Ar Tonelico is problematic and beautiful

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  @ASkeleton · 4 months ago · pinned

  If you notice the awkward cut at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_17Q0ITc2kA&amp;t=2265">37:45</a>, I had to cut that in youtube because it showed footage of an Australian swim team using Ar Tonelico&apos;s opening song for their routine in the 2020 olympics, and they didn&apos;t like that. The clip should still be on reddit if you wanna see.

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• GA

  @gastono8179 · 4 months ago

  Someone making Ar Tonelico video in 2026? You can bet I&apos;m seated for it

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• TW

  @twitchinsal752 · 4 months ago

  Absolutely worth the wait - Ar Tonelico is, for VARIOUS reasons, the sort of game you pretty much need to play alone, and hearing someone discuss it and open up about their personal experience with it in a group setting for all to hear is somehow cathartic in and of itself, especially for someone who played it way back when, like myself.<br><br>Thanks a million for taking the time to make this vid what it needed to be - hope real life is treating you all right, and looking forward to the next one.

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• BL

  @BLUES_Review · 4 months ago

  I was shocked to see that a physical copy of this game wasn&apos;t over $100. This game screams like it would be one of those titles.

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• GA

  @Galaxy40k · 4 months ago (edited)

  The music being so good doesn&apos;t surprise me. Gust makes games on like a AA-at-best budget and yet EVERY SINGLE ONE has an absolutely phenomenal soundtrack. Blue Reflections battle theme had no right to go that hard for a low budget magical girl game<br><br>Also man....what a video. The passion and emotion was infectious

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• GI

  @GilesFAhrun · 4 months ago (edited)

  I will never regret I bought Ar tonelico 1 when I had the chance to buy FF12.

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• PR

  @professordetective807 · 4 months ago

  Welcome back, Mister Bones. We&apos;ve missed you.

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• OP

  @optimize0 · 4 months ago

  The whole Ar series up into Ciel Nosurge and Ar Nosurge is masterclass. Completely underrated

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• AS

  @AstralPhnx · 4 months ago (edited)

  Also as a heads up, a retranslation project for Ar Tonelico 1 is currently underway to fix the borked ass NISA TL so keep an eye out for that releasing eventually! The Ar Tonelico 2 retranslation also got a redux lately to clean it up more so that&apos;s in even better condition too

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• AS

  @AstralPhnx · 4 months ago

  Holy fucking smokes an Ar Tonelico video in this economy????? I love this trilogy so goddamn much. My PAL copy of Ar Tonelico 2 is basically the gem of my PS2 collection

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• RE

  @redalchemy7322 · 4 months ago

  Picked this game up from an NIS booth at a convention for $30, complete with a full swag bag of promo stuff including the soundtrack<br>I thought it was strange that the price was so low, but thought &quot;how bad could it be&quot;<br>Then the main title hit... <br><br>Felt like being sold a bar of gold for a penny

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• HO

  @Houndnwolf · 4 months ago

  FINALLY! SOMEONE OTHER THAN ME REMEMBERS AR TONELICO!!

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