Legend of Mana is the first, since the previous titles are unknown here in the Philippines back then. Good ol' times. Blacksmithing to create the most ideal Spear. Getting Rare Monster Eggs for my Ranch. Completing the entire Jumi race quest. Learning "DUDBEAR" language. 100% the Lil'Cactus Diary
@@YukitoOnline Legends and its Map mechanics was confusing as hell. The community back in the day had to come together to create a guide for it. There wasn't any clear explanation of how it works.
@@MugenLord Funny how I dunno the map mechanics but managed to somewhat understand the Magic/Musical Instrument creation. I was in the 4th grade back then. lol
It would be my Introduction. I think my biggest memory of anything Mana was the ad on the FF7 Manual. In retrospect I think I might be confusing it with some other game.. I'll need to check the manual to be sure
I was on a call at work when the trailer dropped so I had to cap my excitement, but once that call was done wound watching the trailer 3 times. SE loves to keep mana players starving for content and it's always a good feeling when they decide to feed us.
Dude I'm with you 100%. We need more two-player couch Co-op RPGs. Nothing was funner than playing Secret of Mana with my buddy. When we beat that game was the best thing ever
My dad bought Secret of Mana for the Nintendo Super Entertainment System back in the early 90s. Of course the PC players would get stuck and you'd have to back track to get them off of a bush.... But the music was incredible and the colors were so beautiful and the characters had a great look and feel. My dad also purchased Secret of Evermore and he convinced us it was the sequel to SoM. I was hooked. Years later my dad traded SoM and most of his older games and consoles for .... The SEGA Saturn.... Which I loved dearly, but my God... I missed the Super Nintendo.... Later on I rented SoM from Movie Stop, I used my lunch money and rented it long enough that the owner said I paid for that game.... But he wouldn't give it to me. Lol I emulated games that I missed and stumbled across Seiken Densetsu 3 or as fans called it .. SoM 2.... What was Seiken Densetsu...1?? It sent me down a rabbit hole and I eventually played every game in the franchise and owned them at one point....SNES Trials of Mana is the best! But Chrono Trigger is hands down the best SNES RPG.
I'm glad that we're getting new games from long running series that have been forgotten. It was the same thing with Star Ocean. There's all kinds of new technology and I'm happy to see new games instead of the constant stream of remakes and remasters. Good on you, Sqeenix. 😃👍 That said, I've never really been a Mana fan. (PLEASE DON'T HIT ME!!!) Much like the Saga games, I feel like they don't really have a defining mechanic or style that you see and say, "Yep, that's a Mana game." Hopefully this will help establish that style for a new generation of fans. It's nice to see this smaller type of videos. You're an enthusiastic gamer, and when you're happy, it's good to share it with the community. Not everything needs to be doom and gloom. I know they don't get as many views, but you seem to enjoy making them. Good work!
The first Mana game I played was Children of Mana on Nintendo DS. It was a fun actiona RPG, it felt really charming. I got that LoZ: Alttp fix, that was later reinforced with Diablo 3, although it had a darker theme, a huge contrast from the Mana games. I've revisited Trials of Mana on Nintendo Switch. I really wish there were more online components.
The Trials of Mana remake is legit (a lot less fond of the Secret of Mana remake). I had played the original Trials of Mana back around 2000 when it got fan translated and yet I think that the remake is definitely the definitive version (unless two player is important to you in which case you'll need to stick with the original). Between it and the Star Ocean 2 remake last year, Square has made some really fantastic gold standard remaster/remakes. I give modern Square a lot of grief but to their credit, they still put out some really great stuff.
i remember playing a fan translated rom of seiken desetsu 3. i didn't even know it was secret of mana 2, until i heard the music. it's among the best snes games. i hope that visions of mana will be good, especially the music. secret of mana music is fantastic.
LoM has and will always be my #1 favourite game in existence. And I'm gonna buy it on the Switch AND the old version too with the old PS too! I still have my old memory card. And the rest of the games as well.
I've never had any experience with the Mana games, but I did play the demo for Trials of Mana on PS4 some odd years back, and it was actually much more fun than I expected it to be. I had no expectations because I didnt know anything about the game. I just saw the demo and thought the art and gameplay looked cool. My PlayStation is bricked now, so I never ended up getting the full game, but I am looking to get a new gaming Laptop soon, so maybe I'll get it on there during a sale or something. Too many games in the current release schedule to play right now, but it'll be something I can jump into whenever because i am always looking forward to playing good JRPGs, and I definitely want to support the company. I been saying forever on here now, but I really do love Square Enix, and I want to see them succeed, so i will definitely spend so money on this. Now even though I grew up playing old retro games, I tend to find them difficult to go back to just because the lack of modern features and hardware limitations really diminishes my experience normally, so if I play any of those other games, it'd at least have to be the handheld remakes they did. I'd be happy to support the classic Mana collection they released on Switch in a perfect world, but these games are getting expensive, and i know I wouldnt play that. They still have a customer in me, though because I definitely want to play this new game. just the small bit we saw already looks awesome. I'm looking forward to them releasing real gameplay with the HUD, and start actually talking about the game.
