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Trials of Mana PS4/Switch/PC (2020) and Mana Collection Switch announced
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They haven't talked about the engine yet but it sure looks extremely close to Square's typical output on UE4.
Sorry, dude. It is WAY past my bedtime and I am writing while tired (also watching that trailer on repeat) instead of sleeping. I meant I saw two groups of people comment on the Nintendo Direct (both the Easy Allies and Inside Gaming). Hell, Inside Gaming didn't even mention the Mana games and they talked about literally everything else.
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Woah, this is huge
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Trials of Mana Preview - Decades In The Making - Game Informer
The remake for an unlocalized JRPG gem got announced today and we got to talk to the developers behind it.
www.gameinformer.com
Holy shit this is not the kind of remake I was expecting at all.
This is a must buy for me, collector's edition if possible.
This is a must buy for me, collector's edition if possible.
I just watched easy allies and they only said good things, they said it was great we get both the original and remake, and that the remake looks much higher budget than the last one, and the look reminds them of DQ11 ! They liked it.
The other guys I don't know them at all so I won't bother.
Anyway in a direct that broke the net with smash and zelda 2 you can't expect everyone to go crazy cause this game only is legendary if you actually know about it !
I'm sure more people will be excited for it when they see the unique narrative system and more of the exploration / combat.
The new screenshots we got looked even better than the trailer for instance.
And words of mouth !
Just pray the gods Square doesn't release this Febuary or March right next to 7. It's January or death at this point.
I just dont understand SE's rollout to lead up to Trials of Mana. They say they want these games to sell well then do shit like this:
Secret of Mana Remake: PC, PS4, Vita - One of the worst remakes I've played in a while. And I wouldn't have even played it if someone didn't gift it to me because the game looks awful. Plays awful too.
Mana Collection: Switch - Why is this exclusive? There is no reason for this to not be on the PS4. Then you shadow drop the game with little to no marketing and charge $40 for it? SE please...
Trials of Mana: PC, PS4, Switch - Now here we are. This game looks great but my goodness SE, the game has to defy all odds at this point if it's going to sell well.
.....I cant right now....
Secret of Mana Remake: PC, PS4, Vita - One of the worst remakes I've played in a while. And I wouldn't have even played it if someone didn't gift it to me because the game looks awful. Plays awful too.
Mana Collection: Switch - Why is this exclusive? There is no reason for this to not be on the PS4. Then you shadow drop the game with little to no marketing and charge $40 for it? SE please...
Trials of Mana: PC, PS4, Switch - Now here we are. This game looks great but my goodness SE, the game has to defy all odds at this point if it's going to sell well.
Woah, this is huge
Trials of Mana Preview - Decades In The Making - Game Informer
The remake for an unlocalized JRPG gem got announced today and we got to talk to the developers behind it.
Move to Unreal Engine 4 confirmed.
Yeah I have faith that they are trying their best. The fact they, themselves, called Secret of Mana "a low budget remake that did not capture the art of the Snes version accurately" is both brutal and comforting.
I just dont understand SE's rollout to lead up to Trials of Mana. They say they want these games to sell well then do shit like this:
Secret of Mana Remake: PC, PS4, Vita - One of the worst remakes I've played in a while. And I wouldn't have even played it if someone didn't gift it to me because the game looks awful
Mana Collection: Switch - Why is this exclusive? There is no reason for this to not be one the PS4. Then you shadow drop the game with little to no marketing and charge $40 for it? SE please...
Trials of Mana: PC, PS4, Switch - Now here we are. This game looks good but my goodness SE, the game has to defy all odds at this point if it's going to sell well.
.....I cant right now....
Trials of Mana is entirely stand alone so it really doesn't matter what platforms the others are on.
For the collection, they said they had to keep it on Switch because nintendo had to provide the code. (they lost it like all the other games I take it)
Crazy to think just a day ago we were worried about how FF8 would turn out and not only is that looking promising, but they spring an incredible looking SD3 remake out of fucking nowhere that puts Adventures & Secret of Mana to shame.
Square-Enix is a force to be reckoned with when they decide to give a fuck.
I don't know if I'll ever get around to playing more of this series, but the game and character models look really good. You can tell they're actually putting effort into this.
Platinumed Secret of Mana remake on vita after never finishing it as a kid. Loved it! I'm in for Trials. It's so weird that the various games are spread across platforms though. Hopefully they eventually release a Mana remake collection / Mana original collection on all platforms.
Guys, I'm practically speechless. This is what I've dreamed of for decades, and I never expected it to happen. Just... wow. They're actually doing this? Is this real? I've watched the trailer several times already and I still get chills. This feels like a dream!
This is made by the same team and I think they deserve a lot of praise :
Adventures
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No to both really, there were multiple remakes actually one was decent but it was from ages ago.
The recent ones are awful.
And not on Switch.
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No to both really, there were multiple remakes actually one was decent but it was from ages ago.
The recent ones are awful.
And not on Switch.
I actually really dug Sword of Mana as a remake, but I remember people ragging on it for its short length and difficulty (or lack thereof)
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IMAGINE IF THE CLASSES HAVE NEW MODELS NOW
It's the one I called decent. It was perfectly handled for what it was honestly.
It's the one I called decent. It was perfectly handled for what it was honestly.
Imagine getting those classes models !!!
I can't confirm but as far as I know that collection is done by the team that made the mobile port, that had retranslated the entire game accurately.
So chances are it's using that.
I can't confirm but as far as I know that collection is done by the team that made the mobile port, that had retranslated the entire game accurately.
So chances are it's using that.
