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 Henry Biancamono
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Get the Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World for Nintendo Wii Guide. We have the full online walkthrough strategy manual right here! http://www.wonderdogsoftware.com/GUIDES/DOTNW.htmTales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World takes place after the two worlds of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla have been saved and reunited by the Chosen of Regeneration Colette. There have been many environmental repercussions due to this, and the two societies that were abruptly forced to merge together are clashing. It is up to Emil, an introverted and verbally abused young man who suddenly becomes a Knight of Ratatosk and Marta Lualdi, a former Vanguard member who has Ratatosk's core embedded into her forehead, to awaken the centurions like their associate Tenebrae so that Ratatosk can be woken up and balance can be restored to the new world. Battle is fairly simple. At first I was a bit frustrated that just moving the directional stick on the nunchuk didn't move Emil around the battlefield (who would think you'd have to hold Z as well?), but I can see the reasoning behind the control scheme. Personally, I'd have preferred some sort of scheme that used the directional button the remote and the B button for special attacks and the nunchuk's directional stick used for movement, but I've learned to work with what is given.
I found that you can get by in most battles by pressing the A button three times in the row to trigger a standard combo, and then (after equipping your most powerful arte to the B button) pressing the B button to unleash a fourth, special attack strike. I didn't find myself using the Z defend button at all, and only moved Emil around the battlefield if some of the other computer controlled characters got in his way. It all seemed rather rudimentary, and I think that after the first chapter, most players will have mastered battles.
It is a shame that only Cam Clarke (Kratos), Heather Hogan (Colette) and Tara Strong (Presea) returned as voice actors from the previous game. If you played Tales of Symphonia recently, you may experience a bit of disconnect when hearing the new voice actors for returning characters. If you haven't played Tales of Symphonia recently, then it may be easier to hear all new voices with the familiar faces.
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Posted by on September 27, 2009
