About Tales, u had BETTER play the first game before you play the second. It IS ToS: Dawn of a/the New World for Wii. Seriously, make sure u play the first game.
If u seriously cant, then watch the Tales of Symphonia Animation (or just watch it anyway).
Recommended: Play Tales for GCN or PS2, then watch the Animation, then play Wii
I cant stop watching it. Its a REALLY good anime. The "first disc" (the blue one) is divided in to 4 episodes. The red disc hasnt been released yet.
Preview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZr77kK5NuI&feature=related
EDIT: dont b a wimp and watch it on youtube. download that **** (torrent client preferred so you get good quality guaranteed; i have the [Formula] bundle with just about every video released, including trailors and specials)
Also, WOMBO COMBO is too good. and im pretty sure toasty linked it a few pages ago already, sman