Saturday, December 9th 2023
Square Enix Unveils "Visions of Mana" - Due in 2024
Here's a sight for sore eyes if you're Mana fan - we're excited to announce an entirely new entry in the series coming in 2024: Visions of Mana! This beautiful new game is the first mainline instalment in the Mana series in over 15 years and returns to its action-RPG roots for an expansive, vibrant adventure across a semi-open field. You can get a look at what to expect in the new trailer or read on and we'll tell you all about this exciting and vibrant new adventure!
What is Visions of Mana?
You take the role of Val - a curious and carefree young man who lives in the Fire Village of Tianeea. Once every four years, the Faerie visits regions of the world to choose alms - people who are fated to travel to the Tree of Mana, which presides over the world's vital flow of mana. Val invites his childhood friend to a festival to welcome the visitor, but as the night falls, the sky lights up with sparkling lights and the Faerie chooses her as the alm. With the blessings of his village, Val sets out on a journey to accompany his friend to the Tree of Mana as her soul guard.
How does Visions of Mana play?
Your journey in Visions of Mana will take you across an expansive semi-open field that you can explore smoothly. The series' themes of nature and the elemental aspects of mana are captured through the stunningly detailed environments and vibrant, colorful graphics.
These vast areas are packed with secrets to discover and enemies to battle, from fan-favorite staples like Rabites to brand-new monsters. As is tradition for the Mana series, the party-based combat is real-time and fast-paced, with lots of strategic depth - you'll have to watch your enemies and your environment to prevail in these thrilling skirmishes.
Who's making Visions of Mana?
If you're wondering who's behind this new game, then wonder no more. This new game is being worked on by a talented and experienced team of creators who know the Mana series inside and out, including:
That's all we have to share for now, but we can't wait to show you more in 2024 about this welcome return for the Mana series.
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What is Visions of Mana?
You take the role of Val - a curious and carefree young man who lives in the Fire Village of Tianeea. Once every four years, the Faerie visits regions of the world to choose alms - people who are fated to travel to the Tree of Mana, which presides over the world's vital flow of mana. Val invites his childhood friend to a festival to welcome the visitor, but as the night falls, the sky lights up with sparkling lights and the Faerie chooses her as the alm. With the blessings of his village, Val sets out on a journey to accompany his friend to the Tree of Mana as her soul guard.
Your journey in Visions of Mana will take you across an expansive semi-open field that you can explore smoothly. The series' themes of nature and the elemental aspects of mana are captured through the stunningly detailed environments and vibrant, colorful graphics.
These vast areas are packed with secrets to discover and enemies to battle, from fan-favorite staples like Rabites to brand-new monsters. As is tradition for the Mana series, the party-based combat is real-time and fast-paced, with lots of strategic depth - you'll have to watch your enemies and your environment to prevail in these thrilling skirmishes.
Who's making Visions of Mana?
If you're wondering who's behind this new game, then wonder no more. This new game is being worked on by a talented and experienced team of creators who know the Mana series inside and out, including:
- Producer: Masaru Oyamada (Secret of Mana 2018, Trials of Mana 2020, Legend of Mana 2021 and more)
- Sound: Hiroki Kikuta (Secret of Mana 1993, Trials of Mana 1995, Trials of Mana 2020 and more), Tsuyoshi Sekito (Secret of Mana 2018, Trials of Mana 2020, Echoes of Mana and more), Ryo Yamazaki (Trials of Mana 2020, Echoes of Mana)
- Character Design: HACCAN (Adventures of Mana, Secret of Mana 2018, Trials of Mana 2020)
- Monster illustrations: Airi Yoshioka (Dawn of Mana, Children of Mana, Heroes of Mana)
- Series monster design supervision: Koichi Ishii (GREZZO Co., Ltd.)
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10 Comments on Square Enix Unveils "Visions of Mana" - Due in 2024
I just hope SquareEnix didn't screw up like they did with Valkyrie Profile franchise.No it isn't, characters are drawn in deformed so they give "childish vibes", absolutely no any fan service in it.
I also don't understand why they don't have the courage to remake Chrono Trigger since a worthy sequel is certainly unlikely. I think it would be epic with current graphics. :)
I have no faith in Square Enix. Squaresoft? Yeah, not Square Enix.
I'll wait though for my ultimate judgement.
Speaking of Chrono Trigger Remake.... Man you hit bad memories! you have reminded me of the unofficial Chrono Trigger Remake by the community many years ago which was so good and with remixed music too!. On the way of development, they got cease and desist from Nintendo/Square!Chrono Cross is actually good game, but if I tried to think it is a sequel to Chrono Trigger then yes, it is just going to feel sucky.
Square responded and said that the devs behind the lore of Chrono Trigger left the studio so they couldn't make a sequel.
It might be possible if the devs somehow came back to Square and then they decide to make one.