It has grown to include games of various genres within the fictional world of Mana, with recurring stories involving a world tree, its associated holy sword, and the fight against forces that would steal their power. The Final Fantasy elements were subsequently dropped starting with the second installment, Secret of Mana, in order to become its own series. The series began in 1991 as Final Fantasy Adventure, a Game Boy handheld side story to Square's flagship franchise Final Fantasy. The Legend of the Sacred Sword), is a high fantasy action role-playing game series created by Koichi Ishii, with development formerly from Square, and is currently owned by Square Enix. The Mana series, known in Japan as Seiken Densetsu ( 聖剣伝説, lit. There's no word on whether the series will be getting an English-language release, but thanks to Switch's region-free settings you will be able to access the games in the eShop and play the Secret of Mana series in Japanese from anywhere in the world.Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 (As PSOne Classic), PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita, Super NES, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch

There are a few new features, according to Gematsu: quick-save will allow you to save at any time during gameplay, and a music mode will allow you to listen to music from any of the three games from the home screen.Ī special screen-change mode will also allow you to change between several screen sizes when playing Final Fantasy Adventure (originally released on Game Boy in 1991 as a spinoff of the Final Fantasy series). Unlike the two earlier games, Seiken Densetsu 3 was never released outside of Japan.Īll three games will be on one game card and also available through the eShop, and will cost 4,800 yen (approximately US $43 / £34 / AU $56).

The announcement comes one day after the game's official Japanese Twitter account posted a teaser video of Seiken Densetsu 3 being played on a Nintendo Switch. Now Playing: Secret of Mana Collection - Nintendo Switch Japanese Trailer By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's

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