{"id":53465,"date":"2025-10-30T17:45:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=53465"},"modified":"2025-10-30T17:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:45:45","slug":"tales-of-series-producer-says-over-70-of-players-come-from-overseas-but-luckily-jrpg-fans-want-the-same-things-regardless-of-where-theyre-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tales-of-series-producer-says-over-70-of-players-come-from-overseas-but-luckily-jrpg-fans-want-the-same-things-regardless-of-where-theyre-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales of series producer says over 70% of players come from overseas, but luckily, JRPG fans want the same things regardless of where they&#8217;re from\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Tales of Xillia Remastered<\/strong>, the latest game to release as part of Bandai Namco Entertainment\u2019s \u201cTale of Remastered Project,\u201d will go live on October 31, bringing the JRPG franchise\u2019s 13<sup>th<\/sup> entry to modern platforms. Ahead of launch, general producer Yusuke Tomizawa talked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/article\/202510\/56302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Famitsu<\/a> about the remaster project\u2019s progress and reception so far.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tales of Xillia Remastered - Launch Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fd0VM2d3JNU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the development of Tales of Graces f Remastered and Tales of Xillia Remastered done, Tomizawa confirms that there are more than two remastered titles currently in the works. Among them, one project is nearing the end of development, with official announcements not too far off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for reception so far, the developers feel fortunate that they\u2019ve been able to release the remastered titles across multiple regions and platforms, and Tomizawa confirms that over 70% of Tales players now come from outside of Japan. This is not a result of the Japanese fanbase is shrinking, but rather a natural outcome of global population ratios and hardware distribution, he explains.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, Tomizawa comments that with the ratio of overseas players growing, it has struck him that \u201cwhen we deliver Japanese RPGs to the world, there is no difference in the love people feel for the characters regardless of country or region.\u201d His team has found that overseas players\u2019 reactions to the games generally don\u2019t differ much from Japanese players, \u201cin a good way.\u201d As such, their stance is \u201cnot to think in terms of what will appeal overseas, but to focus on delivering games that are purely entertaining and interesting in a way that\u2019s true to the Tales series.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1338\" height=\"753\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1338px) 100vw, 1338px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251030-53465-001.jpg\" alt=\"Tales of Xillia Remastered\" class=\"wp-image-53474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251030-53465-001.jpg 1338w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251030-53465-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251030-53465-001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tales-of-series-fans-in-japan-feel-played-by-ips-publisher-criticism-intensifies-after-tales-of-xillia-remastered-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">growing demand for new Tales games<\/a>, Tomizawa says that his team is \u201cconstantly thinking about and moving towards a new project,\u201d but that it will likely take some time before they can commit to an announcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related articles: <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tales-of-remastered-projects-unusual-release-order-has-to-do-with-behind-the-scenes-complications-like-missing-source-data-producer-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tales of Remastered Project\u2019s unusual release order has to do with behind-the-scenes complications like missing source data, producer says\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tales of producer Yusuke Tomizawa talks about the remastered project&#8217;s reception and his team&#8217;s stance on changing player demographics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":53473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-53465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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