Tales of Phantasia combines traditional role-playing elements with the battle system requiring both strategy and reaction speed. The battle system, featured in the Tales series since the game's original launch in 1995, allows players to strategically place and command a group of up to three characters, before taking direct control of the star of the game, Cress. Once the fight has started, the player executes attacks and casts spells as they would in an action game, while the computer AI controls the rest of the group. The emphasis is placed on Cress, but a tactical choice and placement of allies can make the difference between success and failure.
ToP also contains a unique cooking system, where players collect rare and unusual ingredients from around the world and combine them to create food and potions to aid their characters in battle.
The game is a hybrid of two different versions of Tales of Phantasia, combining the best features from both, that is the map and field graphics from the original Super NES game with the enhanced battle animations and sprites from the game's later remake on the Playstation.
Tales of Phantasia will be unleased in the Uk on 31st March 2006 for the Game Boy Advance at the estimated retail price of around £30.
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