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TRIALS OF

MANA
REWORKED, REMADE-AND FINALLY
RELEASED IN AMERICA
BY MOLLIE L PATTERSON

FACT FILE
PUBLISHER
SQUARE ENIX
DEVELOPER
SQUARE ENIX
PLATFORMS
PS4, SWITCH
RELEASE DATE
04.24.2020

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n 1995, Japanese gamers
received Seiken Densetsu 3, the
ambitious follow-up to the popular Super Nintendo adventure RPG
Secret of Mana. Unfortunately, even
as the game set new standards for
gameplay and visuals on Nintendo's
16-bit console, Seiken Densetsu 3
would never see release outside of
its home country.
That is, until 2019, when the game,
now titled Trials of Mana, was finally
released in the West as part of the

compilation Collection of Mana. However, giving players around the world
access to the original game wasn't
Square Enix's only plan. At the same
time, the company was hard at work
on a standalone, fully 3D remake of
the game-one that would honor the
original while updating it for a whole
new generation.
"I feel that the reason why it continues to be considered a legendary title almost 25 years later, even
in the many regions where it was

unreleased, is because the Trials
of Mana universe, with its delicate
and warm graphics, still maintains
its charm as strong as ever even today," Mana series producer Masaru
Oyamada recently told us.
"Since this remake is being made
25 years after the original release in
Japan, and because the original was
never even released outside of Japan, we started the project with the
notion of remaking it into a modern
game," added the game's producer,

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