Tales of Rebirth Skills and Ougi Exhibition: Hilda

[DarkJokerOfAmuro]

I wonder what would Hilda's Hi ougi be if she was in Tales of VS.

[CinnabonChan]

Anyone notice how a small swastika appears under Hilda's feet when she casts a spell? It makes sense, considering its a symbol of magic and good fortune in Asia, and has existed for several thousand years.

[wheelalligator]

@CinnabonChan

Meh, it's just a swastika. It's a pretty common symbol in Buddhism (Google Maps uses it to denote temples in Japan IIRC). The problem is the Nazis used it for their flag, and now a lot of people get butthurt anytime they see a swastika because they don't realize it's a fairly common symbol found in many cultures throughout history. Swastika =/= Nazi (unless it's specifically being used by a Nazi of course).

[wheelalligator]

@CinnabonChan

I think even the Safe spell in FF6 caused a swastika made of black dots to appear as part of its animation, probably for the same reason (magic. good fortune, protection, etc).

[maplekingdom]

... until now i still dont know how to activate an ougi >_>

[gdastray]

why wikipedia for tales (aselia..., i can't remeber) say flash tear n eclair de larmes aren't related? the incantations for both is nearly the same. and i remember someone told us here eclair de larmes means flash tear.

[jennybaby99]

@gdastray yea. last i checked (nerd moment) eclair de larmes means "flash of tear" in french. They're nearly the same thing

[wheelalligator]

@jennybaby99

Eclair de Larmes literally means 'Flash of Tears', and functionally, Tear's Eclair de Larmes is no different than Hilda or Kohak's. It's a ground based glyph that creates a few hits within an area of effect. Is it odd that it got a change to french (along with the FOF Flamme Rouge/Red Flame)? Yes, but the only difference is it's a somewhat smaller area of effect (relative to battlefield size) and hits a couple more times. Otherwise, it's Flash Tear except the name is in french.

[wheelalligator]

@gdastray

Anyone that claims that Eclair de Larmes isn't the same as Flash Tear is just being silly. I also noticed the Aselia Wiki page for Add/Air Pressure isn't the same as Dreaded Wave (the English localization name for Genius/Genis's Add Pressure). Just because the spell name happens to change due to localization (or in Flash Tear's case, an odd style choice to use french naming for Tear), doesn't mean it's not the same spell.

[wheelalligator]

Technically, Air Pressure (エアプレッシャー) has a different name from Add Pressure (アドプレッシャー), but they are identical in function, element, and how they look visually. But really, the only difference is the first two characters in their names are different.

Okay, this is more of a stretch than the Flash Tear thing, since they've actually appeared as separate spells in the same game (Radiant Mythology), but other than one exception, it's safe to consider them essentially the same spell.

[wheelalligator]

I even consider Hilda's Shining Ray to essentially be Ray - just with a slight name change. For instance, functionally it's almost exactly like Ange's version that later appears in Innocence. Ray even changes constantly throughout the series; in Eternia and Symphonia, it's more of a wide angle spray of lasers that aren't really focused, in Destiny Remake and Hearts it gets to be a thin, focused beam targetted directly at the enemy, and Rebirth and Innocence's Ray is a downward spammy spray.

[CinnabonChan]

@wheelalligator I think its a different spell, similar to how Brilliant Lance is different to Holy Lance.

[ragnarokonline]

i love flash tear, cluster raid, divine saber and frigid coffin

[guylardia45]

I love Hilda she's awesome. Freeze lancer rocks and cluster raid works well on large enemies.

[Zoidman13]

It's you.

[Kevassa02]

Isnt Flash tear a bit like Eclair de Larmes?

[Legendian]

Flash tear actually translate into Eclair de Larmes in french. :o So yah I'm pretty sure they're the same spell.

[Kevassa02]

Wow, I thought that I was just illusionary or something :P

Thanks dude! I dont know french

[Barrylocke]

I loved the ending for that. Hilda really did seem to pull that off better than Annie.

[Kotodesuka]

I I love her voice. I can't wait to get this game.

[MizuruTakagi]

Hilda has much cooler spells than Mao, but Mao is just so full of win. He has the best weapon ever!^^

[xxfoodmuncherxx]

I watch this, again and again.

