As if undeterred by the failure of the game, Oyamada's team later released an all-new 3D version of Seiken Densetsu 3, which was retroactively dubbed Trials of Mana when the original game was localized in 2019. Far and away more faithful to its roots than 2003's Sword of Mana, AoM inspired the new team to create further remakes along with the Collection of Mana anthology, though 2018's high-definition Secret of Mana was unceremoniously cast aside by critics and fans due to the uncharacteristically high volume of bugs and glitches that remained post-release. The series' most significant progress under Oyamada came in 2016, when the team announced a remake of Final Fantasy Adventure titled Adventures of Mana. Each game ran for approximately two years before they were shelved.
He also installed a new development team that went on to create the collectathon games Circle of Mana and Rise of Mana, both of which were Japanese exclusives. Oyamada's first project for Mana was the iOS conversion of Secret of Mana, which was released in 2010 and followed by an Android port some months later.
During his early days with Square Enix, Oyamada acted as an understudy to Ishii, from whom he was offered the producer mantle. Masaru Oyamada was a self-described fan of the original series who was working on converting games for mobile devices. As of 2023, the Mana series comprises eight console games and four mobile games with four of the console games remastered and all four of the mobile games having concluded, in addition to several manga, at least one novelization, and one animated miniseries, The Mana series reception has been very uneven, with Secret of Mana earning wide acclaim, such as being rated 78th in IGN's yearly "Top 100 Games of All Time", and being highly praised for its musical score, while the games from the World of Mana series have been rated considerably lower.Īs Ishii had left Square Enix in 2007 to operate his own company, Grezzo Games, the Mana series appeared to have gone dormant until at least 2009. In 2003, the series comprised five games in 2005, a revival was attempted through the World of Mana campaign, with five new games released in the span of one year. Several character designs, creatures, and musical themes reappear frequently. It has since 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 series began as a handheld side story to Square's flagship franchise Final Fantasy, although most Final Fantasy-inspired elements were subsequently dropped, starting with the second installment, Secret of Mana. "Holy Sword Legend"), is a fantasy action role-playing game series developed and published by Square Enix and created by Kōichi Ishii. The Mana series, known in Japan as Seiken Densetsu (聖剣伝説 lit.
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