Throughout yesterday’s XBox Developer Direct, Sq. Enix debuted a recent trailer for Visions of Mana and revealed a bit extra about what would be the first new Mana title in 15 years. The trailer is sort of seven minutes lengthy and divulges lots of gameplay, accompanied by commentary from the sequence builders. Right here’s what we discovered…
The motion fight system, which differentiated Mana from different RPGs when it first got here out, has been refined with an “aerial fight system” that may enable gamers to assault from the air. When you leap up after which press the assault button, the motion freezes whereas your assault streaks towards its goal, very similar to capturing an arrow in Breath of the Wild.
The primary Mana recreation, launched right here below the title “Remaining Fantasy Journey,” truly used a Chocobo as a journey animal (so the title wasn’t simply rebranding). Mana has been its personal separate factor from Secret onward, however the builders needed to introduce a creature to journey on in Visions. In order that they got here up with PIKULS….designed by sequence creator Koichi Ishii, these are furry black creatures impressed by Yorkshire terriers crossed with Anubis from Egyptian mythology.
Among the finest parts of the Mana sequence has been its music, and to verify they get it proper, Sq. has commissioned a whopping HUNDRED tracks for Visions. Most of the composers labored on earlier Mana titles, together with Hiroki Kikuta, Tsuyoshi Sekito and Ryo Yamazaki. The sport will characteristic a dynamic music system that adjustments relying on the place you’re and in case you’re combating or not.
Sq. confirmed that Visions of Mana is being made for Ps 4, Ps 5, XBox Collection XS and PC, however as soon as once more made no point out of Swap. They must know there’s a marketplace for Mana stuff on the Swap, so we have now to imagine the sport simply received’t run on the growing older factor. There could possibly be a model deliberate for the Swap 2, but when so, it wouldn’t be launched till after the opposite consoles get it. Sorry, everybody.
There’s rather a lot driving on this (at the very least for starved Mana followers) and we hope Sq. will get it proper. Visions of Mana will probably be launched for consoles and PC this summer season.