I love Hilda T__T... I want to own a copy of my my own, of ToR not Hilda.. but that still would work. 8D

[xxfoodmuncherxx]

Oh my god sorry about the multiple comments. ;~; I clicked it too many times ._.

[lanyn]

No worries, I took care of the extras. Thanks for the comments too! ^^

[xxfoodmuncherxx]

Thank you sooooooooo much!~ I've been waiting for this video for soooooooo long!

You rocks super socks of superness =D

[EtherealSky]

Man, I want THOSE Frigid Coffin and Light Saber in TotA. :3

[lanyn]

Yeah, although I think the Free Run would kill the effectiveness of the spells a bit. =P

The spells in TotA really are lacking a bit though, which is a shame.

[bloodfury]

i guess you learn something new. i didnt know hilda was the first to have cluster raid i thought it was tear

[lanyn]

Yeah, I didn't realize that Tear and Hilda shared this many spells until other people started mentioning it. I suck at Tales crossover stuff. -_-

[neneng]

Nice Japanese encoding! Good to see that you improved the videos! Keep it up! :D

[lanyn]

Thanks! That was actually one of the main reasons why I decided to upgrade. ^^ I'll have to add the Japanese to the other exhibitions when I redo them down the road too.

[neneng]

Oh I would love to see them!

[Flegan777]

Thank you thank you so much lanyn-san! I've always wanted to see Hilda's magic, but no other Rebith vids I've seen show much (other than Shining Ray abuse).

And always, wicked work on translations. I'd always wondered what she said during Shining Ray (other vids had her voice muffled in the background).

Well well, Cluster Raid and Flash Tear, now we know where Tear got it and L'Eclair d'Arme from :3

[Lynkiko]

Little known fact? Flash Tear's spell chant is the same as Eclair d'larmes. Fun stuff!

[Flegan777]

In Japanese right?

[bloodfury]

and frigid coffen for jade O_o

[MrMoo7]

Eclair De Larmes is Flash of Tears in French >.>

Not that it's a different spell with similar chant, but the exact same thing.

[Flegan777]

Um duh, I know French

[fireguardiancoty]

I can see how Flash Tear is similar to Eclair d'larmes but i don't think it's the same thing.

[lanyn]

Thanks! ^^

And yeah, Hilda's voice is rather low, so I had to turn down the background music and sound effects so that you could hear her properly.

And it's difficult to get Hilda to use her Ougis if you aren't actually controlling her unless you're really good at giving her enough cover (which I'm apparently not).

And I don't know nuthin' about the crossover spells from other Tales games and I certainly don't know any French, so don't ask me. =P

[Flegan777]

You're welcome.

Yeah, but then again Hilda is a sexy one, so I guess Sayaka Ohara was asked to keep her voice low for that reason. =P

Point taken. Mages never use every spell they have, even if you have them all turned on in the menu.

Lol, that's okay. Being a Tales fan means you love spotting these things

[GrUdGe19]

FINALLY HILDA!!! THANK YOU! Honestly I really wanted to see her skills.

[lanyn]

You're welcome! Sorry it took so long though. *sweatdrop*

[RyuHiroshi]

Wow, Hilda's Ougis have a HUGE area of effect! Too bad that the AI doesn't use them very often...

[lanyn]

Yeah, I have the same problem, especially since the enemy AI loves to home in on her when she's chanting. =/

[zephyrdragon211]

nice one lanyn

[lanyn]

Thanks! One left to go! ^_~

[Majutsukou]

Nice video!

The quality looks fine to me. Although, here's a tip I learned recently which I've been adding to the descriptions of all my videos. Normally if you put &fmt=18 to the end of the URL, the video plays in way higher video and sound quality. For reasons unknown, some videos (like this one) get better quality with &fmt=6 though (which doesn't affect most vids). This video happens to have better textures with &fmt=6 compared to &fmt=18

[lanyn]

Ooh, thanks, I didn't know that! ^^ Figures that my vids would look better under the less common format though. =P

[Holyoverlord]

SWEET Goood work Lanyn

[lanyn]

Thanks! ^^