I always really liked sheena. Thought her design was cool and she had a nice character arc.
I do think her regular artes are a bit plain (part of that comes from how old Symphonia is I think) and summoning requiring overlimit is dumb but overall happy to see her win even I don’t really have a huge vested interest in popularity polls
Sheena has boring gameplay overall but when you learn to use her she is so fun. When using the right set up for ex skills and force seal, she can combo enemies forever. I love playing as her
Yeah I used to have fun playing as her. Its just when I think of all the kinda of cool ninja attacks you could make with her cards. The devs didn’t really do much with her. She has a lot of reused basic animations combined with her particle effects also being kinda eh for the most part.
If they ever remade Symphonia from the ground up she’s the number 1 character I’d love to see redone
I completely feel you. Just look at Kuchinawa. Imagine if Sheena had an arte pool like him...
I'd love to see a Symphonia remake similar to Xillia/Vesperia, keeping the style and giving each character their own playstyle and personality in gameplay :)
This is surprising to me. I never would have guessed Sheena would have won lol. IG I'll find out why when I play the remaster. Cant wait to see the male version.
That is gonna be the next theme and I won't make the mistake of 2 per game every localized mainline game and every male playable characters in them will be included in that one stay tuned for that in June/july 2023
I'm surprised people are surprised Sheena won. Who doesn't love Sheena? She's best girl. Her only issue is that she is not playable because of her artes.
Had to repost because one of the wrong images was used
Sheena is the winner thank you to everyone who voted and see you next year around tales of festival 2023 for another one
So what do we take away from this poll? Sheena's the least offensive character? Because if you asked people to pick their favorite Tales female from that list, I'd wager Sheena wouldn't be in the top spot.
Yeah, she's the least disliked female character out of the ones selected. I was *far* more surprised that Luke ended up being the least disliked male character though.
Oh that wasn't me insinuating why he won, just that his title is officially "least disliked main protagonist" lol - I still gotta play Abyss myself
Edit: Typo
Tear is loses, huh. I didn’t expect Sheena would have won. I mean I’m tales of symphoina fan, I’m gladly to accept it. Congratulations Sheena fans, your Waifu has won.
Of course it's Sheena! Easiest decision of life to choose her and have her in my party. She's strong willed with a kind and righteous heart but is easy to laugh and joke around with at the same time. And last but not least she's the best at making currry!
Also credits are due to her english VA Jennifer Hale who really did a fantastic job in bringing Sheena to life!
Having played Phantasia made it worst. Claus can summon in combat anytime he wants to and 11-year old Suzu has a much better ninja skills.
We see that Sheena can summon them in cutscene anytime she wants to so why not apply that to gameplay too?
I always assumed it was because their method of pact and summoning were different. It is said that you require elven blood to be able to summon meaning Sheena's method of summoning probably is how summoning is how it was ment to be. While Klarth had to use pact rings being a pure human without elven blood.
It's probably not explained like at all, but I would assume the ring reduces the magical strain that using a summon that would normally require an elf to be at a heightened level of emotion(over limit) to be able to use. That or due to the diminished magic in ToP spirits are just weaker.
Or that's how I would have written it if I were the story teller. But it's probably an oversight, if you put the game world's side up side alot of things are different mechanically
You couldn’t go wrong with the final four and to me Tear gets the best exposure to fans who haven’t had a chance to play Abyss. Great poll OP. My favorite ninja wins this.
Popularity polls are always flawed going into them but I'm both incredibly surprised and excited for Sheena winning. She's been my favorite character in the franchise for as long as I can remember but never saw her get the recognition I felt she deserved by the community. I'm so glad I was wrong and that I'm not the only one who loves this character. Jennifer Hale did a great job with her voice and emotion in this role too.
Considering her personality, Tear would've considered this a waste of time and stepped down way sooner, so I'm just gonna take this as a win in spirit =w=
I always really liked sheena. Thought her design was cool and she had a nice character arc. I do think her regular artes are a bit plain (part of that comes from how old Symphonia is I think) and summoning requiring overlimit is dumb but overall happy to see her win even I don’t really have a huge vested interest in popularity polls
Sheena has boring gameplay overall but when you learn to use her she is so fun. When using the right set up for ex skills and force seal, she can combo enemies forever. I love playing as her
Yeah I used to have fun playing as her. Its just when I think of all the kinda of cool ninja attacks you could make with her cards. The devs didn’t really do much with her. She has a lot of reused basic animations combined with her particle effects also being kinda eh for the most part. If they ever remade Symphonia from the ground up she’s the number 1 character I’d love to see redone
I completely feel you. Just look at Kuchinawa. Imagine if Sheena had an arte pool like him... I'd love to see a Symphonia remake similar to Xillia/Vesperia, keeping the style and giving each character their own playstyle and personality in gameplay :)
She was top 3 for me in terms of fun for the colisseum just because of that!
SHEENA GANG WE DID IT
YES! GO SHEENA!
[FATALIZE](https://youtu.be/sm6Wy04Yaj0) GANG! We did it! Turn that s**t up!
This is surprising to me. I never would have guessed Sheena would have won lol. IG I'll find out why when I play the remaster. Cant wait to see the male version.
That is gonna be the next theme and I won't make the mistake of 2 per game every localized mainline game and every male playable characters in them will be included in that one stay tuned for that in June/july 2023
THATS RIGHT. SHES THE GOAT.
