Oh, and the scan also revealed that SD4 takes place at the beginning of the timeline and will cover the origins of the tree and the sword and all that.
Oh, and the scan also revealed that SD4 takes place at the beginning of the timeline and will cover the origins of the tree and the sword and all that.
The official site now has much more detailed info, aswell as info on other chars besides Flick, Tumble and Pop: Nikita (it can't be Seiken Densetsu without Nikita!) who will be a playable char, and Tiss. Also, there's now a section about magic (the return of Luna!) and using field objects, as well as multiplay info.
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Man, some of those screenshots look incredible. Leave it to Brownie Brown to produce some gorgeous 2D graphics. And I couldn't be happier that multiplay is back--now with up to four characters, one of whom is Nikita, no less. Hitoshi Sakimoto is composing the music, which is fine, but I wish they'd bring back Hiroki Kikuta. To me, he's really the quintessential Mana composer. Good stuff overall, though.
Update 12/26: Lots of new SD4 stuff.
http://www.square-enix.co.jp/mana
http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=5931
Did you watch the trailers, too?
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I didn't even notice them at first. Good lookin' out, Raf. The animation in the CoM trailer is especially gorgeous, but again, it's to be expected considering its predigree--in this case Studio Gonzo. And the SD4 trailer is remarkable simply for the return of Full Metal Haggar.
I also reviewed some of the smaller movies in the CoM section. There's an impressive amount of movement in the environments that simply cannot be expressed by screenshots. That being said, GAF has made available some more screenshots, as well as extracted artwork of the elementals.
They've added the two TV spots to the trailer section, aswell as several wallpapers (one of which I'm now using) and merchandize (rabite plushies, covers stickers for the DS). also, game was pushed back to March 2. Still getting it that early makes me envious.
Edit: A new character is now introduced: "Mysteries Man". And a bunch of new wallpapers. And some more info about the game system.
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Jeremy Parish has written a preview for CoM, based on the Japanese version of the game. Seems like it's more of a hub-based dungeon crawler than a legitimate successor to SD2 and SD3. But I guess that's what SD4 is for.
Famitsu gave CoM a score of 36/40.
Originally Posted by Endless
SoM:
CoM:
Sure looks the same ;p
That, and if you can point to me where in SoM that screen from CoM would be, you can get a cookie ().
BIG difference!
There's a brief Children of Mana E3 trailer thing going around. The game looks increasingly gorgeous with each new aspect revealed.
When you said that, I went and checked the official site:
There's a new video, in which you can see:
- more of CoM
- That SD4 takes place 10 years before CoM and will be called Dawn of Mana, and will tell us about the origin of the Sword and the Goddess
- That mobile phones get a SD
- And some images that look like they come from LoM (the hero's house)
There's also an online music store too (iTunes).
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