Bandai Namco has decided not to proceed with a remastered collection of theXenosagaRPG series, according to the producer who requested that fans support the project.
In 2014, Katsuhiro Harada, a director and producer at Bandai Namco and most recently the producer forTekken 7,tweetedabout the possibility of aXenosagaHD collection. He said at the time that in his research into remastering theXenosagagames, he “was not able to find the necessary market size” to justify the development costs for the project.
Harada requested for “the voices of many fans” to show significant interest in aXenosagaHD collection, in order to get the project off the ground.
More than five years later, Harada received a question on Twitter regarding the status of theXenosagaHD collection. Unfortunately for fans of the series who may have been waiting for the remastered versions of the classic RPGs, it appears that the project will no longer be happening.
This actually progressed to the remaster's plan, but failed in a profitable market analysis.Sorry guys, This plan will be difficult to resurface…https://t.co/0CRJJDPl5Z
— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN)July 02, 2025
In the thread, Harada mentioned that he had been talking to Monolith Soft, the developer behind theXenosagaseries, for “a long time,” but it looks like the fans that expressed interest in aXenosagaHD collection were not enough for Bandai Namco.
TheXenosagaseries, which is comprised of three main episodes that were all released for the PlayStation 2, was a spiritual successor to the 1998 PlayStation classicXenogears.Xenosaga Episode Iwas released in North America in 2003, followed byXenosaga Episode IIin 2005 andXenosaga Episode IIIin 2006.Xenosaga I & II, a remake of the first two games, was released for the Nintendo DS in Japan in 2006.
KOS-MOS, a prototype battle android who was one of the main characters in theXenosagaseries, appeared inXenoblade Chronicles 2, which was released for the Nintendo Switch in 2017. TheXenobladeseries followed theXenosagaseries, and its first game,Xenoblade Chronicles, will be remastered and released for the Nintendo Switch in 2020.
With the popularity ofXenoblade Chronicles 2, players are looking into the lore behind KOS-MOS. It remains to be seen if Bandai Namco will ever reconsider its decision to not proceed with the remasteredXenosagagames, but fans should definitely not give up in showing their interest for such a collection.
