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The Fairy Tail Game Is Fun, but Is Definitely for the Fans

Before the Fairy Tail game was announced, I knew nothing about Fairy Tail. I knew a lot about Rave Master, Hiro Mashima’s earlier series, but this was all new territory and I gradually started building up my knowledge. I’d still say I’m a beginner, but perhaps that puts me in an even better position when I say Gust’s adaptation of the series is incredibly entertaining.

That isn’t to say it won’t be intimidating. The Fairy Tail game fully expects people coming in to know things. It picks up right before a major time skip with the sort of boss fight that, in any other game, would be the last one. Once it is over, you are briefly introduced to important members of the guild with boxes that only offer their names and title or role. It very much feels like, “Okay, you know these people, you we don’t need to spend any time on introductions.” Which is a bit off-putting.

But once you overcome that hurdle (and maybe visit the in-game encyclopedia to help you get your bearings), it honestly feels like a good place to start. Thanks to a seven-year time-skip, Fairy Tail has to reestablish itself as a guild and rebuild its reputation in Magnolia. This also provides an excuse to explain why extraordinary talented magicians have to face level one enemies again and provide players with an excuse to improve and make a name for themselves as they go through part of the series’ Tenrou Island arc and the Grand Magic Games, Tartaros, and Avatar arcs.

A lot of the Fairy Tail RPG’s focus is on rebuilding. You’re getting the guild to climb the ranks again, achieving certain milestones to complete chapters and regain your rep. You’re building up facilities within the guild, to help with crafting Lacrima characters could equip, improving the shop, and getting a better request board. You put points toward improving playable characters’ ranks, to increase things like Magic Chain combos or add special abilities to their repertoire. You form bonds between characters by taking requests together to earn Magic Chain benefits. Maybe you take on Character Stories to find more friends and see more storylines.

The drive to do all this pushes you to take on requests. Which, honestly, feature some rather fun storylines and some great localization work. Both the translations here and in the Character Stories are rather fun, even if you’re engaging in purely supplemental activities, because of clever wording, character reactions, and the general ambiance. Plus, it’s a great excuse to go out and fight. Which you’ll want to do, because the battle system is kind of great. (Though, unfortunately, the load times in the Switch version are not.)

I’m pretty in love with how fights work in Fairy Tail and hope the system gets reused in future Gust games. Every character has the standard attacks, but the the magic attacks are where things get fun. First, you might be concerned about MP and characters magic. When you defeat enemies, they scatter different sorts of Ethernano particles that can restore certain characters. Which makes sense for a game about wizards where you don’t want to not use magic.

But what’s even better is how satisfying it is to use both ordinary and elaborate spells. Fairy Tail is a traditional, turn-based JRPG. However, enemies are positioned on a 3×3 grid. You characters’ spells could target specific spots on the grid, with certain areas taking more or less damage. They could have supplemental attacks. You might even have characters whose attacks could push enemies around the grid to force them into better positions so allies attacks can hit them.

It all ends up being way more strategic than you might expect. This isn’t to say the more elaborate special attacks aren’t fun. But I found the the core mechanics so enjoyable that things like Magic Chains, Unison Attacks, and Awakenings are just bonuses.

But I suppose what it all really comes down to is how Fairy Tail treats its characters. There are so many people who matter in this series, and it is clear Gust understood that and took care to make all of these folks the focus. You have a lot of people who can join as playable party members or show up as guests. You get to see characters grow closer and be better at working together because… they were working together. There are the side stories that let you see people you know and love play off of each other. It’s rather great.

Gust’s Fairy Tail game is one of those adaptations where it feels like the developer really understood what people love about the series. The team clearly worked with that to ensure the characters stood out and some of the major plot points were covered. And you can tell the developer was trying to put together a battle system that feels satisfying, but also makes all of the magic make sense. The only real downside I can see is that barrier of entry. It expects you to know what’s going on in the series’ world, with even the in-game documentation not really offering up enough to make it all make sense. (Not that it really could, given how detailed it all is.) Still, for those who do get it, Fairy Tail is a fun time.

Fairy Tail is available for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC. It will eventually get a photo mode update.

10 Best Classic Fairy Tales For Your Kids

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” ― Albert Einstein.

Fairy tales often take people to the sweet memory lane of their childhood. The memories of magic, dragons, and evilness getting defeated never fail to bring a smile to our faces. 

Reading or listening to classic tales can help parents bond better with their children and nurture their creativity.

So, if you are looking for the best bedtime stories for your children, this blog will surely help you. Let’s explore some of the fascinating and timeless fairy tales that can bring lots of colors and blooms to your kid’s childhood. 

Cinderella is one of the most popular fairy tales of all time. Its story remains an all-time classic and will remain the same for future generations as well.

