In an interview with IGN, Yuki Ishikawa, the producer of Tales of Graces f Remastered, acknowledged that he’s fascinated by a remaster of Tales of the Abyss. He additionally commented on future titles which will seem from Bandai Namco. [Thanks, IGN!]
To start out with, Ishikawa acknowledged that he’s a private fan of Tales of the Abyss and that he entered Bandai Namco particularly due to it. He acknowledged that if Bandai Namco ever okays a remaster of Tales of the Abyss and Ishikawa might work on it, he would work actually arduous in order that different followers might really feel the identical pleasure he felt when enjoying by way of that sport.
As for the remainder of the interview, Ishikawa shared among the firm’s ambitions for the Tales IP. A video from Yusuke Tomizawa, the final producer of the sequence, again in August 2024 already revealed that Graces’s fashionable battle system is why the group determined to make that the primary sport in its Tales Remastered Challenge. Ishikawa reiterated that on this interview. He additionally commented that Tales of Come up was actually fashionable each domestically and internationally, so that is the right time to launch a remastered title. As nicely, he commented on how the group mentioned bringing again the previous 2D video games, and the way that is perhaps actually totally different for individuals who appreciated Come up. It’s unclear from this remark if Ishikawa is stating that 2D remasters are a no-go, or a risk.
If it does occur although, it will enable followers to buy and play an formally localized model of some older titles. The final 2D mainline title from Tales was Rebirth again in 2004. That’s fairly actually 20 years in the past and Rebirth by no means made it out of Japan anyway. Although characters from these older video games nonetheless seem in newer titles like Tales of the Rays, loads of followers who both weren’t conscious of Tales or weren’t even alive again then could not acknowledge them. A remaster of those older video games wouldn’t simply be nice for the followers who performed them on their residence consoles, however it will be useful for newer gamers as nicely.
Lastly, Ishikawa echoed a sentiment from Tomizawa’s video relating to area and language restrictions. The unique Tales of Graces f was solely out there in 4 languages and it was solely on the PS3. For those who might perceive Japanese, then you would play it on the Wii too, however that was it. With this remaster, between the extra language choices and platforms, individuals who couldn’t play it when it initially left Japan will likely be ready to take action. On the finish of the interview, Ishikawa assured followers that Come up isn’t the ultimate vacation spot for the franchise and there could also be a brand new non-remastered title a while sooner or later. Nothing concrete but although.
Tales of Graces f Remastered will come out on January 17, 2025 for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Sequence X, Xbox One, Nintendo Change, and Home windows PC.
