Tales Of Symphonia Remastered Coming To Xbox In February 2023

GameCube classic gets a re-release

by PJ O'Reilly Wed 9th Nov 2022

Update (Wed 9th Nov, 2022): We've now got an official date and a new trailer! Tales of Symphonia Remastered will officially arrive on Xbox on February 17th, 2023, and you can get a fresh look in the video above.

Original story (Tue 13th Sep, 2022): Bandai Namco's classic JPRG, Tales of Symphonia, which first released on Nintendo's GameCube all the way back in 2003, is headed to Xbox consoles in the first quarter of 2023.

Yes, as revealed in today's Nintendo Direct, the adventures of Lloyd, Colette and Co. will land on Switch, PlayStation and Xbox in the early part of next year in a shiny new remastered version that includes HD visual enhancements, "new features", and a plethora of gameplay improvements.

Tales Of Symphonia Remastered Coming To Xbox In Early 2023

This isn't the first time the game's received a makeover, with a high-definition version, Tales of Symphonia Chronicles, released in 2013 for PlayStation consoles, but this is the first time we'll see the game hit Microsoft's consoles. Good news for fans of the Tales franchise.

A fancy metal case version of the game, The Chosen Edition is now up for pre-order over at the official Bandai Namco website.

Will you be picking up Tales of Symphonia Remastered when it lands next year? Let us know below!

PJ is a staff writer across Pure Xbox and Nintendo Life. He's been playing video games pretty much nonstop since the early 1980s, loves his RPGs more than most and continues to pretend to himself that his reflexes haven't slowed down at all over the past four decades of continuous play.

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Gr81
Tue 13th Sep 2022

Really glad Bandai Namco is releasing these regularly on Xbox now

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Banjo-
Tue 13th Sep 2022

I played it on GameCube. Gameplay is fun and the story is a bit slow but well-developed. I think that the remaster will be nice, then. I'm glad to see Bandai Namco supporting Xbox!

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Lavalera
Tue 13th Sep 2022

Good to see more of these games coming to Xbox, I hope the coming week we'll get more newsof Japanese games coming to Xbox. We're getting there

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JoakimZ
Tue 13th Sep 2022

I’ve never played a Tales game before.
If I ever get to it, which game should I begin with; Symphonia, Vesperia or Arise?

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mousieone
Tue 13th Sep 2022

We’re getting physicals for this to I think

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J_Mo_Money
Tue 13th Sep 2022

@JoakimZ in that order. If you start with vesperia or arise you may find it hard to go back to symphonia. play this remaster, then do Vesperia Remaster and then Arise. You will NOT be disappointed.

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J_Mo_Money
Tue 13th Sep 2022

Bandai Namco supporting the xbox is a thing of beauty. Would love for them to be part of the xbox family but getting all their games is good enough for me. As a HUGE Tales fan, I have never played this one. I'll gladly jump in.

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GamingFan4Lyf
Tue 13th Sep 2022

I loved this game on Gamecube, but MAN it hasn't aged well graphically.

Good thing the story-telling, soundtrack, and gameplay make up for it! This game is a classic!

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mousieone
Tue 13th Sep 2022

Steelbook is here
https://store.bandainamcoent.com/tales-of-symphonia-remastered-chosen-edition-xbox-one/

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InterceptorAlpha
Tue 13th Sep 2022

Willing to bet it is just going to be the higher res version that been on PC for ages now.

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J_Mo_Money
Wed 14th Sep 2022

@Royalblues Once I played Tales of Vesperia on a whim way back in 2009 i believe it was on the 360, i was absolutely hooked. I played Tales of Xillia 1 and 2 after that (first one was GREAT)! Played Symphonia Dawn of the New World on Wii (loved it) Then Abyss on the 3ds (another fantastic game), couldn't get into Zesteria or Bersaria, then played the Vesperia Remaster and finally LOVES Arise last year.

It has taken the crown of my favorite JRPG franchise since Final Fantasy has never been the same since Sakaguchi left, and seeing Bamco show the love for the Xbox platform now with their releases is a thing of beauty!

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Savage_Joe
Wed 9th Nov 2022

So bamco wants me to play this for an 8th time?! How about 10 times instead?

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BBB
Wed 9th Nov 2022

I would have picked any month that isn't February to release.

There are some pretty big hitters already announced and I expect this will be buried in that flood (assuming everyone hits their announced release dates.)

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mousieone
Wed 9th Nov 2022

@BBB normally I would agree but I think it’s the Nintendo release schedule dictating this one.

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Rmg0731
Wed 9th Nov 2022

@J_Mo_Money why is the answer for xbox to buy them? Also why would bandai sell to microsoft then lose like 90% of players between switch and PS?

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NEStalgia
Wed 9th Nov 2022

This looks great, and I'm glad to see XB support...but...a port of a GC game is definitely the type of thing Switch is ideal for, so I'll have to go Switch with this one.

Who am I kidding, I still need to get back to Soul Hackers 2 that I barely started.... and I need to start P5R.... not sure if I should cram it on XB ffor the 60hz version while it's on GP or just play the PS4 version I already own though.