VISIONS OF MANA (First Thoughts) - Happy Console Gamer

Visions of Mana review/first thoughts is an upcoming action role-playing game developed by Ouka Studios and published by Square Enix for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. It is the fifth main title in the Mana series and is scheduled for release worldwide on August 29, 2024
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[stuthegame]

Because of this chanel I've played games I never thought of like every mega man, tales of arise armoured core and more. Great chanel son keep up the good work.

[RoDieFF]

Bought the SNES in 93 because I saw the tv ad for Secret of Mana. SO HAPPY!

[occamsswordchucks]

My son is a year and a half old, and when I tried this demo he just had this huge smile on his face.

[DoxycDreamer]

In preparation for Visions, I’m finally playing through both Secret of Mana and Trials of Mana and I’m having a great time!

[SnappySanad]

I think part of the "clunkiness" you mentioned about running around the world is how the jump feels, It feels like it doesn't carry your running momentum and almost like you hit the brakes whenever you jump

[GrimMetropolis]

I literally just played the demo last night. Was blown away. So stoked you're covering the game.

[YoukoZuki]

Day One for me. Secret of Mana was first-ever SNES games in my childhood, but I didn't play it directly. I saw my bro and my Dad playing it, while I doodled the characters on a scrapbook with pencils. We both had fun in our own ways. Time moving forward, they stopped playing games, but I continue playing games with those cherished memories about Mana series.

[AquamentusLives]

They have definitely nailed the look of a Mana game.

[PogueSquadron]

When my brother and I played Secret of Mana back in the day, we joked about how the mode 7 map reminded us of the Doppler radar on the news, lol. What a classic.

[joet]

It's nice to see demos coming back.

[NickBergOne]

Thanks Johnny for talking about so many games and sharing your passion for them! I have discovered Ys because of you, and can safely say that Lacrimosa of Dana is now one of my favorite games of all time. Everyone should give it a try that has any interest in action games or rpgs. It's charming, the music is amazing and the combat is excellent! I'm finishing up Monstrum Nox just in time for the Western release of Ys: Nordics in a couple of months.

[baixiaolang]

The character with the Southern accent probably has a Kansai accent in Japanese--it's usually localized as a southern American accent in English. I get that we don't usually hear it in fantasy, but it really doesn't make any less sense than any of the other accents in the game, and it makes sense that a fantasy world would have different accents based on where people come from, and at that point you might as well use accents that already exist rather than trying to invent new ones

[Pawnband]

I really liked that girls southern accent, it's very cute. Reminds me of how Chrono Cross had a bunch of unique dialects.

[feiwong]

Longtime fan since Secret of Mana, i loved the demo and so glad to see a new mainline entry after so many years!

[MoralMonster]

Rpg's and jrpg's also have Irish accents, Kings English, Scottish, Japanese so on and so forth. Fantasy is IMAGINARY and can take on many forms. That's what makes it great. There shouldn't be any language or dialect that's excluded. How else are we supposed to understand it?
Besides a entirely made up dialect with subtitles. Which is alot of work. People get caught up on minute details because it takes them out of their comfort Zone.

Edit: not a shot at you Johnny.
Your channel is one of my favorite gamming channels. Keep being awesome 👊🏻

[SplatterTrigger]

You know me Mr JM. It’s very rare that I get excite about a new release. But Visions had been on my radar. Here’s hoping it fulfills.

[gothard]

Kraken reminds me a lot of tentacular from DQ11

[larrywilliams]

The advertisement for VoM got me into playing the other Mana games. I finished playing the Collection of Mana and Children. I am currently working my way through Legend of Mana.

[johnathanbartley]

Pre ordered my physical copy at my local game store the other day. Can’t wait for this game to come out. I had so much fun with Trails of Mana that I had to get this as well when I found out about it

[jusuke]

secret of mana was the first rpg that hooked me into the genre and chrono trigger solidified that. i couldn't get into ff4 or 6 at the time