Heroes of Mana confirmed

[Crossblades]

http://www.allrpg.com/rpgnews/news_show.php?newsid=2861

In one of yesterday's articles, AllRPG reported that Square-Enix had recently trademarked the name Heroes of Mana. Before now, it was not clear whether it was a replacement for Friends of Mana, or whether it was a brand new title.

NeoGAF, after translating this week's issue of Famitsu, reports that Square-Enix has confirmed this title as a game for the Nintendo DS. While the details are sparse, there have been a few things revealed about this new DS game.

First of all, the game will include both RPG elements and real time strategy elements. The scenario is being worked on Masato Kato (Chrono Trigger, Seiken Densetsu 4), Ryoma Ito (Final Fantasy Tactics) and Akira Oguro (Final Fantasy X) are working on the character designs, the music is being composed by Yoko Shimomura (Mana series, Parasite Eve), and the game's producer is Koichi Ishii.

So far, Square-Enix has not announced a release date for Heroes of Mana for both US and Japan. Hopefully Square-Enix will release some more details and images of this game in action in the near future.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

I'm not much for RTS games, but the pedigree is right. Still missing Hiroki Kikuta as composer, but that's sadly to be expected.

[edczxcvbnm]

RTS game with Leveling up and and RPG stats? WHAT? Is this going to be a bootleg Warcraft III/Star Craft type game?

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Some scans have been posted. Logo, screenshots, artwork.

[Khaotic]

DS ;(

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

What were you expecting? The DS is it, man.

[Khaotic]

Can't afford it, too many things coming out this year. However I might start thinking about it, would be useful to have a handheld system rather than a bulky PS2. What do they run for nowadays?

[Crossblades]

Can't afford it, too many things coming out this year. However I might start thinking about it, would be useful to have a handheld system rather than a bulky PS2. What do they run for nowadays?

$150

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

The original DS and the revised DS Lite are both $130 USD.

[Khaotic]

;o geez thats like less than half a "Wii".

[Angi-Kaiser]

They are deffinatly worth every cent. I must say, with Children onf Mana on it's way, and Heros of Mana now confirmed, the only thing Mana related that could make me happier is a Legend of Mana port to the DS.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Square has released some new screenshots for the Tokyo Game Show. It looks like the environments are polygonal, so you should be able to rotate them like in Final Fantasy Tactics.

Oh, and two screenshots from Seiken Densetsu 3 were included in the package, but they don't have the Super Famicom's resolution of 256x224. Instead, their resolution is 512x384, which is exactly twice the DS's resolution of 256x192.

This could be a clue.

[Jowy]

Those screenshots are very, very tantalizing.

And the prospect of Seiken Densetsu 3 on the DS does things to me that nobody else can come close to.

[Endless]

Those screenshots are very, very tantalizing.

And the prospect of Seiken Densetsu 3 on the DS does things to me that nobody else can come close to.

It brings joy in places you can't describe.


Edit: Bump & check the TGS trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXRNBsQjkLw

Also, the official site has info about Heroes of Mana now. And also has the TGS trailer for Seiken 4.

[Roto13]

And the prospect of Seiken Densetsu 3 on the DS does things to me that nobody else can come close to.

My pants dance with delight!