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More information on the newly announced Trials of Mana, a remake of the game released in Japan in 1995 as Seiken Densetsu 3, has come out of a developer interview with Famitsu at E3 2019.

Here are the notable tidbits:

• The project began moving around two years ago.
• Unlike Secret of Mana, the reason we are making a significantly bolder remake with this game is because this title was never released overseas, so we hope to introduce it as a completely new title.
• Trials of Mana is one of the conclusions we arrived at through trial and error while listening to the feedback from [the remake of] Secret of Mana. Early in development, we created a prototype that was even closer to the original game, but as a remake after 25 years we were not satisfied with that.
• The original concept of the Mana series was something along the lines of, “seamlessly play the Final Fantasy series’ ATB battle system.” We called what we ended up with “motion battle,” we weren’t saying it was an action RPG at that time.
• In Secret of Mana, you were able to fight while changing weapons, but since your weapons were fixed in Trials of Mana, we heard from users that was no good, so with the remake we wanted to fix that.
• Elements such as combos and jump attacks have been implemented in the remake. It’s being made so you can really enjoy the action parts.
• While this is probably the most action-heavy game in the series, it is an action RPG through and through, so you enjoy the game even if you’re not good at it so long as you level up.
• Since action performance differs based on the character, your experience with the game will change based on who you’re playing as.
• There is no multiplayer.
• Event scenes are pretty much fully voiced. 30-plus characters all have proper voices.
• The voice cast will be announced at a later date, but we can say with 100 percent certainty that the voice cast won’t damage the characters’ images.
• There is a lot that we still can’t say, so fans and non-fans alike please look forward to hearing more.

Trials of Mana is the most action-heavy game in the series, fully voiced

More information on the newly announced Trials of Mana, a remake of the game released in Japan in 1995 as Seiken Densetsu 3, has come out of a developer interview with Famitsu at E3 2019.

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『聖剣伝説3 トライアルズオブマナ』シリーズで最もアクション性が高い作品に？イベントシーンでは30人以上のキャラクターがフルボイスでしゃべる

スクウェア・エニックスが2020年初頭に発売を予定しているNintendo Switch/PS4/Steam用ソフト『聖剣伝説3 トライアルズオブマナ』。1995年に発売されたSFC用ソフト『聖剣伝説3』を現世代機向けに3Dフルリメイクした

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[Psydonk]

Seiken Densetsu 3 is my all time favourite SoM game so seriously looking forward to this, probably the game I'm most hyped for from E3 honestly.

 

[FStubbs]

Looking forward to it, but was hoping for local multiplayer.

 

[luminaire28]

Not sure i like how they went third person rather than sticking with the original game's perspective. It reminds me of Dawn of Mana on ps2.

 

[shark sandwich]

This was the surprise of the show for me. I’m glad they’re doing a full blown remake instead of just making the graphics prettier.

 

[Shadowplay1979]

id be excited if the flat environments and lighting didnt scream outsourced to china...the characters look great though.

 

[Shifty]

I am not a complicated consumer. I see air combos, I buy.

 

[Marchiott]

Looking forward to it, but was hoping for local multiplayer.

I really appreciate that they're giving Seiken Densetsu 3 some love but I'm a bit conflicted about this as well. Local multiplayer was a pretty integral part of the nostalgia surrounding this entry of the Mana series.

That being said, the mechanics which made this game ahead of its time back in the day would likely hold it back from broader appeal today...

 

[FStubbs]

I really appreciate that they're giving Seiken Densetsu 3 some love but I'm a bit conflicted about this as well. Local multiplayer was a pretty integral part of the nostalgia surrounding this entry of the Mana series.

That being said, the mechanics which made this game ahead of its time back in the day would likely hold it back from broader appeal today...

I think the Switch audience would love it. The PS4 and PC audience would prefer online multiplayer.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Really am hoping this gets a physical version on switch.

 

[CamHostage]

I really appreciate that they're giving Seiken Densetsu 3 some love but I'm a bit conflicted about this as well. Local multiplayer was a pretty integral part of the nostalgia surrounding this entry of the Mana series.

I'm into this remake, but I feel like Square Enix has been endlessly ignoring a key feature that kept Secret of Mana top of mind for decades. I understand the way they've experimented using the franchise over the years (for better or worse,) but they're missing something great by not focusing on a co-op-oriented mainline Mana RPG. (Children of Mana and maybe the mobile game Rise were as close as we got?) It's great that SoM2/Trials is finally getting the full treatment it deserves, but it'd be really something special if this finally led to the multiplayer Mana sequel players have been wanting since 1993.