I never thought I'd ever see the Mana series become anywhere the success it is right now. I used to think I was one of the lucky ones who knew of Trials of Mana and how great it is. I just hope VIsions of Mana is a hit and not a miss.
Mugen lord, other than the fighting games and Final Fantasy series I have been hoping and wishing for this! I haven’t played the mana series since the 90’s when my uncle introduced me to it. I was unsuccessful to find a PlayStation variance. I had friends that had them, but treasured them like gold. so I will definitely cop this new game day one I just hope they bring back the multi system and it could work as an online mode also.
The Trials of Mana remake was one of my favorite RPGs in recent years, too bad they cut the co-op from it. I wanna see how the new characters are going look like and what they're gonna do in the new Seiken Densetsu game.
I know my Genshin bias is on display, but I do believe the success of the game is why we are seeing a revival of the action RPG genre. Look, I know Genshin has its own issues which I will not get into, but when I finally put my skepticism aside and picked up the game, I have never looked back since. In terms of gameplay and presentation, Hoyo knocked it out of the park. Then you also have to remember that Genshin was built with the mobile platform in mind, and while Genshin has console and PC ports, it has not yet fully tapped into the potential offered by much powerful graphics cards found within consoles. If a low poly-ish game (I datamined the 3D models, the details are in the textures) can look this good, what if a similar game decide to actually tap into the potential of stunning visuals. Granblue Fantasy Relink, a somewhat similar game in terms of gameplay, has set the bar pretty high in terms of presentation, and this game was designed with the PS in mind. Right now, the ball is in Square Enix's court to match what Hoyo and Cygames have brought to the table.
Interestingly, I've been replaying Trials of Mana after the VoM trailer. I never did the No Future difficulty mode as I was burned out at the time, but am enjoying it again. I also changed to the Japanese voices to change it up. I'm not really sure I'm too hopeful of VoM changing it up, but rather, catering to the old fans. It still seems to try for the 90s aesthetic and I can imagine the story would still be very 90s. Not that that's horrible; blatantly evil guy (or faction(s)) must pay, near tunnel vision heroes focused mostly on getting stronger to defeat the bad guy with minor character development. But with SEnix's other titles having amazing writing, explaining the why the bad guys are evil, giving heroes many layers of complex backstory and character progression, I would love to see VoM go in that direction to show us that the series is growing, instead of remaining stagnant. I do wonder if couch co-op will ever truly come back for the series, that's what made the SNES versions pretty fun, but I'm just being too hopeful on that end. With this next one being more expansive, and seamless co-op seemingly being a new version of couch co-op (The elden ring seamless co-op mod and Lords of the Fallen come to mind), this may be something VoM may implement? Who knows. Can't wait in any case, but 17 titles? I'll need to find the ones I haven't played yet and finish those up first.
The first time I heard abot the Mana series was when I received a Nintendo Power that have the game on its cover. Remember looking the screen shot and reading about it and getting really excited. However for some strange reason I haven't played the game ever. A few years ago I bought day one the Mana collection on Switch and still haven't played. Is a game that have been on my list to play for decades but there is always this other game. Right now Im over 30 hours on Tales of Arise, once I finish it will grab Secrets of Mana. Will also buy Vision on XBOX to support the Japanese games on that console.
here's hoping that its good one woe of gaining bigger appeal is they didn't get co-op back, something that made the series unique, a co-op jrpg adventure,i hope they don't try to make for mass market appeal, that's a death kneel to a series honestly
i use to play Secret Mana games on snes, and psx. But mobile games turn me off at times. Glad they bringing back Mana games. I never play ps2 one. Ps2-Ps3 had most best jrpg games at that time. Ni no Kuni and Eternal Sonata (which has not been remastered)
Sure IF it comes to Gamepass. I'll probably get it regardless but Not right away. I really want to focus on my backlog this year, even thinking of letting my GP sub expire to focus on it, otherwise I'll never do it.
I recently beaten the TOM remake and enjoyed every second of it. While I'm sure this new one will be great i really wish Square Enix would cut ties with bad influences in the West.
