Apr 122024
Obscure video game revivals seem more common than ever these days, and the latest is an old RPG series called Tenshi no Uta.
I’d never heard of this series before, so I looked into it after seeing the reports that it might be making a return.
Developed by Telenet Japan, Tenshi no Uta came out in 1991 for the PC-Engine Super CD-ROM² (aka TurboGrafx-16 Super CD-ROM²). It received a sequel in 1993 for the same platform, and a third entry in the series came out for the Super Famicom in 1994.
None of these games ever released outside of Japan, although the third game got a fan translation in 2018.
From what I was able to read about them online, it sounds like the series is about conflicts between angels and demons, as well as Celtic mythology.
According to Wikipedia, the developers of the first two games left in 1993 to form Media.Vision, who then went on to make Wild Arms, while some of the developers who worked on the third game eventually formed the original Tales studio. If that’s true, I’m even more interested than I was already.
So, what’s this about a revival? Although Telenet Japan went bankrupt in 2007, the publisher Edia acquired the rights to their games in 2020 and has already revived some of them. Most recently, their Telenet Revive Twitter account tweeted that a new project is coming, with Tenshi no Uta art and a link to a new website.
Right now it’s not clear if this will be a collection or a new game in the series. Either way, I hope it will be available in English, because I’m really intrigued by this now!