The Nintendo Switch is already home to a number of legendary JRPG games and later this year there'll be another one enjoy.
On 24th June, Square Enix fans will be able to get their hands on a "fully remastered" version of Legend of Mana. This action-role playing game was first published on the original PlayStation in 1999 and made its western debut in 2000.
The remaster will include high-definition graphics, rearranged music, and various other additional features.
Is this the Square Enix remaster you've been waiting for? Leave a comment down below.
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The amount of Square Enix games that were announced in the direct was INSANE.
Square Enix really likes NS
Help I’ve been robbed! My money was stolen but they left games?
Seriously keep digging into that back catalog squeenix, I love it.
Thanks to Trials of Mana's success we're finally getting more Mana goodness. Sadly though Legend of Mana was the last good Mana game. Will definitely buy this day one for Switch. If Square Enix wants more money they need to make this a physical release as well, that old PS1 disc of mine won't last forever.
How about a Chrono Cross remaster?
I was pretty confused about this one. When they said something along the lines of place towns on the map, I wasn't sure what to make of it. I like the mana games so im very intrigued, but it also perplexed.
Awesome! Anyone have concerns about the updated graphics? The text boxes I don’t mind, but I’m not sure whether the original pixel sprites will gel with the updated backgrounds or not.
I'm excited to add this to my collection. It's a shame it wasn't already added to Collection of Mana, but a remastered version is good too.
@NintendoByNature In the opening cutscene, the world LOM takes place in, Fa'Diel, is destroyed. It's up to the protagonist to collect items known as "Artifacts" which have the "memories" of the land stored in them, placing them on a map in order to bring the area back into existence. It's a pretty deep system that factors into the game's crafting as well as what sorts of enemy encounters you find in a given location. Think of it like The NeverEnding Story, when Bastian is wishing Fantasia/Fantastica back into existence using AURYN.
On topic, this is easily my favorite of the Mana series, and hopefully they relocalized it so that the dialogue is less stiff. Wonder if they'll include the various save bonuses from the original too — you could get a pet Chocobo by having an FF8 save, and a couple weapons/accessories by having a SaGa Frontier 2 and Chocobo Racing save, IIRC.
@Ghost_of_Hasashi it’s only like $6 on the PS3 shop.
Loving the old school rpg love. If we can somebody get Chrono trigger in the future. I'll be set
My problem with the game when I first played it years ago I thought it was a direct sequel to Secret of Mana, boy was I wrong. Due to that I was disappointed in the game and didn't enjoy it much. Might try it again now that I know it's not a direct sequel.
@AgentGuapo Yeah like my PS3 still functions anymore.
Love this game, despite it's more quest driven. However it has alot of customization and replayability. Remember spending hours reading stuff at GameFAQs about how to make proper weapon/armor, getting the rare fruits/vegetables and raising the pets in the best way.
@Citano Ah yes, all those hours on GameFaqs! Back then I had to run upstairs to use the computer, then run back down to make sure my brother didn't turn off the game to play something else!
@Sabrewing very intriguing. I might have to check this out then. Thank you for the reply.
@Ghost_of_Hasashi sad… I recently shelved my (still functioning) PS3 Slim since I didn’t want 3 PlayStation consoles lining my entertainment center. Actually probably don’t need my PS4 pro sitting there anymore either. My ps5 has been getting all of the love since Nov 12.
@KimBread as a fan of Secret of Mana, I really, really, really did not like Legend of Mana because of its gameplay. The music and art style of the game, however, are masterful.
This looked pretty cool to me. I'd like the try it.
@AgentGuapo I got the game on my PS3 as well but my PS3 is long dead, I could still play it on my PSP but to do that I need to redownload it. The only problem is some fool steal my Memory Stick so I had no memory card to store games on not to mention my UMD drive stopped reading disc so I couldn't even play physical UMD games either. This game coming to Switch is the only thing I could get of a digital Legend of Mana.
About 15 years ago now, I borrowed this from a friend for a couple weeks. I played it obsessively before having to give it back, and got right to the end but never beat it. My memories of this game have mostly faded aside from all the different weird fruits you can grow. For some reason those have stuck around more than anything else
I was so excited for this announcement. I love this game!
The hd backgrounds dont work well with the pixel art, hope its optional
And here we have the most boring possible announcement that Square could make. Yeah, it looks good, and its probably a good game, and I'll definitely buy it, but its just such a boring pick to bring over after the SaGa gameboy games, which in themselves weren't really on the top of anyone's list. Where's Chrono Trigger, FF 1-6, Live A Live, Bahamut Lagoon, Actraiser, the Soul Blazer trilogy, E.V.O, or just anything that isn't another entry in a series that we have several games in, all of which stay relatively similar to each other? I'm starting to get tired of this.
@alexybubble Well if you want there's Balan Wonderworld coming so that's at least something new, fresh, and different from Square Enix.
I have no faith in Square Enix doing anything competently.
