Update [Fri 8th Dec, 2023 02:00 GMT]: Today's trademark has been confirmed — Visions of Mana is a brand new action RPG in the Mana series.

Revealed at The Game Awards 2023, the trailer showcased some gorgeous new visuals and more open combat, seemingly inspired by the Trials of Mana remake.

However, the Switch is seemingly not on the horizon for the new Mana game. Visions of Mana is coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox Series, and PC, but it looks to be skipping the Switch for now. Boooo.

Hey, maybe Square Enix is waiting for a future Nintendo console? We'll see...

Original article [Thu 7th Dec, 19:00 GMT]: Square Enix has registered two new trademarks in Europe and Australia, and one of them may well be for a new Mana game.

Gematsu has spotted trademarks for Visions of Mana and Pixelight. Both were filed on 7th December (in Europe) and 5th and 6th December (in Australia). A few hours later, gematsu also confirmed the trademark had been made in Japan as well, and is available publically. While it's not totally clear on what the latter item could be, Visions of Mana could well be the name of a brand new Mana game.

Back in 2021, Square Enix confirmed during the Mana series 30th anniversary stream that it was working on a brand new Mana game "for console", and that the team still has "a long way to go". That was over two years ago, now, and we've not had a peep on this game. Visions of Mana could well be it. Plus, Gematsu states that it has heard that a new entry in the series using this name is in development. Oooooh!

The last console game in the Mana series was 2020's Trials of Mana, a full 3D remake of Seiken Densetsu 3, which was once exclusive to the Super Famicom in Japan. At least until the West got Collection of Mana in 2019. A Legend of Mana remaster also landed on consoles in 2021. Echoes of Mana, a mobile exclusive game that launched in April 2022, ended service just over a year later in May 2023.

Looking at the listings themselves, in the Australia filing, Pixelight is listed under Class 28, which is for toys, video game controllers, trading cards, and a variety of other things. Visions, however, is listed under Class 9 and Class 41, which covers video games, entertainment, and amusement.

In Europe, it's basically the same — Visions falls under 9, 16, 28, and 41, which covers video games, software, amusement, entertainment, and toys, while Pixelight once again is under Class 28, the toy classification.

What do you think of these two new trademarks? Do you want to see a brand new Mana game? Let us know in the comments.

[source gematsu.com]