Legend of Mana hits PSOne Classics this week

by JC Fletcher on Mar 21st 2011 3:25PM

Somehow, Square Enix seems to have been convinced to actually release its old games on PSOne Classics. Last week's Parasite Eve is being followed with another gem out of the company's back catalog this week: Legend of Mana.

The sidequest-heavy, somewhat open-ended Legend, which allows players to use "Artifacts" to create and then explore in-game areas, may not have been as well-received as the SNES's Secret of Mana, but it's certainly not a bad game either. And it's much better suited for PSOne Classics release anyway, since it was a PlayStation game.

Source: PlayStation Blog

Tags: legend-of-mana, playstation, ps3, psn, psone-classics, psp, q1-2011, release-date, sony

Reader Comments (47)

FINALLY!

@Baha05

FIN--

..damn you. :p

@Baha05 SE is so damn slow on getting these out. Needs more Sony and Nintendo lovin.

@BigD145 SE is slow all together

@Baha05
Just get them to remake every game they have ever made, it seems faster than getting them to re-release things.

Still waiting for a FFVI remake in 3D

Finally! Love this game, it's pretty nice and the music and sound is amazing. Spear skills are amazing.

@AmethystHarp
Hell yes! Lo and Behold > all other weapon skills.

Ah, such a great game. I still have my copy of it, yet it always seems to freeze at a certain spot on my PS3 EVERYTIME.

Perhaps I'll download this instead of using my disc.

@Dougtastic I too have this game on PS and now it is a download? wooooooooooooooooooo

Highly underrated. This game is in my top 5 RPG's of all time. I miss the hand drawn sprite games. Vanillaware's Odin Sphere and Muramasa are the only titles that have gone down that path.

I miss the old Square, nowadays, their games lack the charm of yesteryear.

Man, I seem to have developed some sort of facial paralysis where I can't stop myself from smiling since reading this headline.

Legend of Mana has long been a guilty pleasure of mine for a number of years - Ever since a friend of mine hooked me up with an import copy many years ago.

I keep a modified PSone in my bedroom drawer just for such occasions as when I want to watch the awesome opening intro. I really hope the digital version makes it's way to the UK PSN store.

Two player, it was doable... with one player the combat is too boring.

This game was AMAZING! One of my favorites from the PS1 era.

Oh, to be 15 again during the Summer of 2000. Sit inside in the A/C, playing Legend of Mana and listening to Warren G on cassette. I believe I will re-create this experience later in the week, only this time without the A/C, and with Warren G on my Zune HD.

Two Squenix games in the classics store in the span of a month?

Clearly one of the signs of the apocalypse!

Legend was (is?) kind of enjoyable to play, but I certainly would have like it better if it had a cohesive progression. A lot of the time I didn't know what I was supposed to be doing.

@Lerkero

Who cares?! Kung-fu bunnies, psycho teddy bears, and crazy knifefirds!!
(but I totally get what you mean though...)

Also one of the very few RPG's played where you could main nunchaku.

I loved this game. I remember playing it everyday and taking it with me anywhere that had a Playstation.

I haven't liked a single Mana game since this one. It and the Shining Series has gone way downhill over the past six years.

I'd pay good money to have Shining Force 3, the full and complete game on PSN or XBLA.

"Somehow, Square Enix seems to have been convinced to actually release its old games on PSOne Classics."

No kidding, we've spent the almost the entire lifetime of the PS3 getting the occasional Final Fantasy game and now within the span of 30 days they've release Xenogears, Vagrant Story, Parasite Eve, and now Legend of Mana.

Maybe I can start having hope that Brave Fencer Musashi, Bushido Blade, SaGa Frontier, and the PSOne ports of FF Anthology, Origins, and Chronicles will make it over now.

I wish Microsoft could convince them to release their back catalog of games via XBLA. I would buy everything from the SNES era (again since I already own all the carts) and a lot of the PSone era games as well. I don't have or desire a PS3 so they need to be on XBLA and they need to have achievements to get my attention.

@Twist I disagree completely, I need these things available on portables or why bother? I already have or had the chance to get and play them on tv systems. If they'd get these things on DSiware, I'd be just as happy, but PSN so I can play it on my PSP is fine also.

legend of mana was meh. nothing beats Secret of Mana

@furious Which I bought as soon as I saw it for Wii.

Day one purchase. Been after this game forever. NEw up, they need to release Dewprisim/threads of fate.

I already have Vagrant Story. Nothing to complain anymore.

I am going to have to brush up on my dubbabear!

@KobaltKode

Gak!

@ShadowXIII

Dub Dubba Dub

I've never had the chance to play any of the Mana games. but is this better than the SNES one? I heard very good things about that one, nothing about this.

Die bunnies die.

I want Dragon Quest 7 now !!!!! C'mon Enix make it happen.

I hated this game so much it was nothing like the other good mana games >

now if only they'd start releasing the Tomba series

This is great. I will probably shell out the $5.99 for this until I can find a physical copy from the fleamarket or on a dusty shelf for a deal.

Like many of the commenters here, I absolutely adored this game. And I can proudly say I was one of the handful of dorks pioneering the mastery of weapon enchanting. It's basically been mastered now, with a huge assortment of 999+ dmg weapons, but back then my 458 damage spear was considered really impressive. =o

@Jennacide It totally was! Well, when I was around my friends at least. Crazy stats on that there internet.:(

Ah, i have to agree with previous comments. Highly underrated rpg. The world was so colorful and quests so light and frivolous that I could play for hours. The main story wasnt always cohesive, yeah, but i loved that it seemd to have several major stories. Especially the Jumi! Such a lovely game. I too miss the hand painted artful sprites. Which is why i keep a close clutch on my Odin Sphere as well.

@Deaae

Rumor going around that they are gonna drop HD versions of Muramasa and Odin's Sphere both on digital release.

*Man* I hope they stay good on that rumor.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/17/rumor-odin-sphere-and-muramasa-hd-remakes-coming-to-xbla-psn/

Nice, Square Enix. Nice. Now how 'bout some Chrono Cross?

i still have this game from when i had my PS1, it sits happily in my collection with FFVII VIII and IX, Anthology, SaGa frontier, Fear effect, and the rest of awesome PS1 games.

Still one of the most beautiful game soundtracks I've ever heard.

Forget this game, where's our official translation of Seiken Densetsu 3? :(

HOLY SNACKSTICKS YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

My original copy was scratched by a launch PS2 (remember how you could play with PSOne emulation settings on the PS2? Yeah, I changed some stuff in excitement and it grinded into a lot of my discs with circular scratches.

Day one buy!

I absolutely adored (and still do), Secret of Mana, one of my all time favorite games. I eagerly awaited this and was a day 1 purchase, but found it to be a disapointing followup. Never did get all that far into it. Perhaps this will convince me to give it another try.

ABOUT TIME!!!!!!
This is my absolutely favorite RPG of all time well..FF9 tops it but still
Legen of Mana was just great in so many ways, the sprites, and the music is amazing.

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Legend of Mana hits PSOne Classics this week

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