The Mana Series Megathread: Visions of Mana Coming This Summer!

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Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Wake me when you unlock the summon that requires connecting with a hundred different Sword of Mana game files.

# ¿ Jul 30, 2019 23:59

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 11:11

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Phantasium posted:

sorry, did you say AMIGOS

Amigos don't let amigos play Sword of Mana.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2019 00:56

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Detective No. 27 posted:

You picked a good time to bump the thread because this bad boy came in today.

poo poo, this made me buy a copy.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2020 21:25

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

I'm excited that Trials is a full remake that might actually fix some of the dated gameplay mechanics, though I'm still worried about the ??? and Rainbow seeds still being a mechanic.

Also I've been replaying Legend of Mana and learned that the Flowering teleporters in certain areas (in my case it was the Jungle) will fail if you bring Niccolo along because "Earthly thoughts" are distracting the Flowerling, something that isn't a problem with other NPCs. Always something new to learn with this game!

# ¿ Feb 22, 2020 13:18

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

For Legend, land placement is only important for unlocking specific quests and all the demi-human companions.

If you want to 100% the game, this site is a good resource on where to place lands and the best order to do quests. If you don't mind missing quests, though, then do whatever, you can't lock yourself out of beating the game and there's always New Game +. Just make sure to talk to Lil Cactus after every quest, it's worth it.

You really don't have to worry about golems, crafting, or raising pets. The game's simple enough that you can just forge basic weapons and armor and use whatever pets you like best without having to feed them. There's an insane amount of depth in the gameplay, but none of it is actually necessary.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2020 10:09

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

I love Charlotte's Boston accent.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2020 19:26

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Just finished the demo with a Reisz/Hawkeye/Charlotte party. Will probably tackle Duran/Angela/Kevin next, then do a Charlotte/Kevin/????? party for balance. Hell, maybe I'll do all six as lead. I'm hoping with how things are streamlined this will have a lot of replay value!

My only issue is waiting a month for the full game.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2020 21:12

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

I'm curious to see how Reisz's later classes go since she seems set up to be solidly average stat-wise while everyone else specializes in one of the five stats. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw some gimmick specializing like the victory heal to justify her being an all-rounder.

# ¿ Mar 21, 2020 23:40

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

I do

# ¿ Mar 26, 2020 23:58

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

I mean, everything else you'd want is there, so why not that as well?

# ¿ Apr 5, 2020 18:22

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Game owns

# ¿ Apr 24, 2020 21:54

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

https://twitter.com/m64_ss/status/1253794759249784832

# ¿ Apr 24, 2020 22:20

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

I had Charlotte finish off the second one, but my main Reisz did a dramatic thrust after the fight and stole the credit for the kill.

# ¿ Apr 24, 2020 23:02

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Reisz is so hit-or-miss VA-wise, I agree that I prefer Chawotte's doofy voice to her. Excited to hear Angela when I do Duran/Angela/Kevin next.

I also agree that I find the VA in general charming over just how bad it can be. Some NPCs can be terrible, like Jessica, and some are out-of-nowhere but still pretty good like Lumina, but then you have the rare gem like Shade who embraces the cheesiness of it all and goes full-ham.

Shade should've been the narrator.

e: I'm now kind of hoping there'll be a way to disable the other two companions and do a solo mode, I had a random encounter where my allies died quickly in and I had a pretty fun time going one-on-two with a Swordmaster and Ninja. I think the battle system could have real challenge if you only had to rely on one character's abilities and your own movements. Unfortunately that whole "allies revive after every fight" thing makes it difficult to work in its current state, especially since they'll still gain EXP.

Mega64 fucked around with this message at 19:23 on Apr 29, 2020

# ¿ Apr 29, 2020 19:20

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Cascade Caverns (the dungeon where you get Lumina) is an easily-forgettable one. You don't ever have any reason to return there except to get the Lil' Cactus spot.

# ¿ May 8, 2020 22:56

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Legend of Mana is a much different beast, more of a beat-'em-up than an action RPG, with "spells" being instruments you play in battle and no real inventory system other than a shitload of useless garbage that only exists for the complex crafting system. The game is incredibly non-linear, letting you decide where towns and dungeons go and gives you the freedom to do quests in whatever order you want, to the point where you can easily miss quests if you don't know what you're doing. There's no overarching plot, you kinda just do whatever and end up stumbling into doing at least one of the three main plotlines to unlock the Tree of Mana and do the final dungeon, which results in a non-ending that loops to a New Game +.

It's nonsensical and completely different from previous Mana games and is pretty drat bad in so many respects yet the world-building and presentation alone make it my favorite game of all time. It's certainly a unique experience, and I'm curious how the hell they'd even try to remake it with today's game design standards.

# ¿ May 9, 2020 22:55

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

The best part about the incredibly complex crafting system is it's completely unnecessary unless you're doing the hardest difficulty of New Game +, and there's really nothing to gain from doing it anyway since it changes nothing and it just makes most battles more tedious, especially the couple of flower bosses that spawn two different sections that you have to take down constantly.

