This beloved, previously exclusive PlayStation title is finally making its way to both Xbox and Nintendo systems in a couple of months… although you may want to play through the other fifteen mainline entries in the series before jumping into things.
I’ll admit, when it comes to certain long-running Japanese RPG series, I have a lot of catching up to do.
Certain Japanese franchises, like Yakuza, Atelier, and Star Ocean, have been going on for so long that the thought of playing through the entire series, just so I can enjoy the latest release, sounds incredibly daunting (and kind of exhausting) considering how long these games are.
There is one franchise I’ve always wanted to dedicate some serious time to, however; the Tales series.
Starting with Tales of Phantasia on the SNES back in 1995, the series has seventeen total mainline entities (and assumedly far more spin-offs), with the latest being Tales of Arise (released in 2021 on PlayStation, Xbox and PC).
According to a lot of people whose opinions I trust, the Tales games kind of slap, and many consider the sixteenth game, Tales of Berseria, to be the best entry.
Funny thing about Tales of Berseria, though; when it originally released in 2016, it was a PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 exclusive. A PC port would eventually be released in 2017, but both Xbox and Nintendo ports of the game were nowhere to be seen (even though several entries in the Tales series are available for both platforms).
Thankfully, Bandai Namco has finally decided to bring this one to every system next year, as they just revealed that Tales of Berseria Remastered will be released on February 26 2026, for Xbox Series S/Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, PC/Steam, and PlayStation 5.
Bandai Namco have also announced an entire laundry list of changes that are coming to the new remastered version of the game, including Japanese language support for the Western release of the game and a bunch of quality of life upgrades (such as auto-save support and increased movement speed).
However, if you’re like me, and you don’t fancy jumping head first into the sixteenth entry in the series, then good news; apparently, this is the first in a series of Tales remasters (although we don’t know which game in the franchise they’ll be tackling next).
I’m sure I’ll get around to it someday. Just gotta finish all the Yakuza games, first. Think I have, uh… fifteen games left?
