<s>
is	O
a	O
Japanese	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
co-developed	O
by	O
Wolfteam	O
and	O
Telenet	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Namco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
fourth	O
main	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Tales	O
series	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
direct	O
sequel	O
to	O
1997	O
's	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Destiny	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
released	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
(	O
PS2	B-Device
)	O
in	O
November	O
2002	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
March	O
2003	O
in	O
South	O
Korea	O
and	O
August	O
2003	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
(	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Alfa	O
System	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
March	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
in	O
South	O
Korea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
began	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Eternia	I-Application
in	O
2000	O
,	O
taking	O
approximately	O
two	O
years	O
to	O
complete	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
Tales	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
original	O
Wolfteam	O
before	O
it	O
became	O
Namco	O
Tales	O
Studio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
port	O
was	O
made	O
after	O
a	O
similar	O
port	O
of	O
Eternia	O
met	O
with	O
commercial	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Destiny	I-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
featuring	O
two-dimensional	O
(	O
2D	O
)	O
sprite	O
characters	O
navigating	O
both	O
2D	O
environments	O
such	O
as	O
dungeons	O
and	O
towns	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
three-dimensional	O
overworld	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
battle	O
system	O
is	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
trademark	O
Linear	O
Motion	O
Battle	O
System	O
(	O
LMBS	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
places	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
playable	O
characters	O
on	O
a	O
2D	O
plain	O
against	O
enemies	O
in	O
real-time	O
combat	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
battle	O
,	O
one	O
character	O
is	O
controlled	O
at	O
any	O
one	O
time	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
others	O
being	O
governed	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
(	O
AI	O
)	O
:	O
the	O
AI	O
can	O
be	O
customized	O
to	O
behave	O
in	O
various	O
ways	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
adjusting	O
their	O
aggression	O
level	O
,	O
and	O
balancing	O
magical	O
and	O
physical	O
attacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
conflict	O
reemerged	O
eighteen	O
years	O
prior	O
during	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Destiny	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Destiny	O
2	O
begins	O
eighteen	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Destiny	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Destiny	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
co-developed	O
by	O
Wolfteam	O
and	O
Telenet	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
began	O
after	O
work	O
had	O
finished	O
on	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Eternia	I-Application
,	O
taking	O
roughly	O
two	O
years	O
to	O
complete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
,	O
they	O
drew	O
on	O
themes	O
of	O
"	O
learning	O
from	O
the	O
teacher	O
"	O
as	O
seen	O
in	O
films	O
such	O
as	O
Star	O
Wars	O
and	O
Raiders	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Ark	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
many	O
contemporary	O
PS2	B-Device
role-playing	O
games	O
were	O
being	O
developed	O
around	O
three-dimensional	O
characters	O
,	O
Destiny	O
2	O
used	O
two-dimensional	O
sprites	O
for	O
its	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
was	O
markedly	O
improved	O
,	O
the	O
combat	O
system	O
was	O
made	O
both	O
more	O
elaborate	O
and	O
more	O
user-friendly	O
,	O
and	O
health	O
and	O
magic	O
systems	O
were	O
adjusted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
hardware	O
enabled	O
the	O
expansion	O
of	O
mini-games	O
,	O
the	O
improvement	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
incorporation	O
of	O
advanced	O
interactive	O
elements	O
on	O
the	O
world	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
create	O
more	O
tracks	O
with	O
greater	O
detail	O
to	O
them	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
expanded	O
storage	O
capacities	O
of	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
promote	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Namco	O
created	O
a	O
themed	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
memory	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Destiny	O
2	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
began	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
commercial	O
success	O
of	O
Eternias	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
directed	O
by	O
Yoshito	O
Higuchi	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
Destiny	O
2	O
and	O
became	O
the	O
director	O
of	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
port	O
of	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Symphonia	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
adjustments	O
included	O
minor	O
tweaks	O
to	O
gameplay	O
,	O
adjustments	O
to	O
fit	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
's	O
control	O
layout	O
,	O
and	O
adjusting	O
the	O
graphics	O
from	O
4:3	O
to	O
16:9	O
screen	O
ratio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
port	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
South	O
Korea	O
by	O
Namco	O
Bandai	O
Games	O
's	O
local	O
branch	O
on	O
March	O
5	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
next	O
three	O
weeks	O
,	O
it	O
remained	O
in	O
second	O
place	O
on	O
the	O
charts	O
behind	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Ruby	I-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
,	O
accumulating	O
sales	O
of	O
over	O
603,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Destiny	I-Application
2	I-Application
has	O
shipped	O
977,000	O
copies	O
worldwide	O
as	O
of	O
December	O
2007	O
,	O
being	O
the	O
second	O
most	O
successful	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
version	O
sold	O
73,000	O
copies	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
,	O
ranking	O
second	O
in	O
weekly	O
video	O
games	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novel	O
adaptations	O
include	O
a	O
novel	O
focusing	O
on	O
Nanaly	O
called	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Destiny	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Amber	O
Wind	O
,	O
and	O
mutlple	O
light	O
novels	O
that	O
told	O
segments	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
from	O
the	O
point	O
of	O
view	O
of	O
different	O
characters	O
,	O
particularly	O
Judas	O
.	O
</s>
