Edit: I want to add one thing. I found the camera a touch annoying to control in hectic fights. Increasing sensitivity helps but if you go mad with the button mashing it’s easy for it to end up down at the wrong angle. Also, I would have liked to zoom it out further. Sorry it’s a little late! I had to catch up a little after an unfortunate 4 year old Mario Kart issue with my save file! Haha! I hope you enjoy the review regardless! Mark

“Sorry the review was so long...” Please, I don’t think you need to apologize. This type of game merits a long review. Well done sir.

Man, this really was a great, informative, and easy to follow review👍 You really have a knack for this stuff Mark, such a great channel 🙏🙏 See-yaaaaaaaaaa!!!

You’re able to change the sprint/dash settings in the options menu. Great review!

"A giant, flag-wearing turtle with swim goggles on." Say no more.. *takes out wallet*

There is 3 "different story line/bunch of antagonists and final boss". For having the most story element I recommand to play like this (Angela with Duran), (Charlotte with Kevin), (Lise with Hawkeye's). The third character that you choose is the less important.

I’ve played the demo of this game over and over!! It’s just amazing! Brings me so many childhood memories of other games, I plan to get this and the Secret of Mana collection as well some time. I just fell in love with this game, even though I’ve never played it before the demo that came out.

I always look for your reviews when I want to look at a game. Great review! I loved square enix back when they were square soft! I love RPGs! This is a must for me and seeing the review makes me really excited for it.

I’m gonna get this. You do such an outstanding job reviewing these games. I really feel like I know what I’m spending my money on when I make the purchase after watching one of these. Even if it’s a bit longer than some of the other vids, that’s a good thing. Keep throwing the heavy ones in the Arceus!

You two literally have the best reviews! Loved this one

Have this one on preorder, love these switch JRPG's. If only I was a teenage again with all that time...

Great review as usual. I'm definitely going to be picking this up. I'm glad it's not too long like some other RPGs out there and the replay value seems high after you beat it.

I'm so getting this one for my birthday! Great job with the review.

Great review! The only thing that I took an issue with is that you said their is no run toggle, but there is an option for auto run.

Why the hell couldnt they do this with secret of mana? Damn that pisses me off

I had an interest in this game when seeing it on the SNES many years after its release. I had a keen interest seeing the remake and your impressions video. I haven't played the demo (yet - that's for the this weekend) but if I like what I ply and from these review/impressions i feel this may be a must buy

Awesome review ! Thank you, already got it on preorder

After a few hours i turned off the minimap. It's just more fun to explore and memorize environmental details compared to blindly following icons. I can also recommend hard mode, it's pleasing to see the difficulty rising after the initial demo section.

Played this alot of times on SNES in japanese. Tried so many different combination on different party and different class. It's a good game.. each character have 4 last class to choose from.. 2 light and 2 dark classes

This is going to be a good one. Loved Secret of Mana as a kid on SNES and have never been able to play this one up until now. Im in.

Prepurchased it last week and I can't wait. I love the story of the wildbeast/human boy. Also just a comment, when the FPS thingy was on, maybe it was me but the orange letters weren't too good to see, maybe try white letters?

Played the demo and I have the SOM collection so played the original. Impressed with the demo so look forward to this but when on sale. Cheers for the review Mark.

Like the look of this. Never played Secret of Mana though did make quite a few bucks picking up copies and selling them at the local Gamestation. They were giving between 50-70 quid for them. They ended up with about 10 copies. Didnt appear to sell any though. Excellent review as always.

Played the demo a bunch of times to see every characters' backstory and can't wait for the game to arrive. Angela is definitely gonna he my main character on my first playthrough.

I honestly wasn't expecting much out of this game after fully completing a game like Dragonquest XI. Trial of Mana exceeded my expectations and brought a great gaming experience even after DQ11 set the bar so high in my 42 years of gaming experience. Definitely worth the pricetag. Not to be underestimated and definitely not a game to pass up. Love it!

You can toggle run on to default in the options menu. You can also remap controls.

Awesome game review. I just might be picking up this game for my new Switch later on

You picked exactly my team! that's amazing ;D

I preordered the game via Amazon but was informed that the game wouldn’t arrive until after May Day due to my purchase being a non-priority item (shrugs). Patience is a virtue.

You can change the dash option to automatic or permanent in the settings menu on the title screen.

The original Seiken Densetsu 3 did actually release in the west in Collection of Mana roughly three years before this game came out. It was also simply titled 'Trials of Mana'.

I honestly want SE to expand on this game just a bit more, least enough for a sequel or something, especially after you beat the main story and are introduced to some extra content. As folks said before, it's really nice to play again on harder difficulties with a new trio, challenging yourself with a new handicap and to be flexible in fights. Whether folks want to bring a tank or just go full on damage. It's just a bit of a shame/bit of missed opportunity to not even make it multi-player. Just had to see the reviews though and I can agree through this video that after playing myself, this game is fun, has It's flaws but ain't enough to hinder a first time experience or replays.

