This game...well, it exists. It's a very lackluster, broken mess of a game with a story just as nonsensical and still baffles me that this is a sequel to one of the best RPGs.

This game reeks of being a cash grab, wanting to ride ToS's success while it was big because a lot of the game is lazy. Example: they hired a new artists for new character concept art but all the old characters have their old art from the first game so when there are skits it's jarring. A lot of music is reused from ToS 1 and if remixed it's barely a different sound or feel idk

There's so much, too much that went wrong here lol Just know the story is a joke, the voice acting was very medicore and while it starts the conversation of interesting themes and plot points after ToS they fumble with it so badly. Contrived af but the only hilight is Zelos is best boi. Only character who has some sense from the previous game.

Emil's voice is also hit or miss--very high pitched and at times grating. His character also leaves a lot to be desired. Not because he's shy and perceived as weak but how it's written. Very surface level and the conclusion to who he is feels cheap. This game did not give af lol

The gameplay is almost as bad as the story, locked to broken motion controls. Due to the limitations of the wii over world exploration was scrapped for menu travel. The game leaned in hard into the Wii's unique controls and didn't implement them well.

A positive: The new art is nice. Uhh, the battle music was catchy. I can pretend it doesn't exist.

I know this game was remastered as a bundle with ToS so not sure if they fixed anything but the initial release was a shit show.