Franchise file / Yoshiharu Gotanda
Tales of
Namco's long-running RPG line
Tales of is a Japanese RPG franchise that began with Wolf Team's Tales of Phantasia in December 1995. Namco published it, and the name has carried through sequels, spin-offs and remakes.
- 1995
- First game
- 1
- Series
- Yoshiharu Gotanda
- Creator
One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
Wolf Team. Wolf Team built Tales of Phantasia from Yoshiharu Gotanda's novel and Namco published it. A dispute over changes pushed the release back to late 1995.
Start with Tales of PhantasiaYour next late night
The essentials
A legacy worth revisiting
It started with a novel.
Tales of Phantasia grew out of a novel by Yoshiharu Gotanda and reached Super Famicom in December 1995. Most of that team then left and helped found tri-Ace, but composer Motoi Sakuraba stayed, and the Tales name carried on.
- 1995 to 2002
- Wolf Team
- 2003 to 2011
- Namco Tales Studio
- 2012 to 2021
- Bandai Namco Studios
Scenes that stay with you
Inside the world
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