YAY! so looking forward to this one :3 will have to be next month for me, but that's not far off so i might just survive the wait ^.^

2:20 sounds like a real tongue twister! Whose shoes you choose 😋. Great review!

Got it and started Angela/Duran run. The music is getting me hooked already

Finally get a chance to watch a video ... sorry I have been a ghost.... we are in crazy times. I still support your channel 👍🏻🍺🍺.... still best switch content on u tube.. an this game looks fun... keep safe switch up x

Can you do a review of Help Will Come Tomorrow? It looks like This War of Mine which I like and still debating whether I should pick it up or not. Thanks!

In regards to swapping the left and right sticks... Did you try the Switch's new native controller remapping?

Was actually gonna pass on this one, but your review is changing my mind!

I really wish they kept the 2 player couch co-op like in the snes version. Total bummer but still a good game. They need to bring back couch co-op rpgs. It's always best to play with a friend. So much funner to me.

I think the length of the review was just fine. And... I guess i'll be buying this one.

I wasn’t expecting the visuals to pop so well!

Hey, Mark, does the frame-rate dip below 30-fps often when playing it in handheld mode? I'm a bit concerned about his. Hope to hear from you. Thanks!

11:06 That dancing turban shopkeeper is an internal meme in the Mana series, appearing in other Mana games as well. He is kinda like the Jeanne and Joy infinite twin nurses/policewomen meme in Pokemon. Not laziness :)

In my Trials of Mana Remake, I can toggle sprint. There's a little grey Sprint icon in the bottom of the screen and when I activate sprint it goes green. I only press the button once.

There is a way to set running as the default I believe.

Great review 👍

Thanks! I think I might just get the collection and play the original first.

I never finished this back when I was a kid since I only rented it. Maybe now is the time?

Duran, Angela and Kevin. This is actually my favorite setup. Duran to heal, angela to magic attack and kevin to physical attack

Reminds me of the new dragon quest that just came out, but not as large or side missions, I loved dragon quest, was 10/10 for me

Thanks. Not to give ya a big head, but I have been waiting on you for thus review 😃

I'm still working my way through Dragon Quest XI, this game should be on sale by time I've finished :)

I just finished Secret of Mana Remake on my PS Vita, I think I'm going to get Trials of Mana Remake for my Switch Lite now as well.

3:00 Dont know about the switch, but the PC version has both auto sprint and permanent sprint toggle options.

There is an option to always have the dash engaged. I changed this option and never looked back.

*Was going to do housework* Ooohh new switchup videos!! Housework can wait 🤣🤣 I will be picking this up for sure at some point

Is this Mana worth a summoning spell, or should you just cast ;) it away? Let’s find out!

In the options menu you can set it to auto run

Those were my initial thoughts when I saw a new Square-Enix game priced lower than the standard triple A game price - It would be a short adventure! I did quite like the demo though so I may pick it up on sale. Though if Dragon Quest XI goes on sale first: I know which one is worth my money ^_^

The IGN review sounds eerily similar to this one, but lacking the spirit. Great job.

Those goggles are gonna catch on, mark my words ! #switchup 😄 I’ll eventually pick this up. I like the look, color palette, music, and the fact it has action. Laura .

I didnt mind the length. I rather the extra details if warrented.

I'm getting serious Yss 8 vibes from this, which is no bad thing at all.

I will say I'm kind of happy they didn't add side quests. The original game, while linear, was always very well done and you could spend a lot of time in areas. They expanded the areas very well also. The hand holding may have shortened the game honestly, as in the original, there were certain NPCs you had to talk to that progress the story, that's why they have the stars over their heads now. They balanced the game REALLY well also. Angela was perfectly balanced, as she used to be able to destroy anything in her path in the original due to being able to pump int to gain her spells. They balanced her perfectly I'd say by spreading her spells around through the stats. The best stat for her(int) provides probably the worst spells, which is a perfect balance, whereas the best spells are mainly into Spirit. I was wondering how they would balance her and I think they did a bang up job. Kevin on the other hand still seems to be as busted so far. As for the difficulty, I have to say I almost died to the wall myself and I was playing normal at the time(forgot to switch to hard as this was my FIRST save from the demo). As for the music, I can only think of one bad track honestly. And it's the one you put up. Everything else as far as I can remember was amazing. The music of this game could easily get someone into it alone. Btw the weapons DO change, though albeit not much early on. Well Angela's weapons change quite drastically.

