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[edit] Character list

I have deleted the character list, as it is very probably a copyright violation of this article. Please, redo the list without doing a copy/paste (even the line breaks were similar). -- ReyBrujo 20:31, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm working on a new one based on what's on the page now. Feel free to help/edit/critique here. I'm kinda new to taking on bigger roles in articles. --melodiester 15:00, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
The character list is good, but it's pretty big. I think it should be in a seperate article (List of Tales of the Abyss characters or something similar). Anyone agree? -- Tenks 02:06, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I just realized how much space it's taking up compared to the rest of the article. Currently I'm working with some friends to include some other major characters, so I guess it'll have to split off soon. I'm also feeling ambitious and hopeing the main characters will have their own articles, eventually >.> --melodiester 02:46, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
And a big thanks to whomever put up the character images; I went through and put fair-use rationale, but I've never done that before, so if anyone could check it and make sure I did it right, that'd be great too. I also shifted the character section up since it's one of the more important things in this article. --melodiester 00:15, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
It's tales of desitiny 2 not tales of eternia got it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.64.195.197 (talk) 16:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC).
That game's Japanese title is Tales of Eternia. It was renamed to "Tales of Destiny II" for the stateside release because of copyright issue. Tales of Destiny 2 is a completely different game. Please don't mix them up and edit the article with incorrect information, thank you. Miyuki 04:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] English Voice Acting

Any sources? My friend told me he saw an article or so somewhere about Yuri Lowenthal, so there should be something we can cite... --melodiester 15:00, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

His website says that he'll be in Tales of the Abyss. Tenks 17:52, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
He'll probably either play as Luke or Asch. But my bet is on Luke. Zeta26 10:01, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
I think he'd make a good Guy, but if he were to play Luke and the Japanese precedent persists, he'd also have to play Asch (by way of spoiler.) At any rate, we're not the casting company so we can't really be sure. He could be a relatively minor character like Frings, even. You never know...--melodiester 18:45, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Can we just get rid of all of the unsourced listings? Seems like it's mostly speculation. --Tenks 20:30, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Most of the English VA's are just hearsay--literally, just guessed by "Oh, so and so sounds like it could be so and so." Case in point? Melissa Fahn has repeatedly said she's not Anise and it has been pointed toward a newer VA named Jolie Jackson, yet people still keep insisting it was Melissa, despite her saying it wasn't. Shouldn't roles only be listed if they can be completely verified? Just a Fan 04:28, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

If someone has the source of the information regarding on Anise's VA, please put it here and so this messup will be avoided once and for all. N J B
Melissa actually said in one of her past weekly chats that she did not voice that role. Just a Fan 17:14, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
And yet, people are still linking Jolie Jackson to Melissa Fahn. HELLO, MCFLY! Melissa Fahn ≠ Jolie Jackson. Get over it, already. whoever keeps changing it just keeps looking like an idiot and taking the credit away from another person that deserves it.
Melissa Fahn actually did voice Anise. If you compare her voice to Rika in Digimon Tamers and Kristy in Digimon Savers, you'll notice that they sound almost exactly the same. I strongly believe that she did indeed voice Anise. You can't deny it that the voices are really similar.
To add onto that, she just recently started the role as Bouquet on Blue Dragon, and the characters are so nearly identical it's just about impossible to deny that anyone but Melissa (or someone with a completely identical voice including that slightly scratchy warbling pitch she gets to her voice, which is nigh impossible to replicate, I'm sure) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.193.231.135 (talk) 09:34, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] English Release Date

I suppose this needs a sub-topic too. Pleeeeease cite things, since the official english page is not yet up. I left the note in the coding as a reminder. Good sources are nice. --melodiester 19:22, 16 September 2006 (UTC) Thanks for the source! :D --melodiester 20:27, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] English Lyrics

I searched everywhere but there arent any traces of any english lyrics to Karma.

Maybe if any of you is a good translator you could post a self made translation here.

I just think thats a good adding.

Er...do you mean an English translation of "Karma"? Because the North American version of the song has no lyrics. King Zeal 14:20, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
The English translation to Karma is available on quite a few sites. Miyuki 06:56, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Equippable Abilities" Sub-Category?

I suppose this would be a bit odd for a wikipedia article, but I personally have a huge preference for RPGs with "equippable abilities." Basically, this is just games that have abilities (particularly passive abilities) that can be equipped and un-equipped at any time, or, in the very least, there is no penalty for obtaining an ability (eg, you have to invest points and 'buy' a skill. This is a penalty since you can't refund those points and reinvest in a different skill). The AD Skills are an example of equippable abilities. It would be nice if games with such an element could be 'tagged' as such so that they could be pooled together. I'm having a very difficult time finding new RPGs with equippable abilities (the Final Fantasy series hasn't had them at all since FFX-2, and hasn't had any DECENT ones since FFIX). RealmRPGer 02:13, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:929343 20061010 screen024.jpg

Image:929343 20061010 screen024.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:43, 12 February 2008 (UTC)