I think ppl are less likely to buy Trials of Mana if they played the SOM Remake or couldn't play MC because it was exclusive. And do you have a link for the bolded? I would love to read up on how that happened. o_0
Thank you! I'm hoping this is the case, because I wasn't really a fan of this style of translation with those random references like "Die Lindenstraße". Took me out of the game.
Do you have the source for that? Sounds really interesting!
It's in the interview above.
As to why they did not have the code, keep in mind this is Square, that lost the source code to all kingdom hearts games on ps2, all the FF games on ps1 etc...
So you know damn well Seiken 3 was lost since they had never ported it anywhere else.
As to why they did not have the code, keep in mind this is Square, that lost the source code to all kingdom hearts games on ps2, all the FF games on ps1 etc...
So you know damn well Seiken 3 was lost since they had never ported it anywhere else.
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The jump in quality is amazingThis is made by the same team and I think they deserve a lot of praise :
Adventures
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Nintendo has a vault with the code from a bunch of games third party devs released on their consoles?
I won't bother with the collection since 1 isn't enjoyable to me in it's original form, 2 is on my SNES classic, and I'll just wait to replay 3 (trials) when this remake comes out. Which looks gooooooooregous.
(edit) If this is really the same team behind the 1 and 2 remakes, they have really stepped up their game. I just assumed it was a different studio since it looks so much better.
(edit) If this is really the same team behind the 1 and 2 remakes, they have really stepped up their game. I just assumed it was a different studio since it looks so much better.
Honestly this surprises me a lot... I figured game companies just handed over final code for Nintendo to check and then manufacture... Was it common practice for Nintendo to actually hold on to sources?
Because they can't just be talking about final ROMS right? It wouldn't have been hard at all for them to get a hold of a cart and dump their own even if Nintendo kept master ROM files for every SNES game.
First one is pretty generic, the second is okay if on the lighter/childish side. Definitely not bad, but still pretty typical Shounen stuff of the era. The third has 6 stories that converge. You picked 3 characters at the beginning and then they converge as you play. The overall ton is darker and more fleshed out but only relatively. It's still a bright colored RPG and the best of the first 3 games.
Trials of Mana Preview - Decades In The Making - Game Informer
The remake for an unlocalized JRPG gem got announced today and we got to talk to the developers behind it.
Are we possibly burying the lede here? The remake of SD3 has no co-op, something that's long been a series staple:
Granted, I originally played through and loved SOM as a single-player, multi-character experience and the remake looks gorgeous, but I could see this being a reason why players might tilt towards playing the original in the collection (my GF and I just played through SOM and its remake together on the SNES Classic and PS4).
I played a few minutes of each game from the Collection. So far so good, save states and different display size are nice.
Collection of Mana honestly might be my announcement of the show. As someone who has held off on SoM for a while and also doesn't fuck with unofficial emulation so SD3 seemed like a pipe dream, this is huge. I ordered the physical copy from the SE website, so probably won't play for a long while, but it's still nice.
Why is the collection 40 dollars again? :/
That's two expensive for two SNES games one Gameboy title. Come on man :(
That's two expensive for two SNES games one Gameboy title. Come on man :(
Brand new translation of a 25 hour RPG.
Plus games with a retail release generally cost more on the eShop by default.
My physical preorder in Germany from the SE Store has been approved and they are only charging two weeks before shipping, all is right in the world! :D
Being able to switch voice acting languages -> :)
No multiplayer -> :(
I was so looking forward to playing this with my wife, we played Secret of Mana and SD 3 already together.
No multiplayer -> :(
I was so looking forward to playing this with my wife, we played Secret of Mana and SD 3 already together.
SQEX losing the code for the first Seiken games sounds like prime SQEX ... good grief. How about you treat your legacy more carefully, SQEX?
Anyway, got a pre-order for the physical edition from the german SQEX store in, although it still has to be validated. Of course, i couldn't wait and got it digital last night, using my Gold Points i only paid ~ 17€ ... so that's ok for a double dip.
Translations are expensive, and JRPGs aren't strangers to bloated scripts. I know it's quite expensive for a 3 games collection, but in this case, i'd support them for actually releasing this game here localized. It only took more than twenty years. ^^
Anyway, got a pre-order for the physical edition from the german SQEX store in, although it still has to be validated. Of course, i couldn't wait and got it digital last night, using my Gold Points i only paid ~ 17€ ... so that's ok for a double dip.
Translations are expensive, and JRPGs aren't strangers to bloated scripts. I know it's quite expensive for a 3 games collection, but in this case, i'd support them for actually releasing this game here localized. It only took more than twenty years. ^^
Is the Remake by the same devs who did the SoM remake (I hope not)?
And as someone who never played the latter - why is it considered bad? (Not that I like the look of it anyway)
As for the Collection, I got super hyped immediately because I thought this is the first time a SNES game comes to Switch, right? So maybe more SNES titles start rolling now? Then I noticed this already came out in Japan 2 years ago.
And as someone who never played the latter - why is it considered bad? (Not that I like the look of it anyway)
As for the Collection, I got super hyped immediately because I thought this is the first time a SNES game comes to Switch, right? So maybe more SNES titles start rolling now? Then I noticed this already came out in Japan 2 years ago.
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Does that mean SoM has to be 50Hz if I want to play it in French? Or is it 60Hz in any case with only different languages?
Also wondering about that cause some glitches are either JP or US exclusive. Are the Japanese versions included as well?
Oh, so the games on the collection aren't emulated? That's super surprising.
It's on the US/EU Square store already for preorder.
Should be available in the various SQEX stores. Though it's stated it's a limited run.