Meteor Storm

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.

Arte Description and History

Meteor Storm (ToS) — Meteor Storm as it appears in *Tales of Symphonia*.

Meteor Storm is generally found to be one of the strongest spells in any game in which it appears. 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 every location 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 often a set pattern to them.

Meteor Storm first appears in Tales of Phantasia as one of Arche Klein's most powerful spells. When this spell is cast, five meteors descends toward the selected target inflicting damage to the surrounding enemies. Although Meteor Swarm does not appear it as a usable arte in battle in Tales of Destiny 2, Laville Clemente uses Meteor Swarm when he displays the power of his Swordian to wipe out a portion of the attacking forces at Dycroft.

In Tales of Symphonia, Meteor Storm can be used by 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 this game, 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.

In Tales of the Abyss, Meteor Storm is known as one of the forbidden artes and is obtained only through a sidequest. Upon retrieving the Ancient Scroll from the military headquarters in Grand Chokmah and finding three ancient stones, Jade will automatically learn Meteor Storm. The spell cannot be altered through an FOF Change and is tied with Revitalize as the most costly fonic arte in the game, in terms of TP usage. The context contained in the ancient stones in reference to Meteor Storm reads, "Heaven's wrath doth fall upon the land of the children of divinity. Innumerable are the stars that shake the surface of the shallow river. Upon the island of spiritual mystery, bow down before the heaven's power".

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 mages under the unanimous agreement to find a better application for the formula. Meteor Storm is considered to be a non-elemental spell, though the spell is cast with a formula the color of the Fire element, resulting 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 spelling has sometimes been used since.

Meteor Storm can also be used in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. Genis once again obtains this spell in the late chapter of the game. It is now classified as a Fire-elemental spell, capable of affecting the Elemental Grid by adding two minor Fire-elemental symbols for each successful cast.

Appearances

Fan-Translated Names

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

In-Game Descriptions and Battle Quotes

Meteor Storm (ToX) — Meteor Storm as it appears in *Tales of Xillia*.

Tales of Phantasia (SFC)

Japanese Description: 無属性攻撃呪文お一つ。敵に対し隕石を落下させる
Romanized Description: 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]

Tales of Phantasia (PSX)

Translated Description (Absolute Zero): "A high-level non-elemental spell that decimates the battlefield with falling meteorites."

Tales of Eternia

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

Tales of Symphonia

Localized Description: "Non-elemental (advanced): call upon a meteor shower."

Japanese Quote: 無数の流星よ　彼の地より来たれ！メテオスフォーム！
Romanized Quote: Musuu no ryuusei yo, ka no chi yori kitare! Meteor Swarm!!
Localized Quote: "Infinite power, grant me thy strength. Meteor Storm!!"

Tales of Legendia

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

Japanese Quote: 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。
Romanized Quote: Ikuseisou no toki wo kakeru hoshizora no tabibito yo, tenri no moto ni shuuen wo motarase.
Localized Quote: "Celestial travelers, I call upon thee to lead my enemies to their final rest under Heaven's menacing glare... Meteor Storm!"

Tales of the Abyss

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

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

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
Romanized Description: 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]

Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World

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

Tales of Vesperia

Localized Description: "Advanced Spell: Summon large meteors to rain down from the heavens to cause great destruction to the area."

User: Rita Mordio
Japanese Quote: 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 Quote: "Sora ni hourou seshi musuu no funjin shuu tonari daichi wo raisan su... Meteosuoomu!
Localized Quote: "O countless particles that wander the very heavens, rain down and glorify the land... Meteor Storm!"

User: Duke
Japanese Quote: 空に放浪せし無数の群陣よ…降り注げ！メテオスウォーム
Romanized Quote: Sora ni hourou seshi musuu no gunjinyo...furisosoge! Meteosuoomu!
Translated Quote: "Countless array of wandering particles...pour forth! Meteor Swarm!"^[4]

Tales of Xillia

User: Maxwell
Japanese Quote: 結集せよ！根源たる元素！メテオスウォーム！！
Romanized Quote: Kesshuu seyo! Kongentaru genso! Meteosuuoomu!!
Translated Quote: "Assemble! Elements of creation! Meteor Swarm!"
Localized Quote: "Gather forth the origins of time and space... Meteor Storm!"

Tales of Xillia 2

User: Jude Mathis

Japanese Quote:

Jude: 諦めないよ！はっ！

Maxwell: 結集せよ！根源たる元素！我が意を増し裁きの剣と化せ！！

Romanized Quote:

Jude: Akiramenaiyo! Ha!

Maxwell: Kesshu seyo! Kongentaru genso! Waga i wo mashi sabaki no tsurugi to kase!!

Translated Quote:

Jude: "I'm not giving up! Ha!"

Maxwell: "Assemble! Elements of creation! Increase our meaning and become a sword of judgement!!"

Japanese Quote:

Jude: 諦めないよ！はっ！

Maxwell: 結集せよ！根源たる元素！メテオスォーム！！