Symphonia 1 is for Gamecube and 2 is for the Wii. Also, if you've already played games from the Tales series already and enjoyed them, I don't see why you shouldn't get Xillia.
Mmmm, a lot of the characters are very meh to me and it generally deals with bad things in a very light-hearted way. I guess I just feel particularly detached and while they're interesting tales (lol) with very developed worlds, I don't feel particularly immersed or caring for the characters. If I had to rank it in favorite JRPG series' though it'd be number 4, right below Kingdom Hearts, Shin Megami Tensei and .hack.
I do like a couple characters from the series though. Don't get me wrong.
Eternia wasn't originally for handheld though. It was originally on PS1 and the PSP version was a remake. Didn't know it was localized though.
Heard of Pandora's Tower, but I don't know anything about it because it didn't really catch my attention.
Only two huh? That's surprising. I've finished three: Symphonia, Abyss and Graces f. I've played Legendia but never finished it, and I'm currently playing through Symphonia 2: Dawn of the New World. I'll be buying Xillia's localization when it's released too. It's a good series, but due to certain things I'd put other JRPG series' above it.
It's a shame none of the handheld Tales games seem to get localized.
DAT ASS. One of my more clever ideas for an avatar that's for sure.
I'm already past episode 110 so that sounds good to me. If they're subbed episodes, sure link it.~
Eh, I'm not really interested in 5D's. GX is about where my interest for the Yu-Gi-Oh anime stops really. Though I will say it at least looks better than Zexal.
Heck I don't even like using Synchro cards in the actual card game.