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Tales of Xillia Remaster Listed at Retailers

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Jul 222024
 

On Saturday night, I saw something that caught my attention right away: Tales of Xillia remaster rumors.

Two Czech retailers and one Slovak retailer had suddenly listed Tales of Xillia Remastered for various modern platforms. The listings have since been taken down.

The box art, pictured here, is pretty basic – the original Tales of Xillia cover art with the “Remastered” logo from the Symphonia remaster added beneath it. That makes it more questionable, but it does have a “not final art” warning on it, so it could be a legitimate listing using placeholder art.

According to the fans who found the listings, they use EANs (European Article Numbers) registered to Bandai Namco, which is a promising sign, although it could be faked.

Still, I hope it’s legitimate.

Tales of Xillia is the game that got me into the Tales series. I loved it, especially its sense of humor and King Gaius. (You can read my old Tales of Xillia review to see my detailed thoughts, along with many embarrassing things I had to say about Gaius.) I’d be delighted to see Xillia get a remaster, especially after the recent Tales PS3 delistings.

I’d be even happier if the remaster included both Xillia games bundled together, since I haven’t played Tales of Xillia 2 yet. It would be nice to play it on a modern platform.

(Since Tales of Symphonia Chronicles on the PS3 included both games, but then every subsequent Symphonia remaster skipped the sequel, I could see it going either way.)

If it’s just the first Tales of Xillia, I might still pick it up… as long as it doesn’t suffer from bugs and other problems like the recent Tales of Symphonia remaster. We’ve gone a while now without news of a new Tales game, and a solid remaster could help fill that gap.

Do you think the Tales of Xillia remaster rumors are true?

Several Tales Games on PS3 (and Vita) Have Been Delisted

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Mar 272024
 

After my mixed feelings on Tales of Arise, I still haven’t bought the DLC, but I’ve nevertheless been looking forward to news from the Tales series.

Well, this isn’t exactly the news I’d hoped for.

Several older Tales games have been delisted from PSN without warning. After seeing a Reddit post about it, I took a look for myself to confirm it.

In North America, Tales of Symphonia Chronicles has been delisted, although you can still purchase Tales of Symphonia and Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World separately. In the reverse of that, Tales of Xillia and Tales of Graces f can be bought together as a bundle, but aren’t available separately. Tales of Xillia 2 has been delisted completely, as has Tales of Hearts R for the Vita.

According to the online reports, similar delistings have occurred in the European and Japanese stores as well.

Bandai Namco hasn’t made any official statement about the games being delisted yet, so it’s not clear if this was intentional or just an oversight. The most optimistic take would be that they delisted them in preparation for bringing them all to modern platforms… but I don’t feel even that optimistic, especially when what’s been delisted is so inconsistent.

However, next year is the 30th anniversary of the Tales series. Maybe they’ll surprise us after all.

Now my backlog is overflowing with Tales games, because I bought all the games that were available at the time, so the games being delisted doesn’t affect me personally. But as a Tales fan, it’s sad to see a number of the games suddenly become that much harder for players to get.

Will a New Tales Game Be Announced Soon?

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Aug 072023
 

Can you believe it’s coming up on two years since Tales of Arise?

Lately I’ve found myself wondering when the next Tales game will be announced.

Two years isn’t such a long time to wait for most series, but the 5-year gap between Berseria and Arise was unusual for Tales, and even then, Arise was announced in 2019.

Now, the time since Arise hasn’t been completely devoid of Tales games. Tales of Luminaria, the latest in their long line of ill-fated mobile games, came out in January 2022 and shut down 6 months later. Tales of Symphonia also got a remaster, although one of questionable enough quality compared to the other versions that I didn’t get it despite it being one of my favorite games of all time.

But neither of those is enough to keep me from looking forward to the next Tales announcement, whether it’s the next entry in the series or another remaster. For that matter, we still don’t know what Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn is.

It would be strange for DLC to come out after all this time, so an adaptation feels more likely now.

(Meanwhile, in that post from when Beyond the Dawn’s trademark first surfaced, I lamented the lack of news related to Capcom’s Apollo Justice trademark, so I’m happy to look back on that now that we have the Apollo Justice Trilogy coming next year.)

Some sort of Tales news is set for this Thursday at 4 AM PT / 7 AM ET, but it’s not clear if it’ll be a game announcement or something else entirely. I have my fingers crossed, though.

When do you think the next Tales game will be announced?

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