Secret of Mana Collection Announced for Switch
Square Enix have announced a collection of the first three Seiken Densetsu games for Nintendo Switch. Westerners will probably be most familiar with the series as Secret of Mana, or Mana. There’s no word on whether the Secret of Mana Collection will head west, but it will release in Japan as soon as June.
The Secret of Mana Collection will include Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden (released in NA as Final Fantasy Adventure and Europe as Mystic Quest, and rereleased as Adventures of Mana), Seiken Densetsu 2 (Secret of Mana), and Seiken Densetsu 3 (never released outside of Japan).
Interestingly, a remake of the first Seiken Densetsu, retitled as Adventures of Mana was just released last year on Android, iOS, and PlayStation Vita. The version in this collection appears to be, as you might expect, the original.
If the title were to head west, it’d be a great chance for fans to finally get to play the Japanese exclusive Seiken Densetsu 3. However, that might make the release unlikely — localising a game from 1995 is no small task. A task that fans have accomplished, however.
Seiken Densetsu 2 & 3 are two of the most gorgeous SNES games ever released, so it’s great to see these being released on a modern console. It’s game like this that will be truly great on Switch. Being able to take an old school JRPG with you anywhere you want, and then plug back into the big screen when you get home, really is the dream. I Am Setsuna has awakened me to that joy. It’d be absolutely amazing to get this in the west too. Fingers crossed for that Seiken Densetsu 3 translation.
The Secret of Mana Collection (Seiken Densetsu Collection) will release in Japan for Nintendo Switch on 1st June 2017 for 4800 yen, which is about £35, or $43 at time of writing.
