Must Have RPG for the DS~
I'm not saying this as a Tales fan. The game has a pretty good storyline in my opinion. The character AI is very reliable (they do combos to support your own combos and heal you when needed, even at the default settings). The actual storyline isn't that long at all, but you'll be spending most of your time in dungeons and leveling up. The dungeons are somewhat similar to Tales of Legendia (in other words, HUGE), so that part gets annoying a bit. Character development (especially on the hero's part) goes by smoothly, and goes through a series of phases (shy, maniacal, heroic).

Graphics are just beautiful for a DS game. Especially the cities.

Skits will keep you entertained most of the time, but sadly, not all are voiced. Having a good grasp of the Japanese language will make you enjoy the game more, as most of the humorous parts of this game are in the skits.

And lastly, the battle system is wicked. It's a whole lot more fast paced compared to the previous games... which kind of makes you so absorbed into the game during fights, especially at that extra dungeon... ;P

Good game
I bought this in Japan before I bought FFIV DS and I love the Tales series better than FF series this is my first one for the DS. Even though my Japanese isn't so good and can only understand a little of the story its still a great game. it would of been nice if they would put hirgana over the Kanji like in Phanton Hourglass.

Awesome game!
This is an amazing game. Must buy for ANY tales fan.

So much better then Tales of the tempest
This game is made be a completly different company, and is so much better then tales of the tempest it isn't even funny

The Game is made by the creators of Tales of Radiant Mythology on PSP

Buy it now!

also it got some great review scores on famitsu, 35/40 if i remember correctly :)