
Kruelle begins as a green bipedal creature who is roughly waist-high, but it is actually a shape-shifter whose forms change based on its power and mood. He and Mel decide to keep it as a pet and name it Kruelle ( クルール) based on the sound it makes ("krr"). (The narration notes that Dio is energetic, Mel is level-headed, and both of them are mysteriously powerful.) Dio enters with a strange creature that followed him home from the mountains.

The story skips ahead thirteen years to 4408 by the Aselia Calendar. By default, the boy is named Dio ( ディオ), and the girl is named Mel ( メル). The narrator describes the player (referred to in second person) finding a pair of twin babies in the light and becoming their adoptive parent. The story begins when what appears to be a shooting star lands in the mountains. Its use in the title is a reference to Mel and Dio's ability to become anything they can dress up as. Its meaning is the act of becoming completely. A remake of the game was later released on PlayStation Portable called Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X.Īttempts to convert the title into full English are difficult because narikiri ( 成り切り) has no convenient English substitute.
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As in normal LMBS, the player controls only one character and does so via button combinations instead of a dialog choice, while party members are computer-controlled. The story begins 205 years after the beginning of Tales of Phantasia.ĭue to the limits of the Game Boy, the game uses a battle system called Petit LMBS, a turn-based variation on the Linear Motion Battle System used by the rest of the series. It is the first sequel in the Tales series, which normally does not have connected storylines.


Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon's characteristic genre name is Dungeon RPG ( ダンジョンRPG, Danjon RPG). Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon ( テイルズ オブ ファンタジア なりきりダンジョン, Teiruzu Obu Fantajia Narikiri Danjon) is a role-playing video game for the Game Boy Color released by Namco on November 10, 2000, selling 136,000 copies.
