I was hoping it would get new life once he left as hes the one whose done all the harm to the series. I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that the reason the Mana games kept changing was he didn't want to make the same game over and over again. Which is fair enough, its just when those games keep sucking maybe you should stick to what worked for you.
That said I will say that Children of Mana is a good albeit flawed game, it had potential to be a great game, but just is way too grindy and samey. Every one of the quest you do is the exact same thing, do X amount of floors in a dungeon. If they had of added a little variety in missons, made magic alot more useful then I think the game would of been amazing. It looked great and had the usual standout Mana soundtrack. Oh and smashing enemies around with the hammer was way too much fun.
