Bandai Namco Promises to Release Tales Remasters “Pretty Consistently”
Bandai Namco has launched Story series celebrates its 30th anniversary with a special Broadcast of the Anniversary Project. And while there were no surprises or special announcements, series producer Yusuke Tomizawa reiterated that the team will be working on more remasters.
in Original Japanese broadcast (reported by Gematsu), Tomizawa-san said he could not reveal specific plans but did say that Bandai Namco intends to “provide [remastered games] pretty consistent.”
The developers revealed the Anniversary Project shortly after the reveal Tales of Graces f Remasteredwas formed from a team dedicated to bringing older games in the series to modern systems. Graces f Remaster is the first game in that “series” and it launches in January 2025.
Tomizawa-san stated during the broadcast that yes, the development roadmap for Project Remastered has been established and the team is working hard. In fact, a website celebrating 30 years of English Currently active, tracking Japanese website was launched at the beginning of the year.
A separate English streamtitled 2024 Anniversary Story Celebration, doesn’t add much to the conversation, but Graces f producer Yuki Ishikawa did answer a fan question about remaking the 2D games in series, said that he did not think “the only right answer” to re-releasing or remastering a game is to convert it from 2D to 3D. While he enjoys that “kind of expression,” he also says that “there’s something wonderful about pixel art.” And we couldn’t agree more.
So no news on any new remakes or reboots, but they’re coming! Either way, we’ll almost certainly be here about them next year, so we’ll keep our eyes peeled. Additionally, Tales of Graces f Remastered is almost a month away as the game launches on January 17, 2025.
Tales of Phantasia celebrated his 29th birthday this past weekend in Japan. First released on the Super Famicom on December 15, 1995, Phantasia became the first game in the Tales series. We just watched the game on GBA in the West.
North America got its first taste of the franchise on PlayStation thanks Fateful story (got the excellent Japan-only PS2 remake), while Europe experienced the series for the first time on the GameCube thanks to Stories of Symphonia. The latest game in the series is Tales of Arise, launching on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC in 2021.
Earlier this year, the Switch release of Xillia’s story used to be discovered onlinesparking some speculation about the PS3 exclusive being re-released. Graces has finally been announced, but many are wondering if the Xillia duo will be next.
Are you excited for more Tales games? Which game would you most like to see remade? Let us know in the comments.
