Tales of Phantasia is an action RPG developed by Wolf Team and published by Namco, and it is the first game in the Tales series. It came out for the Super Famicom in Japan on December 15, 1995, on a 48-megabit cartridge, a size needed for its voice clips and its sung opening theme, 'Yume wa Owaranai', performed by Yukari Yoshida.
Character designs are by Kōsuke Fujishima, and the music was composed by Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura and Ryota Furuya. The 1998 PlayStation remake sold about 769,000 copies in Japan, far more than the original.
The game stayed Japanese-only for a long time. The fan group DeJap released an unofficial English translation of the Super Famicom version on February 12, 2001, and the first official English release arrived only with the Game Boy Advance version, published in North America by Nintendo in 2006. Later versions appeared on PSP, Japanese mobile phones and iOS.1
Names and releases
| Region | Title on the box | Platform | Date | Publisher | Src |
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| NA | Tales of PhantasiaFirst official English release | Game Boy Advance | Mar 6, 2006 | Nintendo | 1 |
| NA | Tales of PhantasiaFree-to-play; discontinued 28 August 2014 | iOS | Jan 23, 2014 | — | 1 |
| JP | テイルズ オブ ファンタジアTeiruzu Obu Fantajia48-megabit cartridge; Japan only | SNES | Dec 15, 1995 | Namco | 1 |
| JP | テイルズ オブ ファンタジアRe-released 28 September 2000 | PlayStation | Dec 23, 1998 | Namco | 1 |
| JP | テイルズ オブ ファンタジア | Game Boy Advance | Aug 1, 2003 | Namco | 1 |
| EU | Tales of PhantasiaLanguage selector includes Spanish | Game Boy Advance | Mar 31, 2006 | — | 1 |
| AU | Tales of Phantasia | Game Boy Advance | Apr 13, 2006 | — | 1 |
| JP | Tales of Phantasia: Full Voice EditionRe-released 9 August 2007 | PSP | Sep 6, 2006 | — | 1 |
| JP | テイルズ オブ ファンタジアJapanese mobile phone version | Other | Mar 17, 2010 | — | 1 |
| JP | テイルズ オブ ファンタジアFree-to-play; discontinued 29 May 2014 | iOS | Sep 24, 2013 | — | 1 |
Also known as: テイルズ オブ ファンタジア JP1Teiruzu Obu Fantajia JP1Tales of Phantasia: Full Voice Edition JP1Tales of Phantasia X JP1
Box art by region
JP テイルズ オブ ファンタジア
Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: libretro-thumbnails.
Version differences
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ContentPS1
The PlayStation version makes Suzu Fujibayashi an optional party member and adds an animated opening by Production I.G, a 3D world map and re-recorded audio.1
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AudioGBA (NA/EU)
The GBA version goes back to the Super Famicom opening and 2D world map but uses the PlayStation voices. The Western releases replace the Japanese voices with English ones and swap the sung opening theme for an instrumental.1
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AudioSFCPS1
The opening song 'Yume wa Owaranai' is sung by Yukari Yoshida in the Super Famicom and Japanese GBA versions, and by YO-MI in the PlayStation, PSP and Japanese iOS versions.1
Translations
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English Fan
DeJap2001SNES · Japanese versionReleased · complete
DeJap's unofficial English fan translation of the Super Famicom version, released on February 12, 2001.1
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English Official
Nintendo / Namco2006Game Boy Advance · GBA versionReleased · complete
The first official English release, on Game Boy Advance in 2006, with English voice acting.1
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English Fan
Absolute Zero2007PlayStation · Japanese versionReleased · partial
Absolute Zero's mostly complete English fan translation of the PlayStation version.2
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English Fan
Phantasian Productions2012PlayStation · Japanese versionReleased · complete
Phantasian Productions' complete English fan translation of the PlayStation version.2
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Spanish Official
Nintendo / Namco2006Game Boy Advance · GBA versionReleased · complete
The European GBA cartridge offers Spanish in its language menu; the North American one does not.2
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Spanish Fan
—SNES · Japanese versionReleased
Spanish Wikipedia notes that patches exist that translate the Super Famicom version into Spanish; the group is not named.2
Reception
The Super Famicom version sold about 212,000 copies in Japan, and the PlayStation remake about 769,000.1
Sources
Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13
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