Takumi Miyajima, the game's writer, explained Tales of Symphonia was planned to create a "unique symphonia", dependent on the player's choices and the affection system.[32] Miyajima wrote many scenarios, with the most significant events centered on Zelos Wilder. Originally, Zelos' death was supposed to be canon. His survival would have been dependent on the affection system: He would die early on if he was ranked the lowest in the affection system, would die at the end if he ranked in the middle, and would only survive if he ranked the top. However, the development staff suggested to have Kratos Aurion return to the party and the team discussed how it would work. The change in scenario had Miyajima rework Zelos' death into a non-canon path of the story.[32] While generally a self-contained story, Symphonia apparently takes place within either the same or a similar timeline to the first Tales game, Tales of Phantasia.[33]
Well, r/tales, a new release is once more upon us! Welcome back, longtime fans, and if you're new here, welcome to the subreddit! Tales is a great series and I hope if you like Symphonia, you'll check out some of the other games as well! We also have a Discord server where we will have channels for both Symphonia and Symphonia spoilers!
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