You can just take some end-game material you win from a quest, craft your weapon of choice, maybe forge a few elemental coins in if you want, and wreck everything in your path in the normal game, ignoring all the insanity of crafting dozens of coins in a specific order to unlock custom abilities and moves.

# ¿ May 9, 2020 23:00

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

It�ll always be Booskaboo to me.

# ¿ May 12, 2020 18:56

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Dicks Out for Karl

# ¿ May 29, 2020 16:18

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

You keep all the items and chain abilities you've learned, and any character from the previous files keep their levels, though new ones start at base levels. Thus even with three new characters you can trivialize the game if you got some of the big chain abilities like "EXP +300%" and "Spells cost no MP" and "Don't spend items", though you can also just ignore all those and pretend you're not blowing through the content with the other characters. It's still gonna be a lot easier than the first playthrough though even if you ignore as much of the NG+ stuff as you can, so sadly it's not great if you want more difficulty.

NG+ could have really benefited from a checklist of what you wanted to keep, so you can keep some of the more grindy items and abilities to obtain without having to carry high-level characters to steamroll the entire game after a couple of playthroughs.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2020 18:26

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Pretty much, and yeah it�s dumb and sucks.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2020 19:34

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

SE Earnings Report

quote:

Q: Other than �FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE,� how are new and catalog HD games selling?
A: Sales of �TRIALS OF MANA� are so strong that they have significantly surpassed our initial expectations. In regards to
catalog titles, we are seeing growth in digital sales from our library, especially of titles featuring our core IP, and this is
despite not engaging in any special promotions. In addition, unrelated to HD games, revenue generated from one-off
sales of smartphone games also grew in 1Q.

So that's promising!

# ¿ Aug 21, 2020 08:55

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Nintendo Power certainly has had...unique interpretations of Square characters in the past.

# ¿ Sep 5, 2020 11:14

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

quote:

When selecting �New Game+,� you can choose to return to Level 1.

yesss

# ¿ Sep 30, 2020 09:06

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Switch performance was fine from my experience, though there are hiccups here and there. PS4 or PC will run better for sure.

It�s basically down to performance vs. convenience.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2020 19:24

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

I thought Reisz was incredibly popular in the original release, so I'm guessing that's more why she won.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2020 17:09

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Angela probably didn't want the fight and awesome music to end too quickly

# ¿ May 7, 2021 10:20

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Legend of Mana's one and only flaw is replacing Luna with Aura, the spirit of gold.

Speaking of which, remaster is in a month!

# ¿ May 7, 2021 19:22

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

I think if you get six ??? seeds before growing any, each one will be different. It worked for me when I grinded for them, don't know if any patches messed that up. I know the general plan is to grab them from the six dungeons with them, but I'm pretty sure grinding them from drops will also work as long as you don't grow any of them until you get six in total.

# ¿ May 7, 2021 20:54

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

A bit more than a month away from Legend of Mana re-port, gently caress yeah.

# ¿ May 15, 2021 22:52

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Holy poo poo, the new intro movie for Legend of Mana is loving amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxZeYJ-NkKo

# ¿ Jun 13, 2021 21:03

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Ragequit posted:

Reviews are coming in for Legend of Mana Remaster and they are looking good. Here's the first 30 min of gameplay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CEMXyUWYW8

Very excited. Love the updated graphics.

# ¿ Jun 22, 2021 22:17

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

100% pretty much requires a guide, at least in the original, so it�s up to you whether you want to do it in one or two playthroughs (though at least there�s NG+, plus you can disable encounters in the remake, so a second playthrough should be breezy).

Going in blind will leave more of an impact, you just won�t 100% everything because where and when you place artifacts and even the order you do quests matter. Also make sure to talk to NPCs multiple times, this is definitely a game where people have a lot more to say beyond their first text box.

# ¿ Jun 22, 2021 23:04

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Bring back that weird mobile LoM spinoff game that was on old phones.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2021 01:58

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Rand Brittain posted:

It's included in the remaster!

I didn't mean Ring Ring Land, unless they did add that other mobile game and nobody ever mentioned it anywhere.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2021 12:08

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Crossposting from the LoM thread.

Mega64 posted:

A brief but still neat interview with Mana Producer Masaru Oyamada and Composer Yoko Shimomura.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbC8RhbjCAY

Also didn�t realize the Mana series hit 30 years last month. Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden released in Japan on June 28, 1991!

# ¿ Jul 27, 2021 22:22

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Even on hard you should be fine just going with what looks cool. Only items you really want is Poto Oils, the rest is overkill.

# ¿ May 18, 2022 12:03

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Aren't you guaranteed one of each item if you choose to obtain six??? Seeds before growing any of them? I just chose to grid in the forest dungeon until I got six and did them all that way to get the jobs I wanted.

Though yeah, that's one thing I wouldn't have minded being changed in the remake.

# ¿ Jun 5, 2022 01:05

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Looks like the next game will be called Visions of Mana.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2023 20:40

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 11:11

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

A pet Flammie that joins in battle? Hell yeah.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2023 03:02

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