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Meteor Storm

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Meteor Storm as seen in Tales of Vesperia.

Meteor Storm (メテオスォーム / メテオスウォーム Meteosuoomu / Meteosuuoomu?, "Meteor Swarm") is a particuarly powerful spell appearing in numerous titles of the Tales Series.

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[edit] Arte Description and History

Meteor Storm is generally found to be one of the strongest spells in the game. In all appearances the spell causes meteors to rain down upon the battlefield, causing explosions as they collide with the ground. The arte varies in element - in some versions it is of the Fire element and in others it is elementally neutral. The arte is capable of hitting all enemies on the field, but similar to Judgment, the arte will not hit everywhere on the field, so it is possible for enemies to completely avoid the meteors.

While the positions that the meteors land in appear to be random, there is usually a set pattern to them. Videos such as no damage with a particular boss tend to use this fact to avoid Meteor Storm, should the move come out.

In Tales of Symphonia, Meteor Storm could be used by the mage of the game, Genis Sage. Once a player had viewed the final cutscene in Vinheim, but not actually battled the final boss, the player could return to Heimdall where the storyteller from Latheon Gorge will be waiting in the top right of the village with another elf. Should the player talk to the storyteller, Genis will learn Meteor Storm from a renowned mage named Crowley who also taught the arte to his student Ricardo. In Symphonia, Meteor Storm is elementally neutral and causes up to fourteen large meteors to crash into the battlefield, hurting any enemies caught in the explosion radius. As well as being able to be used by Genis Sage, the optional bosses Maxwell and Abyssion can also use this move, on all difficulties. Sheena Fujibayashi can also use a similar version of this arte by using Summon: Birth, where Maxwell will appear and cause meteors to fall on the battlefield.

Meteor Storm as seen in Tales of Symphonia.

Tales of the Abyss sees Jade Curtiss as one of the only three users in the game. Meteor Storm is known as one of the forbidden artes and only obtained through sidequest. Should the party get the Ancient Scroll from the military headquarters in Grand Chokmah and find three stones from talking to Florian in Daath, entering the Fubras River and searching in the right back corner in the main room of Yulia City, Jade shall automatically learn Meteor Storm. Meteor Storm appears once more as an elementally neutral move. The spell cannot be changed through an FOF and is tied with Revitalize as the most costly fonic arte in the game, TP wise.

Tales of Vesperia also has the spell and in this game it is not just learned but actually created by Rita Mordio. When visiting mages from Aspio, Rita discovers that they had already begun researching into using the Spirits and, thus, mana as the bases of formulas rather than aer. One mage manages to create a sparkle-like spell, and Rita is quickly drawn into a discussion on the construction of the new formula. When the other mages state a problem in the formula and ask her opinion, Rita manages to come up with a solution and then casts Meteor Storm for the first time. She then parts with the mage under the unanimous agreement to find a better application for the formula. As in Tales of the Abyss, Meteor Storm is once again a non-elemental spell, though the spell is cast with a formula the color of the fire element, and results in twelve meteors falling from the sky. The spell had a minor name change in the Japanese version, receiving a vowel extension sound to create Meteosuuoomu (メテオスウォーム?), compared to the original Meteosuoomu (メテオスォーム?). This change has not carried over to other games.

Meteor Storm can also be used in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. Genis Sage once again obtains this spell in the late chapter of the game. It is a fire element spell this time around, capable of affecting the Elemental Grid by adding two minor fire element symbols for each successful cast.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Mothership Titles

Tales of Phantasia - Arche Klein
Tales of Destiny - Swordian Clemente, "Megalith" Aura Disc (Meteor Swarm)
Tales of Phantasia (PSX) + Full Voice Edition (PSP) - Arche Klein
Tales of Eternia - Elemental Craymel Arte: Meredy, Keele Zeibel, Shizel (Meteor Swarm)
Tales of Symphonia - Genis Sage, Maxwell, Abyssion (Meteor Storm)
Tales of Legendia - Norma Beatty (Meteor Storm)
Tales of the Abyss - Jade Curtiss, Nebilim, Philia Philis, Replicantis (Meteor Storm)
Tales of Phantasia (GBA) - Arche Klein (Meteor Storm)
Tales of Destiny (PS2) + Director's Cut - Philia Felice
Tales of Innocence - Ruca Milda
Tales of Vesperia - Rita Mordio, Duke, Time Traveller (Meteor Storm)
Tales of Hearts - Beryl Benito

