Collection of Mana
28th June 2019, 8:00 PM
On the subject of Final Fantasy Adventure, since I first got that game in '99 when it was re-released, and I had a GBC at the time, I mostly think of the game with the default GBC/A palette in mind, since I usually play GB games with the default red backgrounds, blue/green sprites look. So yeah, it's great that they have three palettes available here, either B&W, default-GBC, or green-toned. I wouldn't want to use the green-tone one, but either of the others is great.
As for the stretched (with side borders) versus smaller (display-accurate) views, yeah, the stretched one does look pretty good, I've been using that as well.
But yeah, I love Final Fantasy Adventure of course, it's an outstanding game and has remained my favorite Mana game ever since i first played it, because it's more Zelda-styled design is something I like more than the direction the series went in afterwards. On that note, I don't think I'll be playing Secret of Mana again, one version to drop halfway through (my SNES copy that I got back in like '06 or something) is enough.
Trials of Mana I haven't been playing as much as I should, yet, but I will for sure. I played the rom some back in the early '00s and loved the game (it's so much better than Secret! As you say, the hugely improved combat is a big part of why.) and this looks like it's the same thing but maybe better thanks to the expanded amount of text and such because of how they expanded the rom size to not have to cut any text. It looks great.
As for the upcoming Tirals of Mana remake next year, oddly they've said it'll be single player only. I'm not sure what I think of that, but I hope it'll be good. The first 3d remake, Adventures of Mana for Vita and phones, is okay but is just the original game, in 3d. I have it and it's good, but I'd rather play the original game than that. The Secret of Mana remake I don't have, but I've heard bad things. This looks a lot more ambitious though, so here's hoping it turns out well.
As for the stretched (with side borders) versus smaller (display-accurate) views, yeah, the stretched one does look pretty good, I've been using that as well.
But yeah, I love Final Fantasy Adventure of course, it's an outstanding game and has remained my favorite Mana game ever since i first played it, because it's more Zelda-styled design is something I like more than the direction the series went in afterwards. On that note, I don't think I'll be playing Secret of Mana again, one version to drop halfway through (my SNES copy that I got back in like '06 or something) is enough.
Trials of Mana I haven't been playing as much as I should, yet, but I will for sure. I played the rom some back in the early '00s and loved the game (it's so much better than Secret! As you say, the hugely improved combat is a big part of why.) and this looks like it's the same thing but maybe better thanks to the expanded amount of text and such because of how they expanded the rom size to not have to cut any text. It looks great.
As for the upcoming Tirals of Mana remake next year, oddly they've said it'll be single player only. I'm not sure what I think of that, but I hope it'll be good. The first 3d remake, Adventures of Mana for Vita and phones, is okay but is just the original game, in 3d. I have it and it's good, but I'd rather play the original game than that. The Secret of Mana remake I don't have, but I've heard bad things. This looks a lot more ambitious though, so here's hoping it turns out well.
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