honestly, he is the most interesting of protagonists. In jrpgs, protagonists tend to be more like Flynn, but Yuri being a bit of a complicated mess kinda makes him feel more human, and i think all of us can really connect with him, especially how he doesn't see things as black and white. oh, and he's got a sense of humor, so that helps.
Fun fact: Yuri Lowell is such a popular protagonist in the Tales of series that “Bandai” had to remove him from the popularity poll because it would be unfair for the other characters
@@Azal827 I think he is, with Yuri being the second runner up. Both Loid and Yuri actually had to be permanently removed from popularity polls so other characters have any chance of winning. Both of those characters were inducted into the "Tales hall of fame" just so people would shut up about Yuri and Loid not being on popularity polls, if memory serves right
@@reapordeath It’s Leon Magnus from Tales of Destiny. He’s not the protagonist but he’s the first most popular Tales of character on the popularity poll several times who got removed to give other characters to shine in the poll.
@@FelicianoCookie That's great, but this one's one of my favorites. Estelle: They're bouncing Judith: What are you looking at? Estelle: I wish I could bounce
I don't blame him for his sarcasm. He was basically just an unlicensed plumber who dropped out of military school living in a small apartment with his dog until he got caught up in this mess.
I know Troy baker voices so many characters and I should know what his voice sounds like, yet everytime I figure out someone is voiced by him I have the same exact feeling of getting chopped in the chest or something
@@michaeleverett1376 @Michael Everett Bandai Namco used to make popularity polls in Japan for Tales of characters, Yuri received too many votes in 2010, 2011 and 2012 so they moved his character to the "Hall of Fame" so other characters could receive more votes, they don't make those popularity polls anymore (as long as I know) but there were a few after he was banned
This is among the reasons why I love Yuri as a protagonist. Not only is he pretty looking badass, but he's got a lot of great qualities. Anti hero and unafraid to go against rules but still heroic and an idealist. An experienced kind of hero. Someone who loves the fight. Truly one of the best protagonists there is out there.
@𝐗 𝐗 𝐕 𝐈 𝐈 *glares at Yuri* "Whoa there, Alphen. What's with the prickly queen? She's been staring daggers at me since a while ago" "Hmmm? Oh haha.... she's just kind of like that, I guess. You get used to it." "I don't know how I could get used to being stabbed in the back with eye daggers." 🤔
I think what really, REALLY sets Yuri apart from any other Tales protagonist is how good the localization and voice direction was for English. Most JRPGs do not get this level of treatment.
Yuri was such a great character. I loved his and Estelle’s relationship in that they had a deep connection, but it clearly wasn’t romantic in nature. In many ways, he was more like a mentor to her, similarly with how he was with Karol, though far more subtle.
I feel like Yuri is the type of person that's simply not into romance with anyone. I mean, there's the occasional flirt with Judith, especially when they're alone together, but it never really goes anywhere. I can picture him a few decades older as a lone wanderer type of guy. Going around the world doing jobs for brave vesperia and dishing out punishment to evildoers who are beyond the scope of the law.
Yesss, it was so cool to see! Honesty all of the character relationships in this game were amazing and they all really balance eachother out. My personal favorite character(s) have to be either Yuri, Rita, or Zagi (Because hes so insane, lmao). They are all so interesting!
Same!! Within like the first few minutes I was like “he’s such a smart ass, I love him!” XD when he told Estelle that he had pet frogs and shit as a kid and that he’d feed her and take care of her if she got turned into a frog was when he became one of my all time favorite characters period lol.
My favorite Tales Of protagonist. His sarcasm and brutal honesty was refreshing compared to the past jrpgs I've played with goody-two-shoes protagonists.
Ah geez. Vesperia was my first Tales of game, played it when it first came to the switch like, last year... and now all the memories of my playthrough are coming back... what a fantastic game, and Yuri is definitely one of my favorite protagonists... period.
same, Vesperia was my first, I tried abyss but I feel I started with the best entry. i'm now biased towards Vesperia, I even named an animal crossing town Vesperia.
Speaking as someone who just finished their first run through the game and didn’t even know Troy Baker was the original voice until 2/3 of the way in, I couldn’t make the distinction. Maybe like one or two instances but they both sounded like Yuri to me.
i'll be honest i'm playing Definitive with the Japanese audio since i'm not too used to the new VA change in English but the way George Grant delivered the line at 3:09 is actually amazing LMAO
Say what you want about Grant George replacing Troy Baker because the latter wasn't even aware they were doing "The Definitive Edition", but he tries his best at least.
"Prepare to fall victim to my blade" "I'm going to remind you in advance that I'm very sorry and I apologize for the inconvenience of me NOT GIVING A FUCK!"