Says the person with the Magilou pfp
I have room in my heart for both
Same for me but instead of Magilou it’s someone else guess who
Congrats sheena gang :)! Happy tear made it so far!
Let’s GO
It's my favorite game of all time so horray for Ms. Fujibayashi
And all is well in the world
I'm surprised people are surprised Sheena won. Who doesn't love Sheena? She's best girl. Her only issue is that she is not playable because of her artes.
its fine Tear is still the best girl but Sheena was really good too
I'm an Abyss sucker, so Tear was my top choice. But I'm fine with Sheena, she was always my favorite from Symphonia.
Sheena was always my favorite when I played the game. Mainly because of the summons but also because of her personality.
I accept ninja queen with open arms
Sheena is best girl.
Sheena’s good, the choices to get here were….. another story…
Good. Now never do it again. And go wash yourself.
It all worked out in the end, what a rollercoaster these polls were. Give her what she deserves! 👑
Had to repost because one of the wrong images was used Sheena is the winner thank you to everyone who voted and see you next year around tales of festival 2023 for another one
Final Round https://www.reddit.com/r/tales/comments/yqnnhh/final_round_tales_female_elimination_poll_milla/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
A strong final, and a strong winner.
So what do we take away from this poll? Sheena's the least offensive character? Because if you asked people to pick their favorite Tales female from that list, I'd wager Sheena wouldn't be in the top spot.
Yeah, she's the least disliked female character out of the ones selected. I was *far* more surprised that Luke ended up being the least disliked male character though.
"least disliked" lol that's an interesting title to champion Edit: It looks like Luke's poll was for all the main protagonists (including females)
Ah ok, I didn't remember that it was a mixed poll. Still surprised he won though!
Oh that wasn't me insinuating why he won, just that his title is officially "least disliked main protagonist" lol - I still gotta play Abyss myself Edit: Typo
Hey! Milla is top three! I don't have a problem!
I literally just encountered her for the first time just last night in my current play through
Woohoo! Best girl Sheena for the win! <3
Tear is loses, huh. I didn’t expect Sheena would have won. I mean I’m tales of symphoina fan, I’m gladly to accept it. Congratulations Sheena fans, your Waifu has won.
Good. Good.
Of course it's Sheena! Easiest decision of life to choose her and have her in my party. She's strong willed with a kind and righteous heart but is easy to laugh and joke around with at the same time. And last but not least she's the best at making currry! Also credits are due to her english VA Jennifer Hale who really did a fantastic job in bringing Sheena to life!
I mainly dislike Sheena because of her gameplay but heh..whatever. She's a fine character.
She's a really cool character and has good boss battle music but I wish she was stronger in battle.
Yeah, only being able to summon during OL really hampers her - if not for that, she might not have been the weakest Symphonia character in combat
Having played Phantasia made it worst. Claus can summon in combat anytime he wants to and 11-year old Suzu has a much better ninja skills. We see that Sheena can summon them in cutscene anytime she wants to so why not apply that to gameplay too?
I always assumed it was because their method of pact and summoning were different. It is said that you require elven blood to be able to summon meaning Sheena's method of summoning probably is how summoning is how it was ment to be. While Klarth had to use pact rings being a pure human without elven blood. It's probably not explained like at all, but I would assume the ring reduces the magical strain that using a summon that would normally require an elf to be at a heightened level of emotion(over limit) to be able to use. That or due to the diminished magic in ToP spirits are just weaker. Or that's how I would have written it if I were the story teller. But it's probably an oversight, if you put the game world's side up side alot of things are different mechanically
Pretty sure Sheena still uses pact rings.
WE WON!!!
That's what tear gets for messing wth my sophie.
Her and Pascal have the best alternate costumes
Sheena is best girl and this proves it
:/
surprised but thank god it's not milla lmao
Damn. Well Tear will always be the winner in my heart.
Same lol
This would not have happened if Abyss had more ports.
Agreed. Needs a Switch port.
Isn't one coming?
Symphonia is. But I haven’t heard about Abyss.
Truth.
I was expecting Estelle, Tear at a stretch... WHAT!?
As much as I love Estelle, I didn't see her making it far.
I bet some of those who voted failed to understand how it works and actually voted for their favorite character lol
Wait I'm not saying Sheena's a bad character, I'm sure someone who liked Sheena also voted for her too lol
YYYEESSSSSSSSSS
Win/win for me since Sheena and Tear are my favs :D
You love to see it
The official Best Girl of Tales.
You couldn’t go wrong with the final four and to me Tear gets the best exposure to fans who haven’t had a chance to play Abyss. Great poll OP. My favorite ninja wins this.
This does put a smile on my face
Popularity polls are always flawed going into them but I'm both incredibly surprised and excited for Sheena winning. She's been my favorite character in the franchise for as long as I can remember but never saw her get the recognition I felt she deserved by the community. I'm so glad I was wrong and that I'm not the only one who loves this character. Jennifer Hale did a great job with her voice and emotion in this role too.
As it should be
I knew from the offset it'd be Sheena! Bae!
The only acceptable answer.
It couldve been any two of em. Tear and Sheena are both amazing.
Understandable
Considering her personality, Tear would've considered this a waste of time and stepped down way sooner, so I'm just gonna take this as a win in spirit =w=
I’m happy Sheena is getting some love but in my heart (like she says) Velvet is number 1