I was so happy to see this would be released, my favorite mana game of all time 😊
I like this game, I will most likely triple dip into buying the HD version. XD
@Ghost_of_Hasashi
Are you aware that there is a Micro SD card to MS Duo Card converter for PSP? I have a bunch of them for my Current PSP UMD systems. The max the PSP can go is 128GB without any required file data (Ones used in PSV). Hopefully this info helps you with getting your Games downloaded again.
@DDStuff Damn I haven't look into stuff like that, I thought you had to hack your PSP to do things like that. If a MS Duo Card converter like that does exist then maybe there are hope for preserving my PSP digital library after all. I'll have to look into that.
@Ghost_of_Hasashi
I should note that the duel SD card adapters kinda suck. Go for the single ones. They won't break as easily.
@BlueWeaselBreath
This entire game has a hand drawn artstyle to it so I think in this specific case redrawing all the assets in HD will look better that keeping the original assets pixel perfect.
But my hopes are that this is a testbed for Square Enix using AI upscalers to remaster the game and if that turns out well then it could be used for other Square Enix classics.
Not my fav Mana game but LOVED the soundtrack. Wondering how this rearranged version will top it.
@Don I'm hoping SE will one day release a Chrono collection consisting of both Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross remasters along with an English version of Radical Dreamers.
Keep bringing them PS classic RPGs, Square Enix. Legend of Mana is a fun and unique take on the Mana series. The beautiful hand drawn graphics and the banging soundtrack are probably the most notable traits about the game.
Konami needs to give some love to their Suikoden series. They are due for some remasters.
I remember playing this on PS3. I think I got confused about what to do next at one point and just lost interest. I hope they add log or guide or something to help you keep from getting lost. Or maybe it was a tough boss battle. I can't remember. My PS3 is literally about ten feet away from me, but I'm too lazy to turn it on.
@Sabrewing I’ve never played any of the Mana games but you sold the heck out of this one to me with this comparison!
@xxx128 you mean like they are a business or something…. Weird
This was my favourite part of the direct! I always hoped that this would happen, and so pleased to see it come to pass!
So it's getting a physical release... in Japan... for like $150...
Yeah, I'm gonna stick to my PS1 original.
Might buy this on a sale or if Square Enix have a change of heart.
Day one for me.
Does anyone else think this series should be the next one to get the Mosou treatment? Mana Warriors needs to happen.
@BlueWeaselBreath I hate the mix of art styles. Like it genuinely makes no sense to me. If people like it then more power to them, but for my part it’s one of the most baffling design choices I’ve ever seen.
As long as the local coop multiplayer stays in tact, I'm all in.
@DaniPooo That’s fine, but why not redraw all the characters in the same style? Why keep them as pixel sprites? It would be like if I took NES Mario characters and stuck them on Rayman Legends backgrounds.
Will it include the swedish theme song I wonder? 🤔
Its beautiful!
Yay! Love the Mana series of games.
@BAN Yeah thats a strange choice indeed.
Square Enix can do both it seems. FFVIII remaster had new 3D models but kept the blurry old backgrounds...
@BlueWeaselBreath Agreed. This selective pixel-smoothing always looks awful to me. I’ll stick with my PS1 disc.
@Tasuki Same. I also didn't really like the gameplay but the art and music were goooorgeous.
I hope one of the features is an auto map or better explanations on how it works or something.
The one and SaGa Frontier will be joining my Switch collection. Too much good stuff (for me) in the recent Direct.
I was really disappointed this wasn't included in Collection of Mana; it really should have been. That being said, I'm a buy this for sure.
Legend of Mana for the first time in Europe and Australia!! Dear English, Irish and Australian, don't forget to thanks to me because I picked up the phone and called DotEmu to know if he could send a mail to Square Enix to make remastered games like Legend of Mana, Chrono Cross, Xenogears, a Parasite Eve trilogy, etc... to make these comes for the first time in Europe and Australia.
@Robzilla Why is that? Octopath Traveler, Mama Collection and Trials of Mana were superb!
The Mana games were remakes of old, good games when Square knew how to make them. I found Octopath to be beautiful visually but tedious and repetitive. Even Final Fantasy Remake was bad in my opinion - there was so much unnecessary filler. I think Bravely Default was their best offering in the last decade and even that wasn’t close to the Final Fantasy games of the SNES era.
@DaniPooo Haha. Burn.
This looks good.
@KimBread oh man, the good ol' days of using gamefaqs in the family computer room. I remember my dad got pissed at me because I didn't want to run back and forth between my bedroom and the computer room so I just printed a whole guide and went through all our printer paper. I mean, I'm not gonna print double sided! I'm not some monster, dad!
@Chowdaire Yes! Very similar situations definitely happened at our house!
I remember not digging this entry, I'll give it another chance.
Oh by the way, that song is in swedish.
I remember being quite surprised first time I heard it (My native language in a jRPG!?)
I never quite understood why they chose Swedish of all languages, the game is not very Scandinavia themed or anything. Also, I never heard anyone say that Swedish is a beautiful language.
If anyone knows, please share
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