13 years later, retail listings spark hopes that beloved JRPG Tales of Xillia is getting a remaster

Tales of Xillia screenshot showing a young anime art-style woman with long blonde hair and pinkish red eyes smiling

(Image credit: Bandai Namco)

A Tales of Xillia remaster could be underway from Bandai Namco, if spotted retailer leaks of the JRPG's supposed upcoming release on new consoles ring true.

Tales of Xillia, the 13th mainline entry in Bandai Namco's iconic JRPG series, first surfaced back in 2011 as a PlayStation 3 exclusive in Japan. The game received a global release and a sequel, Tales of Xillia 2 - but no remaster to date. That may change soon, though, as eagle-eyed fans have noticed a few Czech and Slovakian retail listings referencing a "Tales of Xillia Remastered" launch on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X.

As flagged on Reddit, three online stores operated by the same retailer accidentally may have leaked news of a Tales of Xillia remaster. "Return to the ancient world of Tales of Xillia in a new remastered presentation for modern game consoles," the could-be game's description reads when translated into English. "Play as one of the heroes and go to a world where people and spirits live together in harmony."

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While there's no way of telling if the supposed leaks are real, the news is exciting nonetheless - after all, Bandai Namco recently said "there are things I can't reveal at the moment" about a new Tales of game. Whether or not that means that Tales of Xillia is now finally coming to other platforms aside from Sony's PlayStation 3 or that the series is getting an entirely new entry remains uncertain. I'm personally keeping my fingers crossed for both.

Earlier this year, multiple Tales games were pulled from the PlayStation Store making older entries in the JRPG series harder to access.

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After spending years with her head in various fantastical realms' clouds, Anna studied English Literature and then Medieval History at the University of Edinburgh, going on to specialize in narrative design and video game journalism as a writer. She has written for various publications since her postgraduate studies, including Dexerto, Fanbyte, GameSpot, IGN, PCGamesN, and more. When she's not frantically trying to form words into coherent sentences, she's probably daydreaming about becoming a fairy druid and befriending every animal or she's spending a thousand (more) hours traversing the Underdark in Baldur's Gate 3. If you spot her away from her PC, you'll always find Anna with a fantasy book, a handheld video game console of some sort, and a Tamagotchi or two on hand.