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jarrod on 20 December 2010
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MrT-Tar said:
NiKKoM said:
MrT-Tar said:
NiKKoM said:

And now I know why Secret of Mana is 8.99 dollar in the appstore... I hoped for 4.99... but I'll still buy it.. I'm a fool for supporting SE with their ports... >_>


Your profile says you've got a Wii so I would get it on the Virtual Console instead, according to XE it works out slightly cheaper.  Plus you can play it with a traditional controller, which you might prefer.

I already got it on VC.. I just can't resist having this great game on the go... it looks so sexy..  >_>

Damn you SE!! *shakes fist* but I'm actually surprised that the Secret of Mana hasn't been ported to a GBA, DS or PSP before....

I still think Square-Enix missed a massive opportunity by not porting and translating Seiken Densetsu 3 to the DS and adding in online play with friends.

Given the sales of SoM in both the US and Europe, I'm surprised the game didn't make it over here in the SNES days

Seiken Densetsu 3 is almost legendary in JRPG circles, a DS remake (or even enhanced port, a la Front Mission / Chrono Trigger) definitely would've been a big seller imo.  SE's handling of the Mana franchise in general has been especially terrible, though these days the Crystal Chronicles games have effectively replaced them imo.

The reason we never got it originally was because Square axed their western publishing branch in the mid 1990s (after Secret of Evermore bombed) and Nintendo wasn't really interested (they were too busy talking to Enix about Terranigma, but ended up only releasing it Europe).