Damn, I just about to post that...

Well there is that too. But i was thinking more along the lines of the recent game plan Fire Emblem has been using, that is one home console game for the entire generation and a few portable games; which, honestly, i would be totally fine with. Sure beats 3 or 4 Tales games in one year across different platforms released in Japan alone.

I swear Tales of Phantasia was been ported/remade several times

Well the DS Fire Emblem games are remakes, but Nintendo did use the same kind of strategy for the GC and GBA. There was one home console game - Path of Radiance - and three GBA releases. The only difference this time being the handheld games are enhanced remakes instead of brand new entries. I'm quite happy with that though, i'm one of the few who actually approve of remakes. I definitely believe Nintendo would take a similar route if they had the rights to the Tales franchise. I would love re-images of the games we missed to be made for the 3DS or something, because we have missed out on a lot. A compilation of old Tales classics is also something i would really like to see, a Tales of Tales if you will. 

I somehow feel that Namco will be forced into releasing tales game overseas because of this. They kind of had this coming since barely any make it into the US (even worse for Europe. Seriously, I feel really bad for you guys over there). Now I hope that Namco are being forced to have no choice but to localize their games. I hope they don't call their last tales game "The Last Tales" or something similar to that and then start milking it for more profit while having a title that doesn't makes sense.

Edit: I also believe that TOG also "helped" Namco get into this situation because they were lazy to test their games before releasing it into the market. That probably must've cost a pretty penny for each disk recalled.

I think a large part of the justification for the DS Fire Emblem remakes is probably that the west never saw these games originally.  They're attractive for JP fans AND they're bringing everyone else up to speed on the series, so not a bad thing there.

I mean, I doubt Tales fans would mind if they started remaking and releasing all the mothership Tales games we missed here on 3DS or something (Destiny II, Rebirth, Innocence, Hearts, Graces, etc).

No, Destiny was remade for PS2.

Would bringing over Vesperia for PS3 really hurt them? Hell, they could bring over the DLC and maybe get them a little extra cash.

I would definitely buy it, but I do think it is to late for them to really capitalize on doing this now.  Such a lost opportunity.  January would have been a perfect month for this.

Well, it seems pretty obvious the original plan was to bring over Graces (translation staff is even credited in the JP release!) and possibly even Vesperia PS3 (rumored voice work being done, though that's been questionable).  I dunno what went down at Hometek, but unless it's a Dragon Ball game, they seem allergic to RPGs these days. :/

Man, I really wish NOA/NOE would've swooped in and saved Graces.  Especially since Zelda's missing this holiday, it'd really help fill out their Q4.