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Title: children of mana scans
Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on October 13, 2005, 10:03:10 AM: Three Children of Mana Scans
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Post by: Bill Aurion on October 13, 2005, 10:09:43 AM: I just love the art direction the team is taking with this game...A lot of heart is going into it...And the characters are really adorable to boot! ^_^
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Post by: vudu on October 13, 2005, 10:37:06 AM: The character design is pretty good, but the gameplay screenshots look pretty standard. I'm not sure if there's anything to really get excited about yet.
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Post by: Sir_Stabbalot on October 13, 2005, 11:01:04 AM: ...What's with that clown/pirate in the first scan?
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Post by: Bill Aurion on October 13, 2005, 11:02:26 AM: That's Famitsu's "mascot"...

And uh, what's wrong with the gameplay shots? They look like a gorgeous SNES game, which is what I WANT from a Mana game...
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Post by: Strell on October 13, 2005, 11:06:39 AM: GREATEST. MASCOT. EVAR.
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Post by: TMW on October 13, 2005, 11:15:14 AM: OMFG. OMFG OMFG.

Right. When is this coming out again?
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Post by: Bill Aurion on October 13, 2005, 11:15:48 AM: Early next year in Japan, I believe...
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Post by: KDR_11k on October 13, 2005, 11:34:43 AM: That mascot looks like a real-life version of the JUMP pirate...

Not much to see in the screenshots.
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Post by: vudu on October 13, 2005, 11:37:32 AM: Quote
And uh, what's wrong with the gameplay shots? They look like a gorgeous SNES game, which is what I WANT from a Mana game...
They are quite detailed, which I like. But the art direction is kinda blah. It's kind of hard to tell from the limited number of locations (there appear to be only two locations shown--a goldish dungeon and a blue cave) but they just seem uninspired. As of right now, I don't see anything that separates this game from a dozen or so excellent RPGs for the SNES and GBA.
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Post by: Bill Aurion on October 13, 2005, 11:44:46 AM: Quote
Originally posted by: vudu
As of right now, I don't see anything that separates this game from a dozen or so excellent RPGs for the SNES and GBA.

So it looks like other excellent games? What's the problem with that?
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Post by: Strell on October 13, 2005, 12:09:28 PM: Quote
Originally posted by: vudu As of right now, I don't see anything that separates this game from a dozen or so excellent RPGs for the SNES and GBA.

Except that...um....it will be on the DS.
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Post by: vudu on October 13, 2005, 12:35:06 PM: Ever heard of the law of diminishing returns? I've already played a dozen excellent 2D RPGs that look exactly like this. Therefore, another one (regardless of how excellent it may be) just doesn't get my juices flowing. I want new experiences. That's why I'm so excited about games like Trauma Center and Phoenix Write. They bring something new to the table.
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Post by: Artimus on October 13, 2005, 12:55:27 PM: This is a zelda game with hit points. Though if it's half as awkward, simple, convoluted and poorly designed as its predecessor it won't be worth anyone's time.
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Post by: KDR_11k on October 13, 2005, 09:15:14 PM: vudu: With some luck it'll use the DS's abilities like Castlevania does. And perhaps it'll have some new gameplay ide- Okay, that's Sakaguchi we're talking about, to that guy innovative means another convoluted mess of a levelling system.
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Post by: Myxtika1 Azn on October 13, 2005, 10:43:08 PM: I just hope that they fix the god-awful buddy AI and take it easy on the menu system. The system in Sword of Mana had so many sub-menus that it got frustrating having to go through so many menus just to equip/check something.
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Post by: Artimus on October 13, 2005, 11:00:03 PM: Sword of Mana in a word is frustrating. The most inaccurate fight system ever!
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Post by: vudu on October 14, 2005, 08:54:23 AM: I enjoyed Sword of Mana. Although, leveling up every single weapon for every single character got really old really quickly.
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Post by: Artimus on October 14, 2005, 09:00:06 AM: Whoops. I mean Secret of Mana! Sword of Mana (the remake) is decent. Less awkward. I was really amazed at how overrated the SNES game was.
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Post by: vudu on October 14, 2005, 09:21:32 AM: Goddamn it. You made me screw up, too. I also meant Secret of Mana.
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Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on October 14, 2005, 12:16:42 PM: Secret of Mana was the good one!
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Post by: vudu on October 14, 2005, 12:24:31 PM: I didn't say it wasn't good. I just said I was pissed that I had to level up my axe, my spear, my whip, etc for all three characters. It got old.
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Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 14, 2005, 12:26:00 PM: Seiken Densetsu 3 was awesome too. Played through it about 3 times solo, and one file with multiplayer the enitire game (awesome roommate).

COOL NINJA JUTSU'S
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Post by: Djunknown on October 14, 2005, 05:16:53 PM: "COOL NINJA JUTSU'S"

Preach on Pro! SD3 is the definitive Mana Game. I don't know how many times I've mentioned this, but its one of the best RPG's never to [legally] make it stateside. I can't sing its praises enough. Why Square(enix) hasn't bothered to ship it stateside is beyond me. This could make for an interesting filler title while we're waiting for Children of Mana...

Are we going to make another thread?
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Post by: Artimus on October 14, 2005, 05:20:05 PM: Yeah, that's true. I should've mentioned that. SD3 is quite good, and if Children of Mana follows the design (which I guess it would?) then it'll be fine.
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Post by: vudu on October 20, 2005, 09:40:35 AM: New Children of Mana scans.

These ones look a lot better than the last ones. I especially like the village at the bottom of the first scan. There's also a lot more really nice cut scene artwork.

All in all, these new scans have turned in into a believer.
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Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 20, 2005, 12:58:08 PM: LOOKIN' SICK!!1~
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Post by: Alec on October 27, 2005, 10:43:59 AM: I loved Secret of Mana...I saved leveling up all my weapons for all my characters when I had beaten the game.