Looks like we’ll be able to play an official translation of SD3 after all these years!

It’s coming in the form of a new 3D remake!

Trials of Mana sounds kind of fitting, with all the characters going through their own trials throughout the story. What do you think of the name?

Collection of Mana, releasing today, includes Final Fantasy Adventure, Secret of Mana, and Seiken Densetsu 3.

Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of Secret of Mana, the game that really put the Seiken Densetsu series on the map. In honour of this, one of our long-standing members of the community, Manaman, has written an article on his blog remembering his introduction to the game.

It’s not a perfect game, but despite its imperfections, it retains some spark, some magic that results from happy accidents and limitations. It is a work of art that I enjoy to this day.

You can read the full article here.

During the event at Tokyo Game Show 2017 the voice cast of Secret of Mana was announced.
Randi voiced by Kenshou Ono
Primm voiced by Nozomi Yamamoto
Popoi voiced by Emiri Kat
Jema voiced by Eizou Tsuda
Lusa Luka voiced by Rie Kugiyama
Dyluck voiced by Takuya Satou
Vandole voiced by Kenichi Ono
Thanatos voiced by Jouji Nakata
Sheex voiced by Hiromichi Tezuka
Geshtar voiced by Yuuki Ishikari
Fanha voiced by Mie Sonozaki

You can listen samples of each character’s voice over at the official site

Square Enix have announced that Secret of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 2) will be remade in top-down view 3D (similar to what we’ve seen for Adventures of Mana on mobile) and released on PS4, PS Vita and Steam February 15 of 2018. You will soon be able to pre-order the title on the PS Network and receive free DLC costumes for your favourite characters:

You know you want that Moogle Suit!

As well as the 3D graphics, the remake will feature voice-acting, a re-arranged soundtrack, and local multiplayer for Playstation. The game will also have flexible language options to be able to experience the game with Japanese voice acting and subtitles.

And, of course, what would an announcement like this be like without a video.

Secret of Mana will be playable at PAX West from September 1-4 at both the Square Enix booth and the PlayStation booth!

We now have confirmation! Announced is the launch of the Seiken Densetsu Collection for the Nintendo Switch. 

Due out June 1st in Japan, the collection will include Seiken Densetsu 1 (Final Fantasy Adventure), Seiken Densetsu 2 (Secret of Mana) and Seiken Densetsu 3 in their original formats. 

No news yet on a western release though.

While not strictly related to the Seiken Densetsu series, it has a connection to one of our favourite composers.

Unraveled is an adventure RPG game currently seeking Kickstarter funding (at 7.4k our of 15k with 14 days to go at the time of writing). As with the trend of many KS games right now, it has a retro feel to it hearkening back to the days of Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger, but not only that, the soundtrack will feature collaborations from Secret of Mana composer Hiroki Kikuta. The current draft for the main theme can now be heard here in the embedded YT video.

I for one am backing this project, as it does look interesting, so check it out and see if it is your cup of tea or not. Otherwise, simply enjoy the music.

I found this story of a tradition shared between two brothers playing Secret of Mana at Christmas, and wanted to get it out to a wider audience.

http://www.technologytell.com/gaming/140231/holiday-tradition-secret-mana/

Merry Christmas, guys!

While we still don’t have solid news on whether Rise of Mana will reach western shores, and adding to recent news that Rise of Mana will be expanded to the PS Vita platform, we now have video proof that the characters from Secret of Mana are due to be playable in Rise of Mana.

You can see some previews of the 3D models for the characters in this presentation video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4oTx5rx5fg