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[Mibu no ookami]

At first glance this was the game I was most excited about at the moment. Looks significantly better than recent Mana games that I've had to pass on like the SD3 remake and Secret of Mana remake.

That being said it still looks really cheap. I'm surprised that it isn't coming to Switch 1.

• The game's animation is seriously lacking even though it has pretty good art direction
  • There isn't a lot of movement and the movement is very slow
• Looks like the game isn't going to have any voice acting
• Gameplay looks really generic

 

[Hudo]

At first glance this was the game I was most excited about at the moment. Looks significantly better than recent Mana games that I've had to pass on like the SD3 remake and Secret of Mana remake.

That being said it still looks really cheap. I'm surprised that it isn't coming to Switch 1.

• The game's animation is seriously lacking even though it has pretty good art direction
  • There isn't a lot of movement and the movement is very slow
• Looks like the game isn't going to have any voice acting
• Gameplay looks really generic

I think this might have been the highest budget Mana has ever received. And it looks really good. Remember that Mana is seen as an "AA" franchise by Square. So it's actually crazy that we get something like this and not yet another fucking smartphone game.

The Trials of Mana Remake also punched above its weight and was still a very fun game, imho.

 

[Happosai]

Switch got done dirty.

Square Enix needs the revenue and is likely give a Switch release later on. I may be mistaken but I recall seeing Trials of Mana on Steam and PSN before Switch too.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Well they couldn’t add the switch 2 logo yet now could they…

Super Switch only!

 

[MagiusNecros]

Only announcement that interested me. Seems promising.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Additional info + screenshots:

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Key art:

 

[SantaC]

Too bad it is crossgen

 

[StealthGoblin]

Really weird decision to not be on switch but be on the graveyard that is Xbox instead.

Maybe they'll put it on the switch successor at launch.

 

[Square2015]

Not on Switch though? Why

 

[Chastten]

That last image is such a big throwback to the Secret of Mana cover art. Love it!

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Fuck yeah I’m so glad they got Hiroki Kikuta doing the music. His soundtracks are a huge part of what made the Mana games special. This might be my most anticipated game of 2024 now

 

[Hudo]

Key art:

That's most likely also going to be the box art, I assume. Looks great. Love that the Mana Tree is still drawn in a Hiroo Isono style.

 

[NT80]

The scenery looked really beautiful in this game.

 

[Rat Rage]

Every Square Enix game looks like a reskin of Final Fantasy XV or XVI - the 3rd person action gameplay looks exactly the same... 0 hype.

 

[Solarstrike]

 

[NanaMiku]

At first glance this was the game I was most excited about at the moment. Looks significantly better than recent Mana games that I've had to pass on like the SD3 remake and Secret of Mana remake.

That being said it still looks really cheap. I'm surprised that it isn't coming to Switch 1.

• The game's animation is seriously lacking even though it has pretty good art direction
  • There isn't a lot of movement and the movement is very slow
• Looks like the game isn't going to have any voice acting
• Gameplay looks really generic

This is just the announcement trailer, it's common that announcement trailer don't have voice acting in Japan.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

This is just the announcement trailer, it's common that announcement trailer don't have voice acting in Japan.

Those character models don't look like they're going to have movie mouths at all.

 

[adamsapple]

Additional info + screenshots:

The Genshin is way too high in this one.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[Mister Wolf]

Day 1 purchase for me.

 

[diffusionx]

Am I nuts or does square seem better at these 2nd tier RPGs these days? Star Ocean R blows away FFXVI.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Am I nuts or does square seem better at these 2nd tier RPGs these days? Star Ocean R blows away FFXVI.

Less meddling by the higher ups.

 

[saintjules]

Still prefer this

 

[kevm3]

Thank God this game isn't being neutered to fit it on the switch. Maybe they can port it later, but using PS4 as a minimum keeps this from looking like a ps3 title.

 

[adamsapple]

Am I nuts or does square seem better at these 2nd tier RPGs these days? Star Ocean R blows away FFXVI.

Smaller budgets, more concise creative vision and less changes made for market-focus, I guess.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Am I nuts or does square seem better at these 2nd tier RPGs these days? Star Ocean R blows away FFXVI.

SE been doing great with their smaller titles as of late. Visions of Mana looks stellar so far. Fingers crossed they stick the landing.

 

[mayham2199]

Looks great but I don't know. I tried to play Trials of Mana and got 10 hours deep and just dropped it. The story and gameplay were just to generic for me. Which is weird because the same could be said for DQ11 but I don't know DQ11 had a charm about that kept me going.

 

[Yoshichan]

Every Square Enix game looks like a reskin of Final Fantasy XV or XVI - the 3rd person action gameplay looks exactly the same... 0 hype.

are you ok? like, i mean, mentally?

 

[Power Pro]

Am I nuts or does square seem better at these 2nd tier RPGs these days? Star Ocean R blows away FFXVI.

They're always trying to reinvent the wheel with some of their bigger games, and faltering with that mindset. It's like they don't realize they have some great systems to work with already, but don't take advantage of them in their bigger budget games.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Every Square Enix game looks like a reskin of Final Fantasy XV or XVI - the 3rd person action gameplay looks exactly the same... 0 hype.

Stop it.

 

[mayham2199]

Am I nuts or does square seem better at these 2nd tier RPGs these days? Star Ocean R blows away FFXVI.

I haven't played Star Ocean R but I loved FF16. I think they are doing great in both areas.

 

[cireza]

Definitely going to buy this, very happy it is coming on Xbox day and date.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Squeenix have released new gameplay and setting screenshots: