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2 Tales of Series 30th Anniversary Videos Appear

2 Tales of Series 30th Anniversary Videos Appear
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In honor of the Tales of JRPG series turning 30, Bandai Namco released two videos to commemorate the occasion. One is a Memorial Movie that briefly highlights 19 games in the line. The other is a message from General Producer Yusuke Tomizawa. December 15, 1995 is the day the first entry, Tales of Phantasia, first debuted on the Super Famicom in Japan, making today the exact 30th anniversary of the series.

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First, here is the “Tales of Series 30th Anniversary Producer Message” on YouTube. It is only about three minutes long. It focuses on Tomizawa talking about the JRPGs as a whole and talked about how the company started preparing in 2024. It also showed the key visual for the anniversary again, which featured Asbel from Tales of Graces, Milla and Jude from Tales of Xillia, Luke from Tales of the Abyss, Alphen from Tales of Arise, and Velvet from Tales of Berseria. He also confirmed that a new game is in development, though “we cannot share specific details at this time.”  

Next, here is the “Tales of Series 30th Anniversary Memorial Movie” that touches on each mainline JRPG in the series. It starts by highlighting Tales of Phantasia and Cress Albane. After going through entries like Tales of Destiny, Tales of Symphonia, Tales of the Abyss, Tales of Vesperia, and Tales of Graces, it finally closes out with Alphen and Tales of Arise

The most recent rerelease is Tales of Xillia Remastered for the Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, and Tales of Berseria Remastered will show up on the Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC on February 27, 2026

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