[edit] Escort Titles

Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 - Genis Sage, Arche Klein, Thanatos
Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 - Genis Sage, Arche Klein, Thanatos
Tales of the Tempest - Arria Ekberg
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology - Mage class, Bishop class, Arche Klein, Genis Sage (Meteor Storm)
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Genis Sage (Meteor Storm)
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 - Mage class, Arche Klein, Philia Felice, Genis Sage, Jade Curtiss

[edit] Fan-Translated Names

Tales of Phantasia (SFC) (DeJap Translations): Meteor Swarm
Tales of Phantasia (PSX) (Absolute Zero): ?
Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 (Kajitani-Eizan): Meteor Storm

[edit] In-Game Descriptions and Battle Quotes

[edit] Tales of Phantasia

Japanese Description: 無属性攻撃呪文お一つ。敵に対し隕石を落下させる
Romanization: Musoku kougeki jumon no hitotsu. Teki ni taishi inseki wo rakka saseru
Translated Description (DeJap Translations): "Summons the meteors around the planet to smash into enemies."[1]

[edit] Tales of Eternia

Localized incantation: "Call forth meteors to strike the enemy. Elemental Arte."

[edit] Tales of Symphonia

Localized Description: "Non-elemental (advanced): call upon a meteor shower."
Japanese Incantation: 無数の流星よ　彼の地より来たれ！メテオスフォーム！
Romanization: Musuu no ryuusei yo, ka no chi yori kitare! Meteor Swarm!!
Localized Incantation: "Infinite power, grant me thy strength. Meteor Storm!!"

[edit] Tales of Legendia

Localized Description: "High: Call down meteors from the starry heavens. ATR.: Fire."

Japanese Incantation: 幾星霜の時を駆ける星空の旅人よ、天理の元に終焉をもたらせ。
Romanization: Ikuseisou no toki wo kakeru hoshizora no tabibito yo, tenri no moto ni shuuen wo motarase.
Localized Incantation: "Celestial travelers, I call upon thee to lead my enemies to their final rest under Heaven's menacing glare... Meteor Storm!"

[edit] Tales of the Abyss

Localized Description: "Summon shooting stars from the far corners of the universe."

Japanese Incantation: 無数の流星よ、彼の地より来たれ、メテオスォーム！
Romanization: Musuu no ryuusei yo, ka no chi yori kitare. Meteor Swarm!!
Localized Incantation: "O countless falling stars, come forth! Meteor Storm!"

[edit] Tales of Phantasia (GBA)

Japanese Description: 無属性攻撃呪文お一つ 敵に向かって隕石を落下させる
Romanization: Musoku kougeki jumon no hitotsu. Teki ni mukatte inseki wo rakka saseru
Localized Description: "A non-elemental attack spell that causes meteors to strike enemies."[2]

[edit] Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World

Localized Description: "Fire (high): Call upon a meteor shower."

[edit] Tales of Vesperia

User: Rita Mordio
Japanese Incantation: 宙に放浪せし無数の粉塵 驟雨となり大地を礼賛す メテオスウォーム[3]
Romanized Incantation: "Sora ni hourou seshi musuu no funjin shuu tomari daichi wo raisan su... Meteosuoomu!
Localized Incantation: "O countless particles that wander the very heavens, rain down and glorify the land... Meteor Storm!

User: Duke
Japanese Incantation: 空に放浪せし無数の群陣よ…降り注げ！メテオスウォーム[4]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ Tales of Phantasia (SNES) FAQ/Walkthrough Part 2/2 by JPuga GameFAQs (2001-07-15) Retrieved on 2009-07-01.
  2. ↑ Tales of Phantasia (GBA) FAQ/Walkthrough by sonicfreak77 GameFAQs (2007) Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
  3. ↑ テイルズ オブ ヴェスペリア 2ch まとめ @Wiki - ボイス・台詞関連 テイルズ オブ ヴェスペリア 2ch まとめ @Wiki - トップページ (2009) Retrieved on 2009-06-28.
  4. ↑ テイルズ オブ ヴェスペリア 2ch まとめ @Wiki - ボイス・台詞関連(敵キャラ) テイルズ オブ ヴェスペリア 2ch まとめ @Wiki - トップページ (2009) Retrieved on 2009-06-28.

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