Episode 339: Trials of Mana Remake (Patreon)
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Why should the Final Fantasy VII remake get all the love? Just because Final Fantasy VII is one of the most popular games of all time, sheesh. Overshadowed by that game's release this past spring there was another Square Enix remake for modern consoles: A surprisingly solid 3D recreation of Trials of Mana, the third entry in the Seiken Densetsu series, which spent nearly a quarter of a century sans formal localization and now is available in English in both its original and 3D forms.
This episode, Chris Kohler and Nadia Oxford join me to give the remake the conversation it deserves. Weird to think that once upon a time, any English rendition of this game would have set the RPG fanatic contingent to vibrating with excitement yet it's practically a non-topic in 2020. Just another bizarre thing about this year, I suppose.
Art by Shaan Khan and edits by Greg Leahy.