3 Wrote:L-let's have a sudden shiritori contest! Anpan! Oh, it's over already!

尻取り (shiritori) is a word chaining game, where the final syllable of a word or phrase is used by the next player to create a word or phrase, until a player cannot think of a new word or makes a mistake. Lyla starts the game with アンパン (anpan, Red Bean Paste/Sweet Bread), which ends with the syllable (ン/ん, 'n'), which no word can start with, therefore losing the game on the first turn as the starting player. Contextually, this sounds like her trying to resolve some sort of a conflict (i.e. Slay and Mikurio are fighting or something) and she's trying to smooth things over with a game or joke.

Battle System
Battle Style

No real new information here compared to what has been shown in Famitsu magazine, but some better quality screenshots around. Confirmation that Edna's "Trigger-style" means time-delayed activations. It also mentions that while they are good for setting up combos for allies, they can also be used on her own to create her own combos other characters cannot do.

Tales of Zestiria - JoeTang - 2014-04-27

http://commu.jp.playstation.com/blog/details/20140424_toz.html
Some really amazing screenshots here, though the page loaded extremely slowly for me.

Niconico Choukaigi 3 Day 1:
There was a livestreamed presentation which I missed.
New PV, includes gameplay and a lot of story elements
[video=youtube;AQi98wt4s4U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQi98wt4s4U[/video]

Some screenshots and transcript here

Quote:Narrator:
Humans are very powerless
As such, when times are difficult
They pray for the "Monk" to appear

Henceforth

When the time known as the "Age of Calamity" appears
The "Story of the Monk" unfolds

Slay:
This is ---- the world!!

It's in "The Records of the Divine"
Whoever draws the Holy Sword guarded by the Lady of the Lake
becomes a Monk in the legend right?

Alisha:
Without saying anything
Or knowing anything about me, you saved me
I am grateful

Lyla:
Springtime of youth, right?
Man's friendship! That's it, isn't it!

Mikurio:
Should I just stand behind you and twiddle my thumbs as I watch?
Next time, I'll fight too.

Edna:
That's enough.
I intended to help to begin with.

Slay:
My dream is to, just like in the time of legends,
to create a world where humans and Divine can live happily together.

Alisha:
Slay, is it possible
you really can see the Divine...

Lyla:
I will inform the two of you again
What it is the Monk must do
What it is the Monk must calm
The existence that is source of Defilement, from which Demons are borne.

"The Lord of Calamity"

Mikurio:
This revolt...
It was all planned!

Alisha:
To Drag the people who you're supposed to protect into your power struggles!

Lyla:
Please wait!
To become one with my sword
Is the same as becoming one with me, who resides within its vessel
And to shoulder the fate that lies beyond

Slay:
If it's to save humanity and the Divine
Then I feel it's connected all the same
To the dream that I'm chasing

That's why...
I will become a "Monk"!
I will give this body to you as a vessel
and shoulder this fate!

Lyla:
I have always waited.

Mikurio:
I didn't tag along so I could get in the way!

Slay:
Mikurio...

Mikurio:
Don't be so conceited.
Is this what you thought?
That this was just your dream?

Slay:
I get it now.
It's our dream.
*brofist*

Lyla:
To travel the world
Experience many things
And find the path to your answer is what I want

Slay:
My answer...

The battle system is called the Fusionic Chain-Linear Motion Battle System. I have no details so far, though AbyssalChronicles says it's similar to Graces' (PRAISE DA LAWD). We'll have to see if they showed any specific footage of the battle system, or if the presentation will be uploaded any time soon.
Starting at 1:50 in the above video, we see a bunch of combat.

Mikurio:
昇掃撃 (Shousougeki, lit. Rising Sweep Attack, Leia's Spiral Strike)

Edna:
虹霓（レインボウ） (Rainbow)

From what we can see from the video, the timeline appears to be as such:

Slay & Mikurio investigating Mabinogion Ruins.
Ruins collapse and they find Alisha.
Slay saves her and brings her to Izuchi, tells her about his dream, and the Divine.
Alisha doesn't believe him, brings him out from Izuchi
Go to Lyla's Temple, where Alisha was planning the festival
There's some sort of a revolt there, Slay contracts with Lyla
Afterwards, they go through Vivia Ruins, contracts with Mikurio
They pass by Reifork Mountains and meet Edna who joins them?

It seems Mikurio isn't combat capable until well into the introduction, after Lyla, despite appearing so early. I'd expect much of the intro to be just Slay + Alisha fighting, since the Divine are a) invisible to her and b) not contracted. Timeline seems a bit odd with how the characters were introduced, and the geography. It was noted that Reifork, where Edna lives, is in the same mountain range as Lakepillow Plateau and Izuchi. They either meet her first and bring her to Ladylake, or they go to Reifork afterwards.

We're looking at only six characters, which is a bit disappointing. Hoping for maybe hax light and dark Divines to appear, MAYBE SOME FOR ALISHA?!? She seems pretty pure hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

Tales of Zestiria - Miek - 2014-04-27

Looking amazing!!

-go shiina?? omggggg
-definitely getting a ps vita whatever it is (not sure what a vita is lmao) to get hearts!
-cant wait!

Tales of Zestiria - Hanabira.Kage - 2014-04-27

Miek Wrote:-definitely getting a ps vita whatever it is (not sure what a vita is lmao) to get hearts!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ps_vita

I'm definitely saving up for Hearts R.

Tales of Zestiria - Dark Link - 2014-04-27

Definitely want Hearts R, but getting a Vita solely for it isn't enough incentive for me to buy one, especially since there's only 2-3 games that even interest me.
Oh well, super hyped for Xillia 2's release in the west.

Tales of Zestiria - Lozmaster - 2014-04-27

since we're on the topic of vitas

[Image: FHBjPeA.jpg]

Warning though if you're going to buy one: You need one of sonys propriety memory cards to even save data. The bigger ones, which you'll certainly want if you plan to download games/ have PS+ (and why wouldn't you get PS+? Best value for money in the industry) , which aren't cheap.