Square Enix published a new trailer forTrials of Mana, going over every gameplay system in the remake that was previously revealed. We have the party system and how you pick three out of six characters, the battle system and its new features like Chain Abilities, the Training Points, Class Change, and everything.We detailed all that, screenshots included, in a previous article. This means nothing shown in the trailer is truly new, besides the gameplay footage itself, but it’s still great to watch when you’re just as hyped for the game as I am.
The trailer is also accompanied by some of the OST rearrangements found in this remake, which sound pretty nice, especially the new version of Meridian Child. Original composer Hiroki Kikuta supervised the rearrangements. If the new OST doesn’t fit your tastes, the original Snes BGMs can also be enabled via the game’s options. you may read more details aboutTrials of Mana’s OST through ourpast coverage about the OST’s CD release.Samples are also available onSquare Enix’s official site.
Sadly, only an English dub version of the newTrials of Managameplay trailer is available, so if you’re a weeb or if English isn’t your first language, you’ll have to put up with that for now. Not that the English cast isn’t doing a good job from what we’ve heard so far, mind you. This is a pretty funny situation nonetheless as it’s usually Japan who gets trailers and ton of promotion material that we don’t.
As a reminder, this is a remake ofSeiken Densetsu 3, released exclusively in Japan on Super Famicom (Snes) in 1995.Seiken Densetsu 3is the follow-up toSeiken Densetsu 2,known asSecret of Manaoutside Japan.Seiken Densetsu 3was officially translated asTrials of Manaand released outside Japan for the first time during E3 2019 viaCollection of Manaon Nintendo Switch. The remake is also namedTrials of Manain the west. In Japan, the remake is ingeniously titledSeiken Densetsu 3 Trials of Manato differentiate it from the original Snes game. All of this should explain whyFinal Fantasy VIIisn’t the sole legendary Square RPG getting a remake this year.
Trials of Manalaunches on July 10, 2025, on PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. It wasfirst announcedat E3 2019 along with somelive gameplay. A demo was alsolistedon the PlayStation Store but wasn’t officially announced nor released yet. You can check out the past trailers, more artwork byManaseries artist Haccan and screenshotshereandhere. You can also take a lookat our preview.
