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Tales of Producer Promises More Announcements for 30th Anniversary

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Dec 152025
 

Today is officially the 30th anniversary of the Tales series!

Tales of Phantasia first came out in Japan on December 15, 1995.

Producer Yusuke Tomizawa released a message for the anniversary stating that the coming year will be “filled with even greater excitement and news.”

He also expressed their plans to continue the remaster project “with the goal of assembling as many remastered titles as possible, as quickly as possible.”

Finally, he said that new games require more time to make than before, but that we should be looking forward to a new title in the future.

The remaster news is good to hear, and I hope the next remasters announced will be older games. Personally, I still want to see some of the games that were never localized, like Tales of Rebirth, get remastered and translated.

On the other hand, Luke being part of the anniversary’s key visual (pictured above and in the video) makes it feel like Tales of the Abyss has to be on the table… right?

When it comes to new titles, this message doesn’t do much besides assure us there will be one eventually, which I don’t think was in doubt. It’s a little disappointing that a new game hasn’t been announced yet, but I’ve got plenty of Tales games in my backlog in the meantime.

What are you hoping to see from the Tales 30th anniversary year?

New Sakura Wars Speculation Thanks to Twitter Account Activity

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Dec 052025
 

The Sakura Wars series is one that’s interested me for a while, although I still haven’t played any of the games.

Of the originals, which combined tactical RPG and visual novel gameplay, the only one to be localized in English was the fifth game in the series, Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love.

I’d really like to try that one someday, but it’s difficult to find.

The sixth game in the series came out in 2019. It was a soft reboot that switched out the tactical RPG gameplay for action RPG gameplay instead, and it was localized simply as Sakura Wars. I have this one, but I haven’t gotten around to playing it yet.

Now it looks like there could be something new on the horizon for the series. As noticed by fans on Reddit, the Japanese Twitter account for Sakura Wars has seen an unusual amount of activity since September, compared to only sporadic tweets before that.

Could it be a coincidence? Of course. Still, it would be unusual if the series is dead. On top of that, there were rumors last year that a new Sakura Wars was in development.

If Sakura Wars sees a revival again, I’ll finally play the 2019 reboot. Maybe we’ll really get lucky, and they’ll remaster (and translate) the original games!

Do you think there’s Sakura Wars news on the horizon? If so, do you think it will stick with the remake’s style or return to being a tactical RPG?

First Look at Utawarerumono: Shiro e no Michishirube

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Nov 242025
 

As we discussed, there was a broadcast on Saturday to discuss the upcoming new Utawarerumono game.

Indeed, the broadcast provided our first look at the game, as well as it officially being announced for PS5, Switch 2, and PC.

I haven’t looked into it in too much detail, since I’m not caught up on the series.

However, it’s the sequel to Monochrome Mobius and is a turn-based RPG like that rather than the strategy RPG / visual novel hybrid of the main games. From the screenshots, it looks beautiful!

Additionally, a Switch 2 version of Monochrome Mobius was also announced.

Localization hasn’t been announced yet, but it seems pretty likely. I’ll have my fingers crossed waiting for the news.

I still need to play Mask of Truth and Monochrome Mobius, but who knows? The sequel is due out sometime in 2026, so maybe by the time it’s out here, I’ll have caught up!

Are you interested in the new Utawarerumono game?

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