Storm (ストーム, Sutoomu^?) is an intermediate Wind elemental spell that was common in the earlier Tales games.

Arte Description and History

Storm was first conceived in Tales of Phantasia as a strong gust of wind that encompasses the entire visible battle field, blowing small rocks and other debris across the screen to damage all enemies. In the Playstation versions of both Tales of Phantasia and Tales of Destiny, the debris is the source of all damage from this spell, and they must make contact with an enemy to deal damage, making this spell most effective against larger enemies. Because the debris cannot pass through enemies, other enemies may be protected from the spell damage.

The GameBoy Advance version of Tales of Phantasia removes Storm from Arche Klein's movelist. All other versions of this game have the spell available to her.

After Tales of Phantasia and Tales of Destiny, the first two games of the series, Storm remains unused in any original titles, making it one of the few spells from this era that did not become a classic mainstay of the typical mage. The spell did not reappear in any form until the release of the Playstation 2 remake of Tales of Destiny, which redefines the spell's effects to create a modest force of straight-line winds moving perpendicular to the 2D battle field, generating a small dust cloud centered around the battle field itself.

In Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology and its sequel, the spell was redesigned as a horizontal vortex of green wind, visually similar to Fire Storm and Blizzard.

Appearances

Mothership Titles

Tales of Phantasia - Arche Klein
Tales of Destiny - Swordian Clemente, Swordian Igtenos, "Wind Power" Aura Disc (Storm)
Tales of Phantasia (PSX) + Full Voice Edition (PSP) - Arche Klein
Tales of Destiny (PS2) + Director's Cut - Philia Felice, Garr Kelvin

Escort Titles

Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 - Gale Swordsman
Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 - Garr Kelvin
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology - Arche Klein (Storm)
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 - Garr Kelvin

Fan-Translated Names

Tales of Phantasia (SFC) (DeJap Translations): ?
Tales of Phantasia (PSX) (Absolute Zero): Storm
Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 (Kajitani-Eizan): ?
Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 (Kajitani-Eizan): ?

In-Game Descriptions and Battle Quotes

Tales of Phantasia SFC

Japanese Description: 風系攻撃呪文の一つ。敵の周りに突風を巻き起こす
Romanization: Kaze kei kougeki jumon no hitotsu. Teki no mawari ni toppuu wo maki okosu
Translated Description (DeJap Translations): "Blows chunks of debris into the enemies."^[1]

Tales of Destiny

Localized Description: "Creates a piercing windstorm around the enemy."^[2]

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology

Localized Description: "Magic: Blast an enemy with a gust of wind."

User: Arche Klein
Localized Quote: "This is gonna hurt!"

References

External links

• Official Namco Tales Forums
• ~Tales of Incantations~ by Judgey
• Tales Series Translation FAQ by KusanagiLord02