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Nintendo Speculation | Square Enix Confirms Mana Wii?

06.10.2006

In an interview with the gaming press today Kouichi Ishi, the Square Enix guru that has worked previously on games such as Final Fantasy I through to Final Fantasy III, as well as being strongly involved with the World of Mana resurrection project.

In the interview he mentioned something that has been rumoured for a while now - the idea of the Mana franchise heading over to the Nintendo Wii. Electronic Gaming Monthly published a rumour about a Mana MMO coming, but who knows. When asked about it, Ishi said "The idea is currently being considered with a lot of forword momentum. In general there is a great amount of possibility for development on Wii. It presents tremendous potential."

In addition to this tantalising tidbit, Ishi was quizzed about fans asking about the possibility of a Secret of Mana remake, to which he responded: "If the fans want it, we will certainly consider doing so."

Finally, in response to questions about the Virtual Console, whilst Square Enix's finalised line-up has yet to be decided, an independent Mana is "currently being considered". Could this mean a re-working of Seiken Densetsu 3 for the Western market? Let us hope so!

Some very pleasing comments to mull over, certainly. Be sure to share your thoughts below and stick around for further updates...

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Satoshi 06.10.2006#1

Children of mana got so repetitive after a while...

"A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A...low life..Y,A,A,A,A,A,A,bunch of emenies to attack,B,A,A,A,A,prefer to use hammer insted...X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X....

Avoid Games Like the Plague, productivity++

Crazylurch 06.10.2006#2

Well as it is Squenix I will have faith in a good effort for the Wii.

Woooooooo!!!

Kangaroo_Kid 06.10.2006#3

Fucking yes. Make it happen Squenix.

"A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A...low life..Y,A,A,A,A,A,A,bunch of emenies to attack,B,A,A,A,A,prefer to use hammer insted...X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X....

What the hell? Have you even played the game? What hammer?

The Croft 06.10.2006#4

SE so called threesome of all consoles, looks like Nintendo is getting a bit more than it's competitors.

Mike Gee of iZINE said, "...The Verve, as he [Richard Ashcroft] promised, had become the greatest band in the world. Most of the critics agreed with him. Most paid due homage. The Verve were no longer the question mark or the clich�. They were the statement and the definition."

Elrinth 06.10.2006#5

yeah, children of mana sucked pretty badly

Merilya 06.10.2006#6

Please a secret of mana remake.
Somebody create a petition for that T_T

Spydarlee 06.10.2006#7

Super, am playing through the early FF titles and Secret of Mana on the SNES at the moment. Smilie

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dojo 06.10.2006#8

Hah! I am NEVER going to touch the Secret of Mana until the price in gamestation drops from

Laurelin 06.10.2006#9

I am very positive about every RPG and every Square Enix title. But Children of mana is very ...low. Battle gets repetetive after a short while. Which is a bit sad, because story, world and ideas, characters, locations, cactus-house... everything is very cute and wonderful. Like ZeroSimon says... But I think only battle system of Children of Mana is ...bad.

I do hope for Mana-games on Wii. My first thought: No, no MMO please, but why not? It may be fun. But please don't make it expensive. I am no multiplayer-jerk, escpecially when you have to pay for more then the game.

But remakes or new Manas? Go, Square-Enix! Do it!

I find your lack of faith disturbing!

Megadanxzero 07.10.2006#10

ZeroSimon said:
Children of mana got so repetitive after a while...A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A...low life..Y,A,A,A,A,A,A,bunch of emenies to attack,B,A,A,A,A,prefer to use hammer insted...X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X....

They're called turn-based RPGs...

Still a proud member of the 'omfg amazing water in games' society

Memphis-Ahn 08.10.2006#11

The thing is, it's not really turn based. But Children of Mana did suck.
I do wish, out of the bottom of my heart, for Seiken Densetsu 3 though.
I got the ROM and a translation, I couldn't get enough of it.
Then I played Chrono Trigger, I hope they remake that for the DS too.