Hey, I like the Mana series, and even made it through Children, even though it was tedious. They could still redeem themselves with a good Mana game one day.
And I was mostly joking about Tales Of Mana. It just seemed like a good fit, if only physically, of the "Tales Of..." and "...Of Mana" titles. We know that doesn't mean anything.
After all, VGMaps.com's April Fool's maps last year (
Mega Man Solid X: Guns Of The Mavericks) was a mix of Mega Man X and Metal Gear Solid, since the bosses in MGS sounded like they'd fit in with MMX (Revolver Ocelot, Psycho Mantis, etc.), and it didn't turn out all that popular. Even the people who helped me with the project thought that even though the names fit, the game maps were kind of silly. I'm still proud of the VR Mission: Boss Survival stage (the classic MM boss rematch) map, though.
But then again Tales and Mana fans are probably more of the same people than Mega Man and Metal Gear fans. Tales and Mana are both action RPGs and MM and MG are totally different.