Strap in, Tales fans - your prayers have been answered, sort of. Tales of Eternia, the beloved PS1-era JRPG that many Western players only got to experience through the PSP port, is reportedly getting a full remake for modern consoles, according to Screen Rant. Cue the nostalgic screaming.
The catch? Nobody seems entirely sure which platforms are actually in the lineup. The news comes wrapped in some classic gaming industry confusion about where exactly this remake is going to land, which is a bold move for a game that already had a complicated release history the first time around.
A classic that deserved the glow-up treatment
For the uninitiated, Tales of Eternia originally dropped on PlayStation in 2000, following heroes Reid, Farah, and Meredy as they tried to stop two worlds from colliding - basically a Tuesday in JRPG land. It was a fan favorite in the Tales series and got a respectable PSP port, but it has been stuck in gaming purgatory ever since while other entries in the franchise got the remaster treatment.
The Tales series has been on a bit of a roll lately, with Tales of Graces f Remastered dropping earlier this year, so Bandai Namco clearly has the remaster machine warmed up and ready to go. Eternia getting the same love makes complete sense from a business standpoint, and fans have been grinding their teeth waiting for exactly this kind of announcement.
Platform drama is the real final boss here
The elephant in the room is the platform uncertainty surrounding the announcement. In an era where even small indie games get simultaneous multi-platform launches, the confusion around where Eternia's remake will actually show up is... a choice. Whether we are talking PS5, Xbox, Switch, PC, or some combination of the above remains unclear, and that ambiguity is going to fuel more forum arguments than a Dark Souls difficulty debate.
Still, the fact that this is happening at all is worth celebrating. Tales of Eternia is the kind of hidden gem that newer JRPG players have been told to track down for years, and a proper modern remake could finally give it the mainstream attention it never quite got the first time. Just, you know, please put it on something people actually own.