I never played Tales of Vesperia, but I enjoyed this funny video. Ever since I've seen the trailer for Tales of Vesperia getting a Nintendo Switch port, I began to gain a liking for Yuri though watching Super Smash Bros. Ultimate moveset and support videos as well as having Yuri as one of my wanted Bandi Namco reps.
laura denieffe Personally, I just love spamming his Burst and Mystic artes just to accumulate grade during battles. Incidentally the first tales game I ever played was tales of symphonia. When I learned that the games actually give you grades on battle performance, I knew I had to play more of them.
8:08 Some expert foreshadowing. I didn't even realize it until rewatching this video after beating the game. The first time I heard this I was like "Haha, silly old Raven's havin a laugh, surely he'd never actually do something like that"....
Yuri is so cool, it almost seems he isn't in the right game. Everything looks easy for him , and he is a lot more Savage and violent than anyone. He sees throught every lies, from Patty or the old man. He even get stabbed and is like "oh ok"
eeehhhhh not really if anyone is the most realistic Tales character (from the Mothership titles), it's Luke from Tales of the Abyss. Overall most realistic Tales of character would probably be Emil from Dawn of the New World
Yuri didn't notice him because of the vase. He only noticed him because Flynn would give him an earful nagging later about the vase as well as breaking and entering if he didn't notice him sooner.
XD I love Yuri, I think he's one of my most favorite characters in media. I have the new Vesperia game but I haven't gotten a chance to play it yet sadly. I still love Yuri though!!!! (I do and have watched the movie First Strike though)
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Yuri: someone loved by so many he got banned in a popular poll
@Alakorad
If I can remember, the Tales of Festival has a character popolarity poll.
Yuri always won them that he got banned
I didn’t know that, but that’s hilarious
@@calebook7720 they decided to put him into hall of fame so that people will start voting other characters
@@davelisapaly6750 fair it is to me cause no one man should have all that power
honestly, he is the most interesting of protagonists. In jrpgs, protagonists tend to be more like Flynn, but Yuri being a bit of a complicated mess kinda makes him feel more human, and i think all of us can really connect with him, especially how he doesn't see things as black and white. oh, and he's got a sense of humor, so that helps.
Fun fact: Yuri Lowell is such a popular protagonist in the Tales of series that “Bandai” had to remove him from the popularity poll because it would be unfair for the other characters
Imagine making a character too likeable.
Makes sense.
really?, and i thought lloyd irving is the most popular on tales of franchise
@@Azal827 I think he is, with Yuri being the second runner up.
Both Loid and Yuri actually had to be permanently removed from popularity polls so other characters have any chance of winning.
Both of those characters were inducted into the "Tales hall of fame" just so people would shut up about Yuri and Loid not being on popularity polls, if memory serves right
@@reapordeath It’s Leon Magnus from Tales of Destiny. He’s not the protagonist but he’s the first most popular Tales of character on the popularity poll several times who got removed to give other characters to shine in the poll.
you forgot the victory quote:
Yuri: Our weapons are?
Karol: Bravery!
Raven: Youth!
Judith: Modesty!
Yuri: Like any of you have those.
Omg, I didn't know this victory quote, I swear to god this is the first team I'm doing when I start Vesperia back up.
Mikleo: Duh, that sounds like reddit hating everything except Vesperia.
My favorite always will be:
Estelle: Our weapons are...Love!
Yuri: Justice!
Raven: Sexxuuualllitttyyy-AH!
Rita: Would you stop!
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@@FelicianoCookie That's great, but this one's one of my favorites.
Estelle: They're bouncing
Judith: What are you looking at?
Estelle: I wish I could bounce
I don't blame him for his sarcasm. He was basically just an unlicensed plumber who dropped out of military school living in a small apartment with his dog until he got caught up in this mess.
This is so true! Lol
He could fix my pipes anytime 😩
Wait he's a plumber?
So he's MARIOOOO😂
@@abrahamwijaya6631 ,
*YURI* : "Uh... yeah... can you really imagine me with a red hat and overalls? ...Not exactly my style there."
Now I know why he calls it “Savage Wolf Fury”
I know my leange say 漸殺影狼陣 , I think this word to long in English
I swear Yuri's VA, Troy Baker, really makes the character
The guy who voiced his extra lines in the definitive edition just doesn’t hit the same
@@settingittowumbo1953 PREACH
@@zeroxiiimk2 ok asshole
Truth.
I know Troy baker voices so many characters and I should know what his voice sounds like, yet everytime I figure out someone is voiced by him I have the same exact feeling of getting chopped in the chest or something
The fact that Yuri was banned from the popularity poll because he was getting all the votes is insane ♥️😂
What popularity poll?
