Swallow Dance (飛燕連脚 Hienrenkyaku?, "Flying Swallow Chain Kick"[1] or "Flying Swallow Chain Leg"), also localized as Kick Attack, is a classic technique of the Tales series. It is one of the most well-recognized, unarmed Fighter artes in the Tales series.
Arte Description and History
This arte is an anti-air arte that can be used to hit airborne enemies or to push grounded enemies into the air. This arte has appeared in most games as a rising triple-kick combo, in which the user jumps diagonally toward the target while spinning higher into the air with each kick. In Tales of Eternia and Tales of Symphonia, the arte can be followed immediately with any air arte, due to the unique combo system that allows the unarmed fighter characters to link these different types of artes together.
Although this arte is one of the main attacks of the unarmed fighter's repertoire, a swordsman variant also exists, in which the character does a rising double-kick combo followed by a downward thrust with the equipped weapon. This version of the arte is convenient during the early parts of the games that feature it, but since the first two strikes are considered to be unarmed attacks, damage is significantly weaker due to the loss of the weapon's damage bonuses. Therefore, the swordsman version of this arte usually becomes obsolete later within the games.
In the original Tales of Destiny, the swordsman version is used by both Stahn Aileron and Leon Magnus, but in the remake versions and in Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology, only Stahn learns it. Instead, Leon obtains Swallow Talon as a replacement.
In both versions of Tales of Symphonia, a Wind-elemental property can be added to Regal Bryant's attack through the use of the "Opal" accessory, the Sylva Seal: Wind arte, a Wind-elemental weapon, or the "Green Quartz" item, to replace Swallow Dance with the more powerful Wind-based arte Super Swallow Dance, if Regal has used Swallow Dance over 200 times. Additionally, but only in the Japan-exclusive PlayStation 2 version of this game, a Lightning-elemental property can be added to Regal's attack through the use of the "Sardonyx" accessory, the Tethe Seal: Lightning arte, a Lightning-elemental weapon, or the "Purple Quartz" item, to replace this same arte with the more powerful Lightning-based arte Hienraikyaku, again if he has used the original arte over 200 times. This additional new arte does not appear in the GameCube version of the game.
Appearances
Mothership Titles
- Tales of Phantasia (SFC) - Cress Albane
- Tales of Phantasia (PSX / iOS) + Full Voice + Cross Edition - Cress Albane (Swallow Dance)
- Tales of Phantasia (GBA) + Mobile - Cress Albane (Swallow Dance)
- Tales of Destiny (PSX) - Stahn Aileron, Leon Magnus, Lilith Aileron (Kick Attack)
- Tales of Destiny (PS2) + Director's Cut - Stahn Aileron
- Tales of Eternia - Farah Oersted, Celsius (Swallow Dance)
- Tales of Symphonia - Regal Bryant, Celsius, Abyssion, Farah Oersted (Swallow Dance)
- Tales of Legendia - Senel Coolidge (Swallow Dance)
- Tales of Innocence - Hermana Larmo
- Tales of Innocence R - Hermana Larmo
- Tales of Xillia - Jude Mathis, Celsius (Swallow Dance)
- Tales of Xillia 2 - Jude Mathis, Celsius, Cress Albane (Swallow Dance)
- Tales of Berseria - Velvet Crowe (Swallow Dance)
Escort Titles
- Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon - Cress Albane costume
- Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X - Battle Master costume, Cress Albane
- Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 - Leon Magnus, Celsius
- Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 - Lilith Aileron, Leon Magnus, Celsius, Regal Bryant
- Tales of Eternia Online - Fighter class
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology - Fighter class, Ninja class, Stahn Aileron, Senel Coolidge (Swallow Dance)
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 - Fighter class, Ninja class, Monk class, Celsius, Cress Albane, Farah Oersted, Senel Coolidge
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 - Fighter class, Ninja class, Celsius, Cress Albane, Farah Oersted, Senel Coolidge
- Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Regal Bryant (Swallow Dance)
- Tales of VS. - Cress Albane, Farah Oersted, Senel Coolidge
- Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave - Farah Oersted
Mobile Titles
- Tales of Mobile: Tales of Breaker - Berger
- Tales of the World: Tactics Union - Cress Albane
- Tales of Link - Cress Albane, Celsius (Swallow Dance), Regal Bryant
Animation
Other
- Brave Frontier - Cutscene: Stahn Aileron (Swallow Dance)
Fan-Translated Names
- Tales of Phantasia (SFC) (DeJap Translations): Dual Kick
- Tales of Phantasia (PSX) (Absolute Zero): Swallow Kick, Hienrenkyaku
- Tales of Phantasia (PSX) (Phantasian Productions): Swallow Dance, Hien Renkyaku
- Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 (Kajitani-Eizan): Swallow Dance
- Tales of Innocence (Absolute Zero): ?
In-Game Descriptions and Battle Quotes
Tales of Phantasia (SFC)
Japanese Description: 二段げりから突きへとつなぐ三連続技。密着して使うの基本
Romanized Description: Nidan gerikara tsuki e totsunagu sanrenzoku waza. Micchaku shite tsukau no kihon
Translated Description (DeJap Translations): "Kick the enemy then strike them with your weapon twice."[2]
Tales of Destiny (PSX)
Localized Description: "A 3 part attack consisting of 2 kicks and a weapon attack."[3]
Tales of Phantasia (PSX)
Translated Description (Absolute Zero): "Swiftly combine two kicks and a thrust."
Translated Description (Phantasian Productions): "Base: Combo attack consisting of two flying kicks and a downward thrust."
Tales of Eternia
Localized Description: "Rise into air with each consecutive attack."[4]
Tales of Phantasia (GBA)
Japanese Description: 二段蹴りから突きへとつなぐ連続技
Romanized Descripton: Nidangerikara tsuki e totsunagu renzoku waza
Localized Description: "Combo that starts with a double kick and ends with a thrust."[5]
Tales of Legendia
Localized Description: "Base: Rapid Spinning kicks in mid-air."[6]
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology
Localized Description: "Base: Strike an enemy with a flurry of spinning kicks."
Tales of Xillia
Localized Description: "Consecutive spin kicks that spiral the body further up into the sky."
Tales of Xillia 2
Localized Description: "Consecutive spin kicks that spiral the body further up into the sky."
References
- ↑ Tales Series Translation FAQ by KusanagiLord02 GameFAQs (2006) Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
- ↑ 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 2008-04-08.
- ↑ Tales of Destiny II (PS) FAQ/Walkthrough Part 1/2 by Psycho Penguin GameFAQs (2002) Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
- ↑ Tales of Phantasia (GBA) FAQ/Walkthrough by sonicfreak77 GameFAQs (2007) Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ↑ Tales of Legendia (PS2) Eres Guide by AncientNova GameFAQs (2006) Retrieved on 2008-04-08.