I think we're getting the golden age of videogames back for us old time fans and hopefully generations to come as companies are now listening to us instead of pandering to joykilling crap smokers with an ugly stick up their bungholes turning our pastimes into liquid shit. I think Square Enix are beginning to relearn how to respect the fandoms of JRPGs and Trials of Mana is a good start to rigthing a lot of the recent wrongs at the studio.
Imo the ys series shts on the mana series. I wish xbox would get in contact with that developer to bring all those games over but I do see them at least making an effort in getting Japanese games. I couldn't believe it when the persona and yakuza games were put on gpass.
Did you say it was a 1 to 1 experience, sounds like we could have had the 1 to 1 experience with the FF7 remake without alienating the original fan base?
While both Secret & Trials were definitely budget titles, Trials was way less than Secret. Played through it four times. Overall liked it a lot, but could not f*cking stand how useless the AI partners are, especially in boss fights, among other things. Hopefully Visions improves on everything and guarantees the series thrives. Anyway, regardless of your opinions on Square Enix, damned if they haven't been trying to appeal to some. Which is more than I can ever say about Bandai Namco. Can't even say the bare minimum for them. 😔
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Will Visions of Mana be your first introduction to the series? Which Mana game is your favorite in the series?
Legend of Mana is the first, since the previous titles are unknown here in the Philippines back then.
Good ol' times.
Blacksmithing to create the most ideal Spear.
Getting Rare Monster Eggs for my Ranch.
Completing the entire Jumi race quest.
Learning "DUDBEAR" language.
100% the Lil'Cactus Diary
@@YukitoOnline Legends and its Map mechanics was confusing as hell. The community back in the day had to come together to create a guide for it. There wasn't any clear explanation of how it works.
@@MugenLord
Funny how I dunno the map mechanics but managed to somewhat understand the Magic/Musical Instrument creation.
I was in the 4th grade back then. lol
It would be my Introduction. I think my biggest memory of anything Mana was the ad on the FF7 Manual. In retrospect I think I might be confusing it with some other game.. I'll need to check the manual to be sure
Gonna check out Trials hopefully before Visions releases, but if I somehow don't play it by then, I'll jump right into Visions and try Trials after.
I was on a call at work when the trailer dropped so I had to cap my excitement, but once that call was done wound watching the trailer 3 times. SE loves to keep mana players starving for content and it's always a good feeling when they decide to feed us.
Mana can't Wait to Play This game on my Xbox Series S 😎🔥
Dude I'm with you 100%. We need more two-player couch Co-op RPGs. Nothing was funner than playing Secret of Mana with my buddy. When we beat that game was the best thing ever
My dad bought Secret of Mana for the Nintendo Super Entertainment System back in the early 90s. Of course the PC players would get stuck and you'd have to back track to get them off of a bush.... But the music was incredible and the colors were so beautiful and the characters had a great look and feel.
My dad also purchased Secret of Evermore and he convinced us it was the sequel to SoM.
I was hooked. Years later my dad traded SoM and most of his older games and consoles for .... The SEGA Saturn.... Which I loved dearly, but my God... I missed the Super Nintendo....
Later on I rented SoM from Movie Stop, I used my lunch money and rented it long enough that the owner said I paid for that game.... But he wouldn't give it to me. Lol
I emulated games that I missed and stumbled across Seiken Densetsu 3 or as fans called it .. SoM 2.... What was Seiken Densetsu...1??
It sent me down a rabbit hole and I eventually played every game in the franchise and owned them at one point....SNES Trials of Mana is the best! But Chrono Trigger is hands down the best SNES RPG.
There is no wrong time to embrace the Mana series. Embrace it.....Always!!
You have the taste of a pro chef in RPG's, hats off to you.
My 7am brain read the title as "Mama is back!"
I'm glad that we're getting new games from long running series that have been forgotten. It was the same thing with Star Ocean. There's all kinds of new technology and I'm happy to see new games instead of the constant stream of remakes and remasters. Good on you, Sqeenix. 😃👍
That said, I've never really been a Mana fan. (PLEASE DON'T HIT ME!!!) Much like the Saga games, I feel like they don't really have a defining mechanic or style that you see and say, "Yep, that's a Mana game." Hopefully this will help establish that style for a new generation of fans.
It's nice to see this smaller type of videos. You're an enthusiastic gamer, and when you're happy, it's good to share it with the community. Not everything needs to be doom and gloom. I know they don't get as many views, but you seem to enjoy making them. Good work!
The first Mana game I played was Children of Mana on Nintendo DS. It was a fun actiona RPG, it felt really charming. I got that LoZ: Alttp fix, that was later reinforced with Diablo 3, although it had a darker theme, a huge contrast from the Mana games. I've revisited Trials of Mana on Nintendo Switch. I really wish there were more online components.
