The Nintendo Switch’s RPG library just keeps getting bigger.

Two RPG remasters have release dates after the Aug. 27 Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase. Both Tales of Graces F Remastered and Suikoden I & II: Gate Rune War and Dunan Unification War will release on the Switch in early 2025.

Tales of Graces F Remastered will release on Jan. 17, 2025 while the Suikoden I & II remasters will drop on March 6, 2025. Both games will release on PC and all major consoles.

Tales of Graces F Remastered

Bandai Namco officially confirmed the existence of a Tales of Graces F remaster, proving rumors about the game’s rerelease to be true. This game will be part of Bandai Namco’s celebration of 30 years of the Tales of series.

The game’s trailer played during Nintendo’s Partner Showcase, highlighting cutscenes, combat, the characters, and other upgrades from the original version. 

Tales of Graces originally released in 2009 on the Wii in Japan. An enhanced version, Tales of Graces F, released that next year on the PlayStation 3 and included all of the extra content and other upgrades. A localized version of Tales of Graces F released on the PS3 in the West in 2012.

The remastered version will be of the PS3 version and will include all of the additional content from the original release. It will also include new localized scenes that did not appear in the West’s version at the time of its release.

Tales of Graces F marks the third Tales of game on the Switch, all of which are remasters. Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition (2019) and Tales of Symphonia Remastered (2023).

At the time of its release, Tales of Symphonia Remastered had numerous technical issues. Bandai Namco did release a patch but many of the issues on the Switch version remained.

While Bandai Namco has started to grow its Tales of presence on the Switch, many of the most recent games — such as Tales of Berseria and Tales of Arise — are not on the hybrid console.

Suikoden I & II: Gate Rune War and Dunan Unification War

Konami used its time during the Nintendo Partner Showcase to reveal a new release date for the HD remasters of the first two Suikoden games. This reveal comes after an indefinite delay that left no official timeline for a release.

The trailer showcased the enhanced pixel visuals as well as other aspects of gameplay from the two remasters. Other upgrades include updated character portraits and other modernizations in user interface and experience.

This announcement comes on the heels of April’s release of Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes, an RPG from the late Suikoden creator Yoshitaka Murayama. Konami was not involved with Hundred Heroes as Rabbit and Bear Studios developed it and 505 Games published it.

Historically, Suikoden has been a PlayStation exclusive game though the first two games did release on PC and the first did appear on the Sega Saturn. These releases will mark the first time they and the mainline series appear on a Nintendo console. Two spinoff titles did appear on Nintendo handheld consoles during the 2000s.

Suikoden released on the PlayStation in 1995 while Suidkoden II debuted in 1998, both in Japan. The games came to the West in 1996 and 1999, respectively, in North America and 1997 and 2000, respectively, in the rest of the world.

A compilation of the first two games released in 2006 for the PlayStation Portable. This compilation will be the basis for the HD remaster.

Reacting to the News

If you are a fan of RPGs, the Nintendo Switch is the place to be. 

Both of these games are fine additions to an already extensive RPG library available for owners. While the Tales of Graces F reveal was more of a surprise, fans must be particularly excited to see a definitive release date for the Suikoden remasters.

I’m personally excited to try these out as I missed much of the original PlayStation library so these are great additions. 

It’s also nice to see the Tales of franchise grow on the Switch though you can’t help but worry that there may be technical issues on the horizon for Graces F. Tales of Symphonia’s launch left many disappointed so hopefully Bandai Namco learned its lesson.

Still, it’s exciting to see an entry that isn’t always in the discussion of the best in the series. It helps many players, like me, explore a franchise that is new to us.

There are still rumblings of a Switch successor coming but these announcements, along with others from the Partner Showcase, highlight that there will still be plenty to play moving forward.

Featured Image: Bandai Namco (via Gematsu)