Bandai Namco has hosted a Q&A session in which it explains why it opted to remaster Tales of Symphonia and speculates on the likelihood of future remasters. When it was published in 2004, the original Tales of Symphonia was regarded as one of the finest games in the series and one of the best games on the Nintendo Gamecube. This release also helped expand the series’ appeal to a new Western public, resulting in a PS3 version in 2014 and a Steam release in 2016.