If you had a GameCube and you loved RPGs, then you've likely played Tales of Symphonia. The first Tales of game to be released in Europe, it's arguably among the best games on the system. Now, fans who may have got into the esteemed Tales of series late will be able to try out this classic when it gets a remaster on Switch next year!
During the Nintendo Direct, Bandai Namco's action RPG got its own dedicate section, showing off the game's combat, characters, and unique cell-shaded visuals that would go on to inspire the 3D entries going forward.
Bandai Namco has since confirmed that a special edition is available to pre-order, which will come with a steel book with Corrin's (a little creature accompanying one of the characters) face on it, stickers, and some art prints. It's also aptly called the 'Chosen Edition' — we see what you did there.
From the trailer, it looks like this remaster will be based on the PlayStation 3 version — which, in turn, included all of the additions introduced in the Japan-exclusive PS2 release. We'll let you know as soon as Tales of Symphonia Remastered gets a more concrete release date.
Share your multiplayer RPG memories with us in the comments and tell us how excited you are to see Tales of Symphonia return!
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Waiting on 2 to be announced before I get hyped about this. I already have the original and the PS3 remaster.
Pac man world, Klonoa, now this. Namco is doing good on the remaster/remakes.
Ok now I should really get this I could at least excuse me not playing this when I was younger because I wasn’t old enough. (Though my parents did let me get shadow the hedgehog soooo)
I still own this one for my broken Gamecube. This was my fave back then. This is a day 1 for me as well.
I absolutely loved this game. Which, for me, was my first entry into this series and even genre. I have played many of them since, and I will be happy to return to it as well.
Spark YES. Unless the PSP Destiny 2 translation patch is finished by the time I'm done with Eternia, this was slated to be my next Tales binge item (owned on Steam for a while now)... and now you're telling me I can play it ON SWITCH??? Definitely one of the Direct's many moments that left me goofily grinning in public. And yes, Bamco, now I greedily want the sequel here, too.
Meh, I've played enough Symphonia to last me a lifetime.
I'd have been much more interested if they'd ported/remastered Abyss instead. Maybe that'll follow?
Still have it on GameCube! Will be glad to play through this again.
Grabbing this one. Gah. So many games.
I bought the GameCube version recently for my collection as I had played a friend's copy back in the day, but definitely buying this one too.
Awesome--a PC will no longer be required to play this masterpiece on modern hardware! I hope to see this also make its way to Xbox. And Namco, are you there? How about a remaster of Tales of the Abyss? Then we'd just need Sega to give Skies of Arcadia Legends a proper remake and I think I would be happy with the state of my favorite RPG classics on modern systems.
Am I going crazy? I was absolutely sure that this had been out on Switch for 2-3 years already. I thought it was already in my eShop wishlist but no... Must have been some kind of Mandela Effect situation...
One of my fav games of all time. My introduction to the tales series and still my favorite. Makes me happy to see that people can pick this up! I probably won’t as I’ve played it too many times to count. But who knows!
I’m assuming this is just a direct port of the ps3 version?
Wait what??? Excuse me!?
I loved Symphonia so much that I bought Vesperia without hesitation, still in my backlog waiting for mr to play it hehe. But I'll be getting Symphonia again, really liked the game.
Cool announcement, barely looks like a remaster though
Loved this on the good ol' GC. Will insta-buy in all probability
So let me get this straight, Switch is getting only the first game whereas PS3 and Steam got both Symphonia games in a collection for $50 and this'll probably cost $60 on Switch...wow BAMCO that's a low-blow...
Too bad it's gonna be a port of the awful 30fps PS3 version with the sequel not included. The least they could do is give us a bundle of both Phantasia and Symphonia. Both are already in English, all they had to do was clean up the graphics.
This was a nice surprise for those that never played it. Symphonia was my first Tales game and one of the first games to really make me a fan of the Cel-Shading art style in gaming. Would've been cool if they included the sequel in a bundle, but that one isn't as revered.
Also, it may be a product of me playing this when I was much younger, but I forgot how chibi-like the characters are lol I remember them being bigger for some reason, kinda cool.