@@michaeleverett1376 @Michael Everett Bandai Namco used to make popularity polls in Japan for Tales of characters, Yuri received too many votes in 2010, 2011 and 2012 so they moved his character to the "Hall of Fame" so other characters could receive more votes, they don't make those popularity polls anymore (as long as I know) but there were a few after he was banned
@@Gabrux22 Oh, I thought it was related to smash bros.
He was told "Sorry you're too likable," and Yuri said "Well, I guess we know who the winner is."
This is among the reasons why I love Yuri as a protagonist. Not only is he pretty looking badass, but he's got a lot of great qualities. Anti hero and unafraid to go against rules but still heroic and an idealist. An experienced kind of hero. Someone who loves the fight. Truly one of the best protagonists there is out there.
I could not agree more!
You forgot south paw too most people over look he so far as i know the first and only left handed fighter in the game series
@@demonlordotrt754 That's not quite true, Luke from Tales of Abyss was left handed. I think Yuri was supposed to be ambidextrous from what I heard.
More realist than idealist. If anyone's the idealist, it's Flynn.
It feels like we got to play has the rival rather than the main protagonist.
I would'nt say Yuri is Savage He is just brutally Honest and that makes him one of the best Tales leading roles
I would argue his brutal honesty is savage in itself, but the dude also assassinated someone in the middle of the night, more than once. Savage.
@Diamonddog rdd tbf, one of those he didn't actually kill. They simply fell into quicksand and he pulled a Speed Racer and watched them die
He's definitely savage, but all his truly savage moments were left out of this presentation.
@@FiveFingerOutfit Ragou deserved that, he let Flynn did his way, it didn't worked, so he resolved the problem.
Yuri has been DONE since the damn game started. He's such a MOOD xD
Man, this guy picked up right where Jade Curtiss left off.
That also funny because yuri has a similar hairstyle as jade
Jade Curtiss' younger, black-haired twin. I love it.
Oh, so that's why I like him so much! XD Jade rocks!
which is funnier since Flynn might as well be Guy's replica
Confirmed! Yuri is a distant decendant of Jade who happened to inherit some of his attitude🤣
This guy would roast every shounen protagonist.
yeah especially new tales of arise protagonist
Why not every protagonist? What's so different about shounen?
@@DiogoJ1 naw, he probably go into deep with them, with some side of penetrating reality.
@@gojibo1834 He would get along with them just fine, considering Karol is pretty much a shonen protagonist in personality.
@𝐗 𝐗 𝐕 𝐈 𝐈 *glares at Yuri*
"Whoa there, Alphen. What's with the prickly queen? She's been staring daggers at me since a while ago"
"Hmmm? Oh haha.... she's just kind of like that, I guess. You get used to it."
"I don't know how I could get used to being stabbed in the back with eye daggers." 🤔
I think what really, REALLY sets Yuri apart from any other Tales protagonist is how good the localization and voice direction was for English. Most JRPGs do not get this level of treatment.
Yuri was such a great character. I loved his and Estelle’s relationship in that they had a deep connection, but it clearly wasn’t romantic in nature. In many ways, he was more like a mentor to her, similarly with how he was with Karol, though far more subtle.
I feel like Yuri is the type of person that's simply not into romance with anyone. I mean, there's the occasional flirt with Judith, especially when they're alone together, but it never really goes anywhere.
I can picture him a few decades older as a lone wanderer type of guy. Going around the world doing jobs for brave vesperia and dishing out punishment to evildoers who are beyond the scope of the law.
Yesss, it was so cool to see! Honesty all of the character relationships in this game were amazing and they all really balance eachother out. My personal favorite character(s) have to be either Yuri, Rita, or Zagi (Because hes so insane, lmao). They are all so interesting!
@@theazureknight9399 he admitted with Judith that he sucks with girls and he is not interested.
Yuri hands down gained his place as one my top game protagonists of all time within the first ten minutes of the game because of his smartassery alone
Same!! Within like the first few minutes I was like “he’s such a smart ass, I love him!” XD when he told Estelle that he had pet frogs and shit as a kid and that he’d feed her and take care of her if she got turned into a frog was when he became one of my all time favorite characters period lol.
the "oops no more foot" one was my favorite
*Psychopath breaks in*
"PREPARE TO FALL VICTIM TO MY BLADE!"
*Yuri proceeds to expertly, MASTERFULLY, give less than 0 of fucks*
XD
Yuri: Yeah, yeah, enough with the dramatics already.
I can hear him say yeah yeah are you done yet?
Have you heard of knocking?