The Trials of Mana remake is legit (a lot less fond of the Secret of Mana remake). I had played the original Trials of Mana back around 2000 when it got fan translated and yet I think that the remake is definitely the definitive version (unless two player is important to you in which case you'll need to stick with the original). Between it and the Star Ocean 2 remake last year, Square has made some really fantastic gold standard remaster/remakes. I give modern Square a lot of grief but to their credit, they still put out some really great stuff.
Secret of Mana is my favorite game of all time. Good to see another Mana OG on here. 💯
i remember playing a fan translated rom of seiken desetsu 3. i didn't even know it was secret of mana 2, until i heard the music. it's among the best snes games. i hope that visions of mana will be good, especially the music. secret of mana music is fantastic.
LoM has and will always be my #1 favourite game in existence. And I'm gonna buy it on the Switch AND the old version too with the old PS too! I still have my old memory card.
And the rest of the games as well.
I've never had any experience with the Mana games, but I did play the demo for Trials of Mana on PS4 some odd years back, and it was actually much more fun than I expected it to be. I had no expectations because I didnt know anything about the game. I just saw the demo and thought the art and gameplay looked cool. My PlayStation is bricked now, so I never ended up getting the full game, but I am looking to get a new gaming Laptop soon, so maybe I'll get it on there during a sale or something. Too many games in the current release schedule to play right now, but it'll be something I can jump into whenever because i am always looking forward to playing good JRPGs, and I definitely want to support the company. I been saying forever on here now, but I really do love Square Enix, and I want to see them succeed, so i will definitely spend so money on this.
Now even though I grew up playing old retro games, I tend to find them difficult to go back to just because the lack of modern features and hardware limitations really diminishes my experience normally, so if I play any of those other games, it'd at least have to be the handheld remakes they did. I'd be happy to support the classic Mana collection they released on Switch in a perfect world, but these games are getting expensive, and i know I wouldnt play that. They still have a customer in me, though because I definitely want to play this new game. just the small bit we saw already looks awesome. I'm looking forward to them releasing real gameplay with the HUD, and start actually talking about the game.
Been so long since I played Secret of Mana. And now we're getting Visions of Mana? Please, give us more of that.
These look really fun, going to have to check them out I think
Visions!
I never thought I'd ever see the Mana series become anywhere the success it is right now. I used to think I was one of the lucky ones who knew of Trials of Mana and how great it is. I just hope VIsions of Mana is a hit and not a miss.
Let's hope that VOM becomes a hit and we get more games in the future.
Mugen lord, other than the fighting games and Final Fantasy series I have been hoping and wishing for this! I haven’t played the mana series since the 90’s when my uncle introduced me to it. I was unsuccessful to find a PlayStation variance. I had friends that had them, but treasured them like gold. so I will definitely cop this new game day one I just hope they bring back the multi system and it could work as an online mode also.
Trials of Mana is my childhood memory. have played a few of them. 😍
The Trials of Mana remake was one of my favorite RPGs in recent years, too bad they cut the co-op from it. I wanna see how the new characters are going look like and what they're gonna do in the new Seiken Densetsu game.
Yea, I was hoping for the multiplayer but the game was still good regardless.
I know my Genshin bias is on display, but I do believe the success of the game is why we are seeing a revival of the action RPG genre.
Look, I know Genshin has its own issues which I will not get into, but when I finally put my skepticism aside and picked up the game, I have never looked back since. In terms of gameplay and presentation, Hoyo knocked it out of the park. Then you also have to remember that Genshin was built with the mobile platform in mind, and while Genshin has console and PC ports, it has not yet fully tapped into the potential offered by much powerful graphics cards found within consoles. If a low poly-ish game (I datamined the 3D models, the details are in the textures) can look this good, what if a similar game decide to actually tap into the potential of stunning visuals. Granblue Fantasy Relink, a somewhat similar game in terms of gameplay, has set the bar pretty high in terms of presentation, and this game was designed with the PS in mind. Right now, the ball is in Square Enix's court to match what Hoyo and Cygames have brought to the table.
Interestingly, I've been replaying Trials of Mana after the VoM trailer. I never did the No Future difficulty mode as I was burned out at the time, but am enjoying it again. I also changed to the Japanese voices to change it up.
