Black Hole (ブラックホール Burakkuhooru?) is a powerful Dark-elemental spell appearing in several installments of the Tales series.
Arte Description and History[]
Black Hole summons a large black hole at the center of the battle screen and draws all light into it, depicting the event as a mass of darkness and shadow spreading throughout the screen. Originally, it inflicted instant death, but it has since been repurposed as a powerful Dark-elemental attack spell.
In Tales of Legendia, Black Hole manifests as a black mass that distorts the game's graphics, pulsing and dealing damage to all in its grasp. Though Black Hole does not make an appearance as an in-battle arte in Tales of Destiny 2 until its PlayStation Portable port, Karell Berselius uses Black Hole when he displays the power of his Swordian to eliminate a portion of the attacking forces at Dycroft.
Black Hole attained the mystic arte status in some games such as Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X where all the strongest spells were retooled as mystic artes and Tales of Arise as the Subsumer's mystic arte.
In the English-language files of the original Tales of Vesperia, there exists a dubbed incantation for Black Hole that Duke Pantarei does not have access to in any final version of the game.
Appearances[]
Original Titles
- Tales of Phantasia (SFC) - Arche Klein
- Tales of Phantasia (PSX / iOS) + Full Voice Edition + Cross Edition - Arche Klein, Pluto (Black Hole)
- Tales of Phantasia (GBA) + Mobile - Arche Klein (Black Hole), Plume Dhaos
- Tales of Destiny (PSX) - Swordian Clemente, Kronos, Druaga (Black Hole)
- Tales of Destiny (PS2) + Director's Cut - Leon Magnus, Philia Felice, Hugo, Kronos
- Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon - Arche Klein costume, Pluto, Druaga, Evil Star
- Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X - Magical Girl costume, Witch costume, High Witch costume, Great Mage costume, Alchemist costume, Arche Klein, Dhaos
- Tales of Destiny 2 (PS2) - Cutscene: Karell Berselius
- Tales of Destiny 2 (PSP) - Philia, Leon; Cutscene: Karell Berselius
- Tales of Legendia - Will Raynard, Norma Beatty, Grune, Rabid Giet, Solon, Dark Vaclav, Schwartz (Black Hole)
- Tales of the Tempest - Arria Ekberg
- Tales of Innocence - Ricardo Soldato, Hermana Larmo
- Tales of Innocence R - Ricardo Soldato, Kongwai Tao, Thitose, Gardle, Mathias Venus, Bonehead
- Tales of Hearts - Kunzite, Incarose, Incarose Alt, Creed, Lithia Cattleya, Pining Veronica
- Tales of Hearts R - Kunzite, Creed (Black Hole)
- Tales of Arise - Subsumer (Black Hole)
Crossover Titles
- Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 - Necromancer costume, Juggler costume, Arche Klein
- Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 - Wizard costume, Witch costume, Druaga costume, Thanatos, Arche Klein
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology - Mage class, Arche Klein, Leon Magnus (Black Hole)
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 - Mage class, Arche Klein, Leon Magnus, Philia Felice
- Tales of VS. - Arche Klein, Leon Magnus, Philia Felice
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 - Mage class, Arche Klein, Leon Magnus, Philia Felice, Will Raynard, Norma Beatty, Lazaris Trunk
- Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave - Schwartz
- Tales of the World: Tactics Union - Leon Magnus, Norma Beatty
- Tales of the World: Reve Unitia - Nahato, Norma Beatty, Leon Magnus, Rahu Necria
- Tales of Link - Arche Klein, Dhaos, Kongwai Tao, Leon (Black Hole)
- Tales of Asteria - Tirgu, Arche Klein, Dhaos, Philia Felice, Miktran Excessive, Dark Will, Thitose, Incarose, Lithia Cattleya, Nahato, Feil
- Tales of the Rays - Gefion, Demitrius, Magnadeus, Grune, Shadow, Pluto,
Collaborations
- Last Cloudia - Ultra Kronos (Black Hole)
Fan-Translated Names[]
- Tales of Phantasia (SFC) (DeJap Translations): Black Hole
- Tales of Phantasia (PSX) (Absolute Zero): ?
- Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 (Kajitani-Eizan): Black Hole
- Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 (Kajitani-Eizan): Black Hole
- Tales of Innocence (Absolute Zero): ?
In-Game Descriptions and Battle Quotes[]
Tales of Phantasia (SFC)[]
Japanese Description: いにしえに封印された禁魔法の一つ敵を吸い込む暗黒の穴を作り出す
Romanized Description: Inishie ni fuuin sareta kinmahou no hitotsu teki wo suikomu ankoku no ana wo tsukuri dasu
Translated Description (DeJap Translations): "Warps an enemy to another dimension."[1]
Tales of Destiny (PSX)[]
Localized Description: "Sends a giant black hole down to trap the enemy."[2]
Tales of Phantasia (GBA)[]
Japanese Description: 闇系攻撃呪文で禁呪文の一つ 敵を吸い込む暗黒の穴を作り出す
Romanized Description: Yami kei kougeki jumon de kinjumon no hitotsu. Teki wo suikomu ankoku no ana wo tsukuri dasu
Localized Description: "A dark attack spell that creates a black hole that sucks in enemies."[3]
Tales of Destiny (PS2) + Director's Cut[]
Japanese Description: 闇系最上位の晶術。一撃粉砕の追加効果を持つ。
User: Leon Magnus
Japanese Quote: 僕の目の前から消えろ!ブラックホール!
Romanized Quote: Boku no menomae kara kiero! Burakkuhooru!
Translated Quote: "Disappear from my sight! Black Hole!"
User: Miktran Excessive
Japanese Quote: 消え去れえ!
Tales of Legendia[]
Localized Description: "High: Call forth a darkness that devours even light."
Japanese Quote: 無光なる最果ての渦。永遠の安息へと導け!
User: Will Raynard, Norma Beatty
Localized Quote: "Lightless tempest from distant regions, stretch out thy tenebrous arms and lead my enemies to their eternal slumber... Black Hole!"
User: Grune
Localized Quote: "O lightless tempest from distant regions, stretch out thy tenebrous arms and lead my enemies to their eternal slumber... Black Hole!"
Tales of Destiny 2 (PSP)[]
User: Philia Felice
Japanese Quote: いきます!ブラックホール!
Romanized Quote: Ikimasu! Burakkuhooru!
Translated Quote: "Here I go! Black Hole!"
Tales of Innocence[]
Japanese Description: 亜空間を発生させ大ダメージを与える術
Tales of Vesperia[]
Unused Japanese Quote: 宙に浮揚せし暗き終局、すなわち死
Unused Localized Quote: "O tenebrous finale, floating in the sky, death..."
Unused Alternate Japanese Quote: 暗きの奈落に恐怖せよ!ブラックホール!
Unused Alternate Localized Quote: "Fear the dark skies of the abyss... Black Hole!"
Tales of Hearts[]
Japanese Description: その場所に、光すら飲み込む 無限の虚無を作り出す術。
User: Kunzite
Japanese Quote: 虚空術式解凍完了。発動する。
Tales of the Rays[]
Japanese Description: 重力場を生成し敵全体を巻き込む術
User: Grune
Japanese Quote: 永遠の安息に導け!ブラックホール!
User: Demitrius
Japanese Quote: 飲み込め。ブラックホール!
User: Magnadeus
Japanese Quote: 歪まれし断罪…
References[]
- ↑ Tales of Phantasia (SNES) FAQ/Walkthrough Part 2/2 by JPuga GameFAQs (2001-07-15) Retrieved on 2009-07-01.
- ↑ Tales of Destiny (PS) FAQ/Walkthrough by CMoriarty / Psycho Penguin GameFAQs (2002) Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ↑ Tales of Phantasia (GBA) FAQ/Walkthrough by sonicfreak77 GameFAQs (2007) Retrieved on 2008-03-07.