Cinderella was a young woman who lived with her wicked stepmother and stepsisters. Thanks to her glass slipper, she found her Prince Charming and escaped her difficult life. 

Cinderella’s story has been adapted in many variations over history. Cinderella’s popular version “The Brother Grimm” was published in 1812. Recently, in 2021, Disney has released a new Cinderella movie with a modern outlook. 

Moral: This story tells kids how they should never stop dreaming despite all the hardships that life presents them with.

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Beauty and the Beast is a fairy tale that celebrates real royalty. In the story, a spoiled prince turns into a beast and imprisons a beautiful young lady named Belle. It’s only when he learns to love Belle that he becomes the prince again.  

This fairy tale is assumed to be inspired by a real-life couple who lived in France in the 1500s. The man had a condition called hypertrichosis. This condition causes abnormal hair growth on the body. 

So, he was referred to as a wild man and was kept in a cage for a long time. In a surprising turn of events, he married a royal court servant’s daughter, and they had 7 children.

Moral: We should value internal characteristics such as kindness over other superficial or physical qualities. 

Rapunzel is a beautiful and motivational fairy tale. The story shows how a poor couple lost their daughter Rapunzel when they stole fruit from their neighbor’s garden. It also focuses on how the angelic voice of Rapunzel reunites her with her lover. 

Moral: This story gives two bold messages that one should never steal, and evilness never wins. 

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Snow White is a young princess and is defined by her inherent kindness and pure beauty. In the story, an evil queen spends all her life envying Snow White’s beauty. 

But, in the end, Snow White finds her happiness by marrying the prince. In contrast, the evil queen loses her peace and leads an unhappy life while chasing meaningless physical beauty. 

Moral: This story has an insightful moral — if you lust over physical beauty, you lose your peace in the way. The story also encourages kids to be kind and pure like Snow White. 

A rebellious Red sets off alone to meet her grandmother with instructions to never step off the forest path. But she disobeys the instructions and attracts the attention of the bad wolf. 

Now, what happens next depends on the version you are reading. In the Charles Perrault version, Red gets gobbled up by the wolf. However, across Europe, North America, and many other tellings, she was saved by her hood or a guy with an ax. 

Moral: This fairy tale intends to teach children to follow directions and express their courage at the time of need.  

Jack is a rule-breaker and loves to prank. Once, he traded a family cow for a couple of magic beans in the hope of climbing the beanstalk and reaching the giant’s castle to steal his magic possessions. 

This story will help you teach your naughty little pranksters that no matter how daring you are, one should never cross certain boundaries in life. 

Moral: The story shows that undying greed for more will take away what you already have in your life. 

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Sleeping Beauty is slightly similar to Snow White. The story revolves around a Sleeping Beauty who was cursed by a wicked fairy. Beauty spends all her childhood sleeping, but on her 16th birthday, her prince charming finds her and wakes her up after years of slumber. 

Like other fairy tales, different interpretations of Sleeping Beauty are also available. However, Disney’s Maleficent in the year 2014 achieved the most success. 

Moral: The story shows that growing up has its own hurdles but in the end, love conquers all.

If you want to raise a little animal helper, this is the perfect story for you. Puss is a bold trickster who masquerades as the servant of a nobleman. His tactics bring him fame, fortune, and a wife at a young age. 

The boots in this fairy tale symbolize wealth and wisdom. The story is set back in the 16th century when people used to be barefoot. So, having boots at that time was a significant sign of wealth. 

Moral: The story’s moral is simple — your wisdom can help you win wealth. 

This tale talks about the hunger of the heart and stomach. Hansel and Gretel are abandoned by their stepmother in the forest. Both children can’t resist eating a real gingerbread cottage out of hunger. But they get caught by a cannibal witch who lives there.  

In the end, they shove the witch into the fiery oven to escape. 

Moral: This story will teach your kids how fortunate they are to have food on their plates. It will help them be grateful in life and never have any egos! 

In this story, a frog helps a princess to find her golden ball in the pond and then invites her to live in the castle. It is then that the frog turns into a prince. The storyline of The Frog Prince is quite similar to Beauty and the Beast.

Moral: The story teaches that it’s important to value kindness and goodness over physical beauty. It also tries to convey the importance of keeping our promises.

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Are you wondering how centuries-old fairy tales can benefit your child in this digital age? Well, no matter how old fairy tales are, they can always make your kid’s childhood happy and memorable.  

Be it The Brothers Grimm or Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, all the classic magic stories can benefit your child in a number of ways:

Storytelling plays a significant role in a child’s development. That is because 95% of the human brain develops by the age of six. Therefore, reading or listening to fairy tales can build imagination and literacy for your child. 

Your child can engage in fantasy land and learn to distinguish the fantasy world from the real world. They can learn to express their thoughts and ideas better. 

Some studies even indicate that storytelling helps to improve vocabulary and confidence among children. 