"Your way more rude than i am!"
"Well guess its off with both of our heads, then."
Yuri Lowell? More like...
Yuri *SAVAGE* Lowell.
No wonder he's so loved (;
There's a reason why one of his mystic artes is named SAVAGE Wolf Fury xD.
2:33 lol Yuris face
...Followed by, "Oh, sorry I just stubbed my toe on a rock..."
My favorite Tales Of protagonist. His sarcasm and brutal honesty was refreshing compared to the past jrpgs I've played with goody-two-shoes protagonists.
Ah geez. Vesperia was my first Tales of game, played it when it first came to the switch like, last year... and now all the memories of my playthrough are coming back... what a fantastic game, and Yuri is definitely one of my favorite protagonists... period.
Same
same, Vesperia was my first, I tried abyss but I feel I started with the best entry. i'm now biased towards Vesperia, I even named an animal crossing town Vesperia.
same.
You can tell more than a few times George is trying to imitate Troy.
He had big shoes to fill. It's jarring at first but you get used to it and appreciate it, given what Bamco did to Baker.
Although, they could have picked up Matthew Mercer or Arin Hanson, who each sound almost exactly like Troy...
@@ArynBendah Mercer was offered the role but declined. Said in an interview he didnt want to be known as discount Troy.
@@lolRNG that much i learned some time ago. Lol but Arin could easily do it, plus a Tales game in his portfolio would help substantially
Speaking as someone who just finished their first run through the game and didn’t even know Troy Baker was the original voice until 2/3 of the way in, I couldn’t make the distinction. Maybe like one or two instances but they both sounded like Yuri to me.
i'll be honest i'm playing Definitive with the Japanese audio since i'm not too used to the new VA change in English but the way George Grant delivered the line at 3:09 is actually amazing LMAO
Same energy as "Prepare to die, eggbear!"
It's not the same, at times it can be super jarring but it grows on you
I read the description and said yeah, he’s my favorite character in any media
1:36
He freaked both Estelle and Karol at the same time.
3:01
Roast wars.
I love yuri lowell he's the best protagonist in any game or anime ive ever seen!
I love Yuri Lowell. He is the best protagonist I've seen in a JRPG!
Yuri: our weapons are...
Karol: bravery!
Raven: youth!
Judith: modesty!
Yuri: like any of you have those
Say what you want about Grant George replacing Troy Baker because the latter wasn't even aware they were doing "The Definitive Edition", but he tries his best at least.
"Prepare to fall victim to my blade"
"I'm going to remind you in advance that I'm very sorry and I apologize for the inconvenience of me NOT GIVING A FUCK!"
3:35 Ooh! I loved the skit when Raven first joined. The skits truly make Tales of games!
I never played Tales of Vesperia, but I enjoyed this funny video. Ever since I've seen the trailer for Tales of Vesperia getting a Nintendo Switch port, I began to gain a liking for Yuri though watching Super Smash Bros. Ultimate moveset and support videos as well as having Yuri as one of my wanted Bandi Namco reps.
You should pick up a copy of this game. The definitive version is out now for all systems.
I have a smash moveset here for you to see: www.deviantart.com/empoleon77/art/Custom-Smash-Movesets-No-91-Yuri-Lowell-870690973
Ori goat
Yuri Lowell is like the most self aware JRPG character. Reminds me of RE4 Leon.
The characters in ToV are just *chefs kiss*
Hilarious, adorable, great character development, mesh well.
this man of a character
I love Yuri ❤️ currently replaying it
laura denieffe Personally, I just love spamming his Burst and Mystic artes just to accumulate grade during battles. Incidentally the first tales game I ever played was tales of symphonia. When I learned that the games actually give you grades on battle performance, I knew I had to play more of them.
Yuri would get along so well with Jade
Yuri and Velvet are the bests characters in Tales of.
Jade Curtiss as well
With Troy Baker(Kanji Tatsumi) and Grant George(Shinjiro Aragaki) 2 Persona Characters combine into Yuri Lowell
The funniest part is him standing idle with this shit eating grin during dialogues
Yuri is the best protag in the tales series that is the objective truth
8:08 Some expert foreshadowing. I didn't even realize it until rewatching this video after beating the game.
The first time I heard this I was like "Haha, silly old Raven's havin a laugh, surely he'd never actually do something like that"....
Oh Yuri...you're such a savage XD
Man Yuri cracks me up and he's a great protagonist.