Ironically I'm currently playing through Tales of Vesperia Definitive Edition right now. I was genuinely surprised by this announcement, but keep the remasters and remakes coming Bandai Namco! We also need many of the later titles on Switch as well.
... Wun can only hope.
Vesperia and Symphonia are both on Switch now! Hopefully we can get Abyss and Eternia on here at some point too? Man, I still need to play the more modern Tales games...
Tales of Abyss remaster next? That game's arguably the best in the series, and doesn't really have a definitive edition (ps2 better graphics, has multiplayer, 3ds faster loading times, side quest changes, portability).
Im happy but I would have preferred so much more Rebirth, Destiny DC/2. There’s so many Tales of left in Japan.
Teen Titans' Robin is back at it again!
@Slowdive Pac man world 2. And......my head is currently empty.
@Serpenterror
Ya it's a shame they're not remastering the GameCube version which was 60 FPS and was the better than the PS2 port even though that version had a bit more content bonus wise.
Might have to add this, just for the collection y'know?
My wallet! Whyyyyyyyy?!
Sweet. I never got into the Tales series, so this will be new to me.
Now this is the GameCube games we were all waiting for. Fzero trash. Wind waker trash. Other Zelda trash. This is epic though.
I just hope the framerate isn't garbage like the PS3 version was
Disappointed that it wasn’t Arise announced and don’t like the graphical style so I’m a little underwhelmed but if it reviews well maybe I’ll give it a go
One of my favourite games of all time. Why are people talking about waiting/hoping for the sequel to be announced? It was trash. Actual trash that shouldn't be considered part of the canon of the story. Forget about it and move on.
I really liked the multiplayer on Gamecube - it allowed other people to join in during the battles. The battle system was great!
@Savage_Joe It was locked at 30 fps. That's a garbage framerate for this game.
Is this a good Tales of entry to start with? I've heard this is a fan favorite, along with others like Berseria, Abyss, and Vesperia.
i've never played tales of series games before. i've heard that they are good games.
i'm interested in picking this up some point .
@Tyranexx This is an excellent choice to start with. An argument could be made this is the best one.
@Aurumonado It does seem to slide up higher in many online rankings I've seen! I've had an interest in the series for a little while now but have yet to try an entry.
About dam time namco seriously how long did it take to bring it over to switch i still have the gamecube version but still dont leave us switch gamers out on tales games we only got one so far and now this.
how is it a remaster when it's based off the ps3 release, which was based off the ps2 one, which was a downgraded version from the gamecube which ran at 60fps instead of 30?
this remaster reeks of laziness and cash grab
I waited for this release so much, even during the Wii U era I wanted this remaster to come to a Nintendo console... and now it's finally coming
This game is great but I will pass it! I have it on Gamecube since 2004 and this version doesn't offer anything new for me. Still waiting for the WII japan only Tales of Graces to port on the west!So I hope for a remaster of this game in the Europe/Usa.
@Savage_Joe No, it fixes the framepacing, but the 30 fps is still 30 fps https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=618359790
PS3 version is garbage
I didn't play this back then (only played tales of destiny and vesperia), so I'm gonna get this one on switch 😃
Best direct ever imo.
Perhaps someday there will also be a remaster of Tales of Phantasia.
@Tyranexx Personally I started with this back in the Gamecube era and really enjoyed it. I think this is a great launching point.
But this game was already on PS3.
@Anti-Matter yes. If your read the article.
“ From the trailer, it looks like this remaster will be based on the PlayStation 3 version — which, in turn, included all of the additions introduced in the Japan-exclusive PS2 release.”
@RedXIII I've heard mostly praise for the series depending on the game, and I've really gotten into ARPGs as of late. I think I will try this one!
@Savage_Joe The SpecialK mod doesn't remove the 30FPS just makes it smoother. It unlocks 60FPS for menus and maps. The FPS can't be unlocked.
@Anti-Matter Right, PS3. The console with no BC option on PS4/5, aside from select titles via streaming.
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