Tales of series fans can expect “consistent” releases of new remasters, says producer
A special program on the Tales of series’ 30th Anniversary project was broadcast on Bandai Namco’s official YouTube channel on December 16. During the program, the IP’s general producer Yusuke Tomizawa talked about the future of the Tales of series’ Remaster Project.
As the long-running RPG series celebrates its 30th anniversary, Tomizawa reiterated that he will be putting all his effort into remastering past titles and making sure they can be played on modern platforms.
Tomizawa’s comments (in Japanese) start from around 37:12 in the broadcast.
The first game to be released as part of this project will be Tales of Graces f Remastered, coming in January. In addition to updated visuals, the remaster of the 2010 game will also feature QoL improvements such as auto-save, various skip functions and the option to disable enemy encounters.
After introducing Tales of Graces f Remastered, Tomizawa talked about what is next for the Remaster Project. He revealed that they plan to consistently release remasters “for as long as we can.” He also explained that the team already has a development framework in place and is hard at work to bring old entries to modern platforms.
Tomizawa was unable to reveal what the next game to get the remaster treatment will be. However, we do know that they won’t be going in chronological order.
Still fresh in the minds of series’ fans is 2023’s Tales of Symphonia Remastered, which suffered from multiple bugs at launch that had to be patched out later. By emphasizing the Remaster Project’s development system, it seems that Tomizawa may be trying to alleviate any concerns that fans have about the quality of the upcoming remasters.
Tales of Graces f Remastered is scheduled to launch on January 16 for the Nintendo Switch, PS4/PS5 and Xbox Series X❘S/Xbox One. The PC (Steam) version will come out a day later, on January 17.
