Square Enix and Nintendo announced the six protagonists ofTrials of Mana will be added toSuper Smash Bros Ultimate’s Spirit Board for a time limited event.Players ofSmash Ultimatewill be able to grab spirits of Riesz and Hawkeye, Duran and Angela, Charlotte and Kevin. The event will go from April 24 to April 29. The protagonists have been paired in a way reflecting how they share the same overall story inTrials of Mana.Speaking of April 24, this is whenTrials of Manawill launch on Steam, PS4 and Switch.Our review is already live.The illustrations used for the Spirits inSmash Ultimateare the same as the one in the game itself. The illustrations are by HACCAN, the current main character designer of theManaseries, succeeding Shinichi Kameoka. I personally think HACCAN did a great job for all the remakes so far. If you want to hear one of my unneeded opinions, HACCAN’s illustrations were among the only good things about theSecret of Mana2018 “remake”.
One pretty funny thing I’d also like to note is how none of theTrials of Manaprotagonists' outfits inSmashwere modified despite both the boys and girls wearing skimpy outfits. Shows yet again howMai Shiranui not getting in the SNK stageandXenoblade 2’s Hikari getting her costume changed isn’t some conspiracy. It’s just all down to luck and whims of whoever’s making the final call. I’m 100% positive Saitom wasn’t against putting form-fitting tights on Hikari either.
Anyway. The usual reminder in case you didn’t know:Trials of Manais a remake ofSeiken Densetsu 3, released exclusively in Japan on Super Famicom/Snes in 1995.Seiken Densetsu 3is the follow-up toSeiken Densetsu 2,known asSecret of Manaoutside Japan.Seiken Densetsu 3was officially translated asTrials of Manaand released outside Japan for the first time during E3 2019 viaCollection of Manaon Nintendo Switch. The remake is also namedTrials of Manain the west. In Japan, the remake is titledSeiken Densetsu 3 Trials of Mana, to differentiate it from the original game.
Trials of Manawasfirst announcedat E3 2019 along with somelive gameplay. You can check out the past trailers, artwork, details, and screenshotshere,here,here,here,andhere.The most important thing is howthis remake has a brand new postgame, Classes, and a New Game +.
