Rush, Rush, Rush!
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Alrighty, I rush, rush, rushed to make sure that we were early with todays Mana Music Monday. While I was away in Japan the update kept being late, haha. So anyways, today we’ve got “Rush, Rush, Rush” from Dawn of Mana up for download. I have no idea where the music is used though, I haven’t had a chance to even touch Dawn of Mana yet… I’ve been rush, rush, rushing too much to get unpacked and settled back in now that I’m back home. I’ve also been trying to rush, rush, rush to get some of my new ideas ready for the site.

This song is pretty fun, it’s really upbeat and it reminds me of outerspace?

So anyways, I’m gonna go rush, rush, rush some more or something, expect some new stuff soon, soon, soon!

Previously we launched the Dawn of Mana Guide up to Chapter 4 of the game. Well now you can find the rest of the chapters available over in our DoM section under Game Guide. Thanks again to LegaiaRules for his collaboration with this guide.

Expect more soon.

Our Dawn of Mana section has now expanded! We now have available for you several goodies!

1. A Game Guide (currently up to chapter 4, more to come), Hints and Difficulty Level differences provided kindly by LegaiaRules.

2. ArenaShop lists for Eggs, Emblems and Music Clips provided by nick912012

3. Magic, Items and Status Ailments by yours truly, checked over by Nick.

A bit thank you to them for their contributions and those yet to come (I’m still working on the formatting for them for the most part).

The Dawn of Mana section for Seikens has now opened for business! For now you will find there the game overview and a brilliant review and write-up contributed by our forum’s very own Duran.

We are hoping to expand this section with new material very soon. If you have any contributions that you would like to make to this new area of Seikens, please contact either Deques, Sheexy (once he’s back from Japan) or myself via the Contact Page or through the forum.

I’m afraid that I let the ball drop on Mana Music Monday, for which I apologize. However, to make up for it, and in conjunction with Wai’s news this week announcing the launch of Heroes of Mana on 14th of August and his coverage on the launch of Dawn of Mana today, we have not one but two tracks to celebrate the continuing expansion of the World of Mana (let’s take advantage of them while we can, guys!), while remembering those golden years passed sat hacking away at Rabites.

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I didn’t expect it to be released so soon. But today is Dawn of Mana released for the North American players. Let us hope that this game will see it’s gloryness in Europe too.

Game Trailers has uploaded three gameplay videos of the true next sequel of Seiken Densetsu series. One of them is only an intro movie. You actually hear a little voice acting. I can’t judge from what I have heard, but to me it sounds like nice voice acting.
The most interesting video is probably the Mountain Pass video, you can see a fight between Eldy and lots of Goblins.

Visit Game Trailers and watch the videos now.

Watch Keldy/Keldric and Faye as they battle their way through the soldiers of Lorimar and listen to the fully dubbed voice-acting this game will don when released May 22nd. You can find several gameplay videos here, courtesy of our friends over at Gamespot.

You will also find there a video interview with Ishii-san about the game, the Panic System, and the reason behind the name being that the game is intended to be the first in the Mana series chronologically, and tells of the origin of the Elemental Spirits and the Mana Tree.

Not only that, but Square-Enix NA has opened its official Dawn of Mana site, with character biographies, story overview and the ever-present Rising Sun track playing in the background.

This weeks Mana Music Monday takes us back to the battle against the Mana Beast from Secret of Mana, and the remakes of the song that were put together for Seiken Densetsu 4: Dawn of Mana.

Prayer of the Arctic Circle – SoM
Meridian Worship SK4 Ver. – DoM
Meridian Worship Hurry-Up Ver. – DoM

First the good one.
American release of the latest game of the Seiken Densetsu or Mana series has been set. The game will be released in North America on 22th May this year. It has been fourteen years since a true sequel of the series is coming outside Japan. So you better prepare your wallet when it’s out.

Now to the bad one.
After many months of working with Burning Water aka v3 of Seikens I have come to a point where it’s pointless to make a new layout. New layout doesn’t mean better site or higher visit rate. It’s just cosmetic, nothing more. Current one is good enough and can stay one or four more years or longer. So, to make a conclusion: v3 is dead. And will never rise again from the grave.