I'm not really sure I'm too hopeful of VoM changing it up, but rather, catering to the old fans. It still seems to try for the 90s aesthetic and I can imagine the story would still be very 90s. Not that that's horrible; blatantly evil guy (or faction(s)) must pay, near tunnel vision heroes focused mostly on getting stronger to defeat the bad guy with minor character development. But with SEnix's other titles having amazing writing, explaining the why the bad guys are evil, giving heroes many layers of complex backstory and character progression, I would love to see VoM go in that direction to show us that the series is growing, instead of remaining stagnant.
I do wonder if couch co-op will ever truly come back for the series, that's what made the SNES versions pretty fun, but I'm just being too hopeful on that end. With this next one being more expansive, and seamless co-op seemingly being a new version of couch co-op (The elden ring seamless co-op mod and Lords of the Fallen come to mind), this may be something VoM may implement? Who knows.
Can't wait in any case, but 17 titles? I'll need to find the ones I haven't played yet and finish those up first.
Recently went back to Secret and Trials. Visons is going tobe amazing.
Havent played any mana games, but im really interested in this one, looks good
My Switch's screenshot camera roll is sweating right now 😂
I had to play Trials of Mana in the early 2004 with a translated rom hack. I was surprised when it was emulated to switch & the 3d remake on PS4
Looking forward to this, though I might wait until I get the chance to play Trials, which has been in my backlog for a couple years now.
Trials of Mana replayability is really good, since there are various builds for your party. Depending on your hero, the story changes.
I loved the trials of mana remake. I'm hyped for visions of mana !
The first time I heard abot the Mana series was when I received a Nintendo Power that have the game on its cover. Remember looking the screen shot and reading about it and getting really excited. However for some strange reason I haven't played the game ever. A few years ago I bought day one the Mana collection on Switch and still haven't played. Is a game that have been on my list to play for decades but there is always this other game. Right now Im over 30 hours on Tales of Arise, once I finish it will grab Secrets of Mana. Will also buy Vision on XBOX to support the Japanese games on that console.
Secret of Mana was my childhood, there was nothing like at the time when I was a kid.
here's hoping that its good
one woe of gaining bigger appeal is they didn't get co-op back, something that made the series unique, a co-op jrpg adventure,i hope they don't try to make for mass market appeal, that's a death kneel to a series honestly
Now this is good news
i use to play Secret Mana games on snes, and psx. But mobile games turn me off at times. Glad they bringing back Mana games. I never play ps2 one. Ps2-Ps3 had most best jrpg games at that time. Ni no Kuni and Eternal Sonata (which has not been remastered)
Sure IF it comes to Gamepass. I'll probably get it regardless but Not right away. I really want to focus on my backlog this year, even thinking of letting my GP sub expire to focus on it, otherwise I'll never do it.
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I recently beaten the TOM remake and enjoyed every second of it. While I'm sure this new one will be great i really wish Square Enix would cut ties with bad influences in the West.
I think we're getting the golden age of videogames back for us old time fans and hopefully generations to come as companies are now listening to us instead of pandering to joykilling crap smokers with an ugly stick up their bungholes turning our pastimes into liquid shit. I think Square Enix are beginning to relearn how to respect the fandoms of JRPGs and Trials of Mana is a good start to rigthing a lot of the recent wrongs at the studio.
Oh yea this is definitely the year of jrpgs my back log is stacked this year 😅
You're not alone my friend XD
Imo the ys series shts on the mana series. I wish xbox would get in contact with that developer to bring all those games over but I do see them at least making an effort in getting Japanese games. I couldn't believe it when the persona and yakuza games were put on gpass.
Got the game for 30 bucks physically, imma play it after I beat Persona 4 Golden.
Now if we could only get a Xenogears HD2D Remaster.
Don't do that to me, I would die for something like that XD
@@MugenLord Ditto
Trials remake is awesome. Visions of mana nonbinary protagonist has me worried.
Did you say it was a 1 to 1 experience, sounds like we could have had the 1 to 1 experience with the FF7 remake without alienating the original fan base?
Please dont localize😂 enough is enough give us how the developer meant the game is❤❤❤❤
Fuckrn love the man'a serise I prefer it to final fantasy
While both Secret & Trials were definitely budget titles, Trials was way less than Secret. Played through it four times. Overall liked it a lot, but could not f*cking stand how useless the AI partners are, especially in boss fights, among other things. Hopefully Visions improves on everything and guarantees the series thrives.
Anyway, regardless of your opinions on Square Enix, damned if they haven't been trying to appeal to some. Which is more than I can ever say about Bandai Namco. Can't even say the bare minimum for them. 😔
True!
Judging by the translation of Trials of Mana remake, the translation is gonna suck. Not trusting the ethics department
Me either. Now they have sweet baby on board too. Not only translations are gonna be butchered but agendas will also be inserted.