Some more info about/around the game:

Indie navi's review. They have a section about controls, it seems it's definitely playable, but not perfect either.

Gamesinasia's review. TL;DR: they gave it a 9.5/10. Same as the previous, their complaints are about the touch controls in fight being sometimes frustrating and needing getting used to.

USAGamer reveals that Rise of Mana's producer would like to make a retail (read: console) game. I'm not holding my breath given how they treated the series after LoM, but with the 25th anniversary coming up in two years, one might dream.