Through stories, children and even adults can learn how to handle certain problems. Cinderella’s story fits perfectly in this context. It tells how a young woman escapes her difficult life despite her wicked stepmother and stepsisters’ cruelties.  

Stories allow people to step into the character’s shoes and learn how they can easily conquer problems and presents children with an interactive method of learning. This is one of the reasons why SplashLearn creates visually appealing and character-based animated games. 

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Children connect better with the characters in the stories. This helps them learn from their favorite characters’ life stories. The stories can show children how to believe in goodness amidst problems and anxieties. 

For example, Beauty and the Beast portray how selfishness can turn a prince into a beast. It also shows how beauty and kindness can turn a beast into a prince again. 

Fairy tales can bring cultural flavors into your child’s life. Different versions of stories are available today that can help your children interact with different cultures.  

Fairy tales show that life isn’t perfect. Children discover that bad things happen to everyone. But if you are emotionally resilient, you can overcome all challenges. 

This helps children stay strong during hard times and always believe in the richness of life despite hardships. 

Exposing your child to the world of fantasy can stimulate their imagination. It might amaze you to see how children can give a spin to traditional stories and interpret them into something completely different. 

For instance, the University of Hawai’i conducted a study to evaluate the positive impact of fairy tales on children. In the study, researchers exposed children to different classic stories to understand their impact. 

Interestingly, after listening to Little Red Riding Hood, a seven-year-old boy draws the wolf to the size of an ant. He used his imagination to create a funny interpretation of the bad wolf and show his courage.  

So, when you introduce a story to your child, you are providing them with an opportunity to think and imagine different scenarios. 

Every fairy tale is attached to a moral lesson. Fairy tales often leave us with a strong message, whether it is being good or believing in love or friendship. 

You might have a hard time making your toddler understand where the difference between good and bad lies. But stories like “The Emperor’s New Clothes” can better show to your kids, the consequences of convincing yourself that something was true when it wasn’t.

Through classic fairy tales, parents can bond with their children in a great capacity. They can relive their childhood memories with their kids and build some new memories.

You can forget anything in your life, but you can never forget all the classic fairy tales that you have heard in your childhood. Have you ever thought, why? 

That is mainly because stories capture our interest in a much better way. And once we learn something with an interest, we tend to not forget that information. 

SplashLearn creates learning games to spike and capture kids’ interest. The engaging characters and visuals motivate the little ones to learn. Different mediums like games, worksheets and courses on Math and English can help them remember and retain concepts their entire life. 

Today, you can try SplashLearn with your kids to see how they actually interact with interesting learning mediums. 

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Which is the oldest fairy tale?

According to some researchers, The Smith And The Devil is the oldest fairy tale. It goes back by 6,000 years to the Bronze Age.

Do all fairy tales have morals?

Yes. Fairy tales are written with a motive to teach a lesson to children via interesting characters and a storyline

How do fairy tales affect child development? 

When children listen to fairy tales often, it affects their imagination and helps them to think about new things. The fairy tales affect the emotional, physical, and mental development of a child. 

Do fairy tales have the truth? 

Fairy tales have been passed down from many generations and cultures. However, today there’s no solid source from where these tales come from, but they have been inspired from somewhere. So, we can say that some fairy tales are adaptations of real-life events. 

Are fairy tales timeless?

Yes. The storyline might have changed in many tales with time, but the central idea has always been the same. 

What is the right time to read fairy tales to your child?

There’s no specific time to read stories to your kids. However, most parents prefer to read stories before bedtime. But you can read them to your child anytime as soon as they turn two.

Cheerful account - Marshak. The full text of the poem is a Cheerful account

Here is one il unit
Very thin, like a knitting needle.

But this is the number two,
Look how it is!

Arches the deuce's neck,
Dragging its tail behind it.

And behind the deuce - look -
The number three appears.

Troika - the third of the badges -
Consists of two hooks.

Three are followed by four,
Sharp elbow of a bulge.

And then she went dancing
Number five on paper.

She stretched out her arm to the right,
She bent her leg sharply.

Number six - door lock:
Hook at the top, circle at the bottom.

Here is a seven - a poker,
She has one leg.

The figure eight has two rings
Without beginning and end.

Number nine or nine -
Digital acrobat:

If you stand on your head,
Number six nine will become.

A number like the letter "O" -
This is zero or nothing.

Round zero is so pretty,
But it doesn't mean anything!

If, on the left, next to him,
We will fit one,
He will weigh more,
Because this is ten.

Write these numbers in order
in your notebook.
I'm talking about every now
I'll compose a story for you.

1

One and one lived in the problem book.
Let them fight
One on one.
But soon one
Crossed out one.
And now there is nothing left
Nothing from them.

