Hey everybody, there is a new Seiken Densetsu 3 remix that can be downloaded from the remixes section!
If you are lazy you can just listen to it here instead.

Obsession Nocturnal by Sixto Sounds.
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It is a pretty rocking take on Obsession from Seiken Densetsu 3! You can read more about the track or find other remixes by this artist on its OC Remix page.

While you’re at it, you should look around all of OC Remix, they’ve got a huge collection of remixes from almost every song you can think of! That’s pretty cool if you ask me.

Kaze_no_hogosha from the Message Boards has started work on a doujinshi which will follow the storyline of Seiken Densetsu 3. The first six chapters are going to feature the back story behind each character, and after that the story will focus more on Duran as the main character.

So far there are three pages done and it is looking nice! We don’t have a fan stuff section ready on Seikens yet, but we’re working on it. Until then you can find Kaze’s doujin on the Message Boards.

Click here to see the thread with the pages done so far.

This week, I bring you not only the Music Monday, but another batch of updates which are related to the pieces below. I’ve chosen these two by Hiroki Kikuta, because in spite their overall simplicity, they greatly enhance the emotional connection to the story.

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I don’t know about you guys, but when I go to watch a film in the cinema, I stay right ’til the end of the credits while everyone else starts packing out like rats from a sinking ship, and there are several reasons I do this. Read the rest of this entry »

Alrighty, we’ve got another pair of tracks from Secret of Mana and Seiken Densetsu 3 here that are pretty similar, check it out:
And uh, I still don’t know how to make the music thing smaller.

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And also there is a huge blank space here that I dunno how to get rid of! I am not having an easy time with the news thing I guess.
If they don’t actually sound similar, then my bad guys, but I swear these tracks have got a lot in common! Stay tuned for next week when we’ll have another look at some tracks that follow the same theme in SoM and SD3.

Also, maybe I’ll have a site update later today!

Alrighty, for this week’s Mana Music Monday I’ve got three tracks for you to check out. The first two tracks, Repeating Eternity and Legend are from Secret of Mana, and the third one, Return to Forever, is the end credit music from Seiken Densetsu 3. All of these tracks were composed by Hiroki Kikuta.
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(Dunno why this thing is so tall, maybe Kassidy knows how to fix it?)

This is pretty neat here, if you listen to Repeating Eternity and Legend they both sound pretty similar, now listen to Return to Forever and BAM! Totally Repeating Eternity and Legend put together. I wonder why Kikuta decided to keep these tracks from Secret of Mana, and incorporate them into Seiken Densetsu 3 as the end theme.

On some of the next MMM updates we’ll explore more tunes that made the transition from SoM to SD3 and see how it all went down. Enjoy!

Also, I’ve forgotten the thing that lets my camera memory card hook into my computer, so I can’t work on the Merchandise section for a while. The Bestiary is gonna take a lot of work, so my updates might be coming pretty slow.

Danny from the message board wrote out a nice little article about the different character relationships and interactions found in Seiken Densetsu 3. Click the “Read more of this entry” link to check it out.

One of these days I’m going to get a fan section going here on the site where we’ll house a bunch of different articles, fanfics and other fan-related goodies on the site. If you’ve got something you want to share with us head over to the contact page or come and show it to us on the boards! We like fan stuff here at Seikens, so you can probably expect to see your work featured like Danny’s work here, you just have to get it to us!

Thanks Danny!

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Madness? This is Mana!

We’re starting off the week with a bang this Monday at Seikens, because Heroes of Mana will be hitting the western world in just over 3 weeks time. To celebrate this, I’m proud to (finally) open up the Heroes of Mana section for Seikens. Right now only a few of the pages are available, as there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes here, but rest assured that more will come as it is developed.

And because it’s Monday, how better to add to this celebration than to make available to you a piece of music from the game?

Heroes of Mana – Setup

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But if you thought that was all, you’re sorely mistaken, I’m afraid. Sheexy has started work on another new feature for Seikens, in his never-ending quest to take the site to new levels of greatness (and awesomeness). I’ll let him explain:

The Merchandise section is a new feature here at Seikens, in it you can explore the various Seiken Densetsu related goodies that have been released. I’ve got summaries, images and ratings to help you decide what you should buy or for you to read through when you’re bored.

The section is going to be in the works for the next couple of weeks. So far I’ve got Secret of Mana, Seiken Densetsu 3 and (keeping in line with Kassidy’s update) Heroes of Mana completed and I figure I can knock out a game each week, so there will be a new update coming probably every Friday.

So there you have it, folks. Further proof that we never rest here at Seikens (honest, guv, you should have seen it!).

To all of those who were waiting for Mana Music Monday this week, I do apologize. Must be a summer cold.

But I do have something for you I think you’ll like. The track is Female Turbulence from Disc 2 of the Seiken Densetsu 3 soundtrack.

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And if that wasn’t enough, we also have a remix of this track now available in the Remixes section called Lisolation, courtesy of ReactorZer0, so you can go check that out now too!

That was worth the wait, surely. 😉

Today is a busy day for updates all round, so I shall detain you no longer.

First off, you can now click on the link for Friends of Mana over in the menu on your right because, that’s right, the Friends of Mana section is now open for business. While only currently bringing you a detailed overview of the game (which as far as I can tell is the most detailed one available to date in English), hopefully at some point we will be able to expand on some of the finer details of this game, though not necessarily as a high priority since, let’s face it, unless you’re in Japan you’re not going to play the game anyway.

Secondly, I decided to go through all the old games in the series and write-up an introductory overview page for them in the same manner that I had done for Dawn (not the review, that was done by Duran, and a great job too) and Children of Mana. So you can now find a bit of history and brief description of FFA, SoM, SD3, SwoM and CoM (revamped). Legend of Mana will also join the ranks at some point, need to work out a few things for that first (since right now that game is covered by qLoM).

And keep filling out those Polls that Wai has put in place! 😉

I worked this morning with a little of everything. The design has been changed slightly. You won’t notice it at first sight. Look in the menu to see the changes if you want.

I have also added an introduction text above the news. This is good for new visitors to let them know who we are and what this site is about. It might look a little weird in the beginning, but here is what you can do. Click on the news name, and leave a comment. You can either talk crap about it or give constructive critism. We are here to provide the best information about the Seiken Densetsu series. Read the rest of this entry »