Yuri feels like the Gintoki of JRPG's
Yuri is so cool, it almost seems he isn't in the right game. Everything looks easy for him , and he is a lot more Savage and violent than anyone. He sees throught every lies, from Patty or the old man. He even get stabbed and is like "oh ok"
Abyss was my favorite Tales of all time. But Yuri Lowell was undoubtedly my favorite proganist. JRPG need more protagonist like him, honestly
1:03 Prepare to die Eggbear
The best bit
Hei fearless leader, you're not suppose to hide after saying something like that.
He's the most Savage roaster of all
"Prepare to die ,eggbear" perfect words
Bless Troy Baker for voicing Yuri.
Yuri is the most realistic Tales character in the franchise, He pretty much almost broke every stereotype a Tales protag would have.
Cough cough Velvet
eeehhhhh not really
if anyone is the most realistic Tales character (from the Mothership titles), it's Luke from Tales of the Abyss.
Overall most realistic Tales of character would probably be Emil from Dawn of the New World
@@ken7007 I watched my mom do a playthrough of Berseria and GOD DAMN Velvet DID NOT GIVE TWO FUCKS.
@@ken7007 Velvet's a bit too edgy to be realistic... Actually, wait, would that make her even more realistic?
@@thebrightstartt9294 Wow your mom played Berseria? My mom can barely play Kirby's Epic Yarn. She just watched me play Vesperia.
0:16 he just destroys random vase to get noticed, that's so pathetic XD
Yuri didn't notice him because of the vase. He only noticed him because Flynn would give him an earful nagging later about the vase as well as breaking and entering if he didn't notice him sooner.
Hell yea yuri is the shit better then most main protagonist in the tales series really honest and burn everyone left and right 😂
XD I love Yuri, I think he's one of my most favorite characters in media. I have the new Vesperia game but I haven't gotten a chance to play it yet sadly. I still love Yuri though!!!! (I do and have watched the movie First Strike though)
God damn I love yuri he's great
Yuri Lowell is a savage.
Tales of Vesperia is a game so good, I’m playing the whole thing for a second time. And perhaps even a third time.
"Here lies the world's biggest sap." 🤣
I guess you could say savage wolf fury
Savage Wolf Yuri
edna and yuri will be the bestest of best friends
omg itd be perfect
There’ll never be another Troy Baker. I miss that time when people could actually afford him and he graced every game with his talent.
Yuri has got to be one of the best Tales protagonists ever lmao
3:10 OoPs No MoRe FoOt
Savage wolf Yuri
Thanks for this video, I’ll make a crossplay of Yuri and this is helping me for the characterization :3 💜✨🐺🗡
lol, love the guy, some of the traveling cutscenes are even funnier.
I'll be honest... That is NOT the voice I expected Yuri Lowell to have. But I don't dislike it. And he's funny. XD
His Mystic arte isn't call savage wolf fury for nothing
Yeah best character in the game, but I still used the rest of them, Rita is ok also if you grind her weapon.
The goat😂
Half of the group just overflows with sass
I can see why this is such a fan favourite. XD
0:44 that effing oof
Yuri is so cool!
3:20 Don't mind me, I'm just putting timestamps for my favorite line. 😂
Raven came back strong though
1:37 ... Such a cute reaction from Capt lol~
Raven : i trying to find myself.
Lowell : If i have memories that bad i want to find myself too,
LOL 😆😆
8:51 WAIT, JOTARO REPEED?????
yare yare doge
0:25
The Yuri "I don't give an F" face.
i laughed so many times during this game, savage yuri is the best yuri
The new VA's are... weird. They're close enough that I don't really notice normally, but good God when I do notice it... Like I said, weird.
Old: Troy Baker
New: Grant George
Yeah, they fit Yuri but Grant kind of needed a bit work.
huh no wonder he's so popular ,i didn't play the game yet but i already love the character
Ya I’m just built different
LOL
I don’t know why it took me this long to find out that this guy had the same voice actor as my cyborg baby boy from Tales from the Borderlands.
@8:49 Repede with that hat kinda reminds me of Jotaro from JJBA
Funny enough, Vesperia has one of my least favorite stories in the whole series, but Yuri is so great he saved the whole game for me lol.
Tales of Vesperia is the best tales of game
This is like 10x funnier with the child’s sunglasses
his mystic arte is s a v a g e wolf fury for a reason
5:05
Yeah....uh....the plot would like the differ in a long while.
the snarkiest tale that has a name called Yuri
Jade would love to speak to you
Best protagonist in the entire franchise.
These roasts are rated EAE
Everyone
Always
Everywhere
Always thought they Saber was really cool looking in Yuris hands, too bad its so weak and gets replaced in the first hour of the game lol
Yuri “The Walking One-Liner” Lowell
Me, explaining something: prepare to die eggbear
I'm just glad he isn't a naïve, unexperienced hero of prophecy.