And if we were friends
They are among themselves,
That would have lived a long time
And there would have been two of them!

2

Two sisters - two hands
Chop, build, dig,
Tear weeds in the garden
And wash each other.

Two hands knead the dough -
Left and right,
Sea and river water
Rake while swimming.

3

There are three colors at the traffic light,
They are clear to the driver:

Red light -
No way.
Yellow -
Be ready to go,
And the green light - go!

4

Four corners in the room.
Four legs at the table.
And four legs each
A mouse and a cat.

Four wheels running,
Rubber shod.
What will you walk in two hours,
They are in two minutes.

5

Before you are five brothers.
At home they are all without dresses.
And on the street, but
Everyone needs a coat.

6

Six
Kittens
Yes
Want.

Give them porridge with milk.
Let them lap their tongue,
Because cats
Do not eat from a spoon.

7

Seven nights and days in a week.
Seven things in your briefcase:
A blotter and a notebook,
And a pen to write on,
And an eraser to make stains
Clean up neatly,
And a pencil case and a pencil,
And a primer - your friend.

8

Eight wooden dolls,
Chubby and ruddy,
In colorful sundresses
They live on the table.
Everyone is called Matryoshka.

The first doll is thick,
And inside it is empty.

It separates
into two halves.
Another
Doll lives in the middle.

Open this doll -
There will be a third in the second.

Unscrew the half,
Dense, ground, -
And you will be able to find
The fourth chrysalis.

Take it out and see,
Who is hiding inside it.

The fifth hides in it
Pot-bellied chrysalis,
And empty inside.
The sixth lives in it.
And in the sixth -
Seventh,
And in the seventh -
Eighth.

This doll is the smallest,
A little bigger than a walnut.

Behold, lined up,
Dolly sisters are standing.

— How many are you? - we will ask them,
And the dolls will answer: - Eight!

9

By nine minutes to ten,
By nine minutes to ten,
By nine minutes to ten
You must go to school.
A bell is heard at nine.
Lesson starts.

By nine minutes to ten
It's time for the children to go to bed.
If you don't lie down in bed -
you will peck with your nose!

0

That's zero or nothing.
Listen to a story about him.

Cheerful, round zero said
Neighbor-unit:
— With you next to me let
Stand me on the page!

She looked at him
An angry, proud look:
— You, zero, are worth nothing.
Don't stand next to me!

Zero answered: — I admit,
That I am worth nothing,
But you can become ten,
If I will be with you.

You are so lonely now,
Small and thin,
But you will be ten times bigger,
When I stand on the right.

It is wrong to think that zero
plays a small role.

We'll turn two into twenty.
From threes and fours
We can, if we want,
Make thirty, forty.

Let them say that we are nothing -
With two zeros together
A hundred will come out of one,
Two hundred will come out of two!

Happy character quotes

14 quotes

Where quoted:

- Happy, why are you blue?
- Because I am a cat.

- Ahh! Talking staff!
- Ahh! Talking cat!

Rules make the world what it is.

- Is this guy really okay?
- Yes, seriously. He has been sleeping for three days now and is still sleeping...
- Natsu! Lucy has put on a very immodest outfit and is now singing and dancing with everyone!
- I wouldn't mind if it helped wake him up.

- Now Natsu will start eating poisonous funny mushrooms! I guarantee!
- What are you talking about, Happy, would I do such a stupid thing?

- I have nothing to say to people.
- I am a cat.
- Oh, okay. It started 400 years ago...

- Natsu, get up! We must fight!
- Will not work. Train - magic monokat - Lucy. He rode three times today.
- What the hell?! Am I transport?!

Kids are still those monsters.

- Look, it's a Lucy figurine!
- Don't do this without asking me. But it's still a very good job. ..
— Of course, all clothes are removed from the figurine!
- Put it back on!
- Heh, there’s nothing even to shoot with mine ...

Explanation of the quote:

The magicians toured the magic shop of the guild. The Lucy figurine was stripped of its clothes. And on the figure of Gray, and without that there were only cowards.

- I will pay you 2 million.
- Two-two ..
- ... lemons?!!!
- Wait a minute, it will be for three... I can't count!!!
- It's simple: I take one million, Natsu takes one million. The rest is Lucy.
- You're so smart, Happy!

Natsu: — Eh, there's nothing left... I'll go and wake up Erza.
Gazill, Master Makarov and Happy: — WHAT?!
Natsu: — Damn, there was such a chance to outrun her, and here they are! ..
Master Makarov: — Wait a minute!!! How do you want to do it?!
Natsu: Well, if I burn it, it will fall off, right? This rock or what it is... We won't know until we try it! [burns Erza's statue]
Master Makarov: Stop!!! Are you trying to kill her?!
Happy: Natsu, take the fire away from her now!!!
Natsu: Why are you nervous, it's all right.

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