I find it odd that game remakes criticized for not staying faithful to the original can then be criticized for being too faithful to the original. NPCs looking identical was in the original. The initial linearity before access to the class change was in the original too.

Local co-op? I played this with my little bro back in the days. Would have liked to hear about this point.

First ! Was waiting on your review of this one ! Laura .

While the Japanese voices might be phenomenal for you, the English voices sound like they're speaking v e r y s l o w l y, and sound like in some instances they had to read verbatim, a script written by someone who's English is not a natural speaking language for them (ie: referring to a location as Holy City Wendel in the same way someone in Canada wouldn't say, "Capital Of Alberta Edmonton"), while in other instances they sound like they could make something up and speak it more naturally (ie: Angela's "I love shopping!" When buying new equipment she can use). Another thing was how they pronounce "Mana" by seemingly running backwards through a field of vowels. Normally it's either pronounced with a short or long A-sound, but this was the first time I'd heard it pronounced "Myieana".

I thought for sure in the demo your weapons did change visually.

The demo was great and I have just finished FF7Remake so think ill pick this up now!

Does he not know you can change dash to constant in the options?

The planting system sounds straight out of _Earthlock._

I played switch, ps4 and pc demo. I really don't like the frame rate on the switch, Looks good, and if you don't mind it, it's really an excellent game. Playing the old version for the second time, just a nice game to play.

After this review... yes!!! I’ll buy it.

Any chance any one that has played this can let me know if there are separate audio sliders for voice and music?

I played the demo and enjoyed it enough to consider picking it up at launch. Unfortunately the asking price just feels too steep for what looks like a medium budget title from a decade ago.I'm very much impressed however by a lot about the production. The soundtrack (both 16 bit and remake OSTs), the amount of voice acting, the general art direction, fidelity to the original, atmosphere, pacing, combat, etc. Multiplatform and day one demo really speak to Squenix's confidence in the release and it's absolutely worth a look, but I don't think you can get away with asking $50 AND stripping multiplayer from an otherwise remarkably faithful 2020 reimagining of an ARPG classic when shared experiences have become more of a core aspect of game design than ever before. I understand it's a niche product, but FF7R was available for preorder for less than the MSRP on this and most people in the states didnt get to make nostalgia for this in the 90s *bitter*. Also please give FF6 or Chrono Trigger the FF7R treatment but leave Nomura off the project.

I get the sense that a game that combined elements of this and Baldur's Gate would make for a super sweet RPG.

2:28 ".. who's shoes you choose.." Not making it easy on yourself with the script there, are ya?

There are six characters. But they used my ultimate weakness. Sassy purple-haired cute girl mage. I’ll struggle to not pick Angela in any future playthrough.

Trials of Marna. 😝Great review guys.

Buying this solely for the turtle with goggles

i'm gonna tell all you guys and gals a secret - the gamecube controller's layout? it's perfect for this game.

20 hours gameplay for 60 bucks not a good deal for me

Oh i been waiting for this one. Settling down with a coffee, before parting with £45. The demo was great. My little gripes were 30fps but.. expected with an rpg. The bigger gripe, was the camera on the fights.. even with lock on..the camera just could not keep up with where i wanted to point it. I have always played these games without lock, as i find many hits on your character are 'lock hits'. You can forget being out of lock, camera is just broken then. However your stress test shows 95 percent solid performance and I agree with you, it looks so good in handheld.

Ill be getting this!!!

Im in deep deep shi$... Been a ps4 player for a long time of course i own 3ds a many games but i didn't get a switch until now and dammmm i have a lot to play... Pokemon BOTW Astral chain Xenoblade and now I want to get this... 🤪🤪🤪 My wife and kid will be looking for me when I'm missing with my switch..

Will give it a shot

It stays pretty true to the original, I just wish the frame rate is better.

Been playing the demo and I love it. It's much more enjoyable than dragon quest 11s for me.

The shopkeepers really did that in the original as well, it was a nice touch.

ughhh i really want this game but its too expensive for me rn 😭😭😭

Fantastic review for one of of the most anticipated games on the year on the Switch.

this game innovates more better than recent pokemon games

A new class?! For every character?! I hope they start remaking the SaGa series eventually. Romancing SaGa and SaGa Frontier are among my favorite RPG series.

This is a yes for as well as sunless sea.

anyone know how long it takes to beat the game?

I’m so glad they didn’t pull a FF7 remake and turn this into Kingdom Hearts of Mana.

should I get this for my ps4 or my switch lite

I played Seiken Densetsu 3 over a decade ago and absolutely loved it. Easily one of the best games of the SNES generation. I was concerned about this remake when it was announced, especially after that less than mediocre Secret of Mana 3D remake. I did enjoy the demo, minus some unfortunately timed deep cleavage shots right in front of my wife and kids 😮 so I'm pretty excited to play the full game.