Tales of Symphonia Chronicles HD will have dual audio voice tracks for the first time in the history of the Tales series, Namco Bandai have announced.

“We are extremely excited to announce that Japanese voiceovers will be implemented for the first time ever in a European release of a Tales of title, in the upcoming Tales of Symphonia Chronicles,” said Olivier Comte, Senior Vice-President at Namco Bandai Games Europe. “We know this feature has been strongly awaited by the fans, and we are really pleased to be able to make this happen finally.”

In addition to English and Japanese audio, Tales of Symphonia Chronicles HD will be subtitled in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.

As previously reported, Tales of Symphonia Chronicles HD contains Tales of Symphonia and its sequel, Dawn of the New World, with updated HD visuals. The compilation will be released in the west sometime in 2014.