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 Visions of Mana is the 5th entry in the Mana series. It is available on PlayStation 4/5 and Xbox Series S/X digitally and physically, and on digital only for PC on Steam. A demo is available for all platforms if you want to try it out before committing yourself to a purchase. Feel free to use this post to discuss all you want about Visions of Mana and the series as a whole. ## Synopsis _Visions of Mana_ takes place in a fantasy world sustained by the Mana Tree, a magical tree whose energies sustain the world. Every four years, a being dubbed the Faerie travels to villages tied to the elements and chooses one resident as an "alm" who will go on a pilgrimage to restore the flow of the Mana Tree under the guardianship of a Soul Guard soldier. The main protagonists are Val, a warrior from the Fire Village of Tianeea who becomes Soul Guard to Hiina, a childhood friend chosen to undergo the pilgrimage to the Mana Tree. Their other companions are Morley, a cat-man who seeks to overcome a traumatic event from his past; Careena, a half-human, half-dragon dubbed "The One-Winged Oracle" who travels with Ramcoh, child of the Sacred Beast Flammie; Palamena, queen of Illystana, Capital of the Deep; and the sproutling Julei.
| Game | Platforms | Release Date | |---|---|---| | Visions of Mana | PC, PS4, PS5, XSX | 29/08/2024 | | Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince | PC, Android, iOS | 11/09/2024 | | Final Fantasy XVI | PC | 17/09/2024 | | Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven | PC, PS4, PS5, Switch | 24/10/2024 | | Life is Strange: Double Exposure | PC, PS4, PS5 Xbox One, XSX | 29/10/2024 | | Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake | TBA | 14/11/2024 | | FANTASIAN Neo Dimension | PC, PS4 PS5, Switch, XSX | 2024 | | Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake | TBA | 2025 | | Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Baron is Back! | PC, PS4 | TBA | | Dragon Quest XII | TBA | TBA | | Kingdom Hearts IV | TBA | TBA | | Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link | Android, iOS | TBA | *Dates are DD/MM/YYYY format*
> Xenogears: Perfect Works is a collaborative project aiming to make Xenogears a more complete experience. Some Features: * Status effects from Death Blows * FMV Captions/Subtitles * Fast Text option * Special Item drops * Difficulty adjustments and increases * Retranslated Text
Accord’s Library is a site that aims to archive and gather all of Yoko Taro’s work. Full text from their Discord announcement below: > Dearest Recorders and Observers of Accord's Library. > > These past few years have been a pleasure, but we regret to inform you all that we've been contacted by the Square Enix Legal Team. And after some private communications, based on the outlined requirements we have come to the conclusion that Accord's Library must close its doors by the end of the month. While we are sad to have to go, we also must respect the wishes of the Legal Team. > > The Library and Gallery will remain opened for the next 2 weeks and will be officially closed on Oct 31. > > We hope to continue spending time with you all, and other fans in the future through our Discord Server, which we plan to keep opened. > > On behalf of the entire Council for Accord's Library, we sincerely thank you for your support and friendship over the years. We hope that you will continue to use the discord, though we understand if this is where we part ways. > > From the very bottom of our hearts, we will be forever grateful to everyone who's volunteered their time to help build Accord's Library into what it was. Thank you to all of our Transcribers, Translators, and most of all, all of you for sticking with us. > > Take care of yourselves out there. > Glory to Mankind. > > - The Accord's Library Council
Full Text: > Wait, wait, wait! > Everybody calm down! > There seems to be some misunderstanding, but I'm not retiring from video game music work! > > I'm going to cut back a bit on my video game music work because I want to have more time to make the music I want to make. It would be difficult for me to take on the entire soundtrack of a video game because the time commitment for composing would be too long, but I would like to continue to work on jobs such as one theme song. > > So, we are waiting for your offer to Nobuo Uematsu con TIKI!
FANTASIAN: Neo Dimension will be his last game.
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A NieR: Automata DLC was announced for Stellar Blade, with no release date yet. It will be interesting to see what goes into this.
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> Yoshida noted, as a general argument, that Xbox has struggled in Japan due to the low number of users. "Naturally, because we are Japanese developers, we have a desire for many people in our country to play our games," said Yoshida, adding it's "really a tough point in terms of a business standpoint". > He continued: "However, at Square Enix, we have been changing our policy. So now we are moving towards the policy of releasing our games on a multiplatform basis, and we really want as many players as possible to play our titles. So with Final Fantasy 14 as the starting point, we do want to release more Square Enix games on Xbox, and there will be more of our titles released on Xbox. So I hope players will look forward to future things to come on the platform."
Aside from Dragonball, Toriyama had created character designs for Dragon Quest and Chrono Trigger. He will be missed.
As it wasn't stated here, the same embargo that is in place on !finalfantasy@lemmy.world will apply here. All discussion should be had within megathreads on that community.
Releases 6th February 2024 and will be available on PS Plus.
Some key points: - Net sales were up ¥10.8bn but down in operating income ¥11.4bn, down in ordinary income ¥17.1bn, and down in owners profit ¥12bn. - Net sales rose in “HD subsection” due to Final Fantasy XVI and Pixel Remaster. - Net sales in “MMO subsection” fell. - Net sales in “Mobile subsection” fell. - Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail and XBox release expected to boost sales towards end of financial year. - Merchandise sales for Final Fantasy XVI were “brisk” - Final Fantasy XVI sales met expectations.
