The 90’s American should go to a sketchy basement and buy floppy disks from a hooded figure so he can take them home and use them with his aftermarket SNES floppy disk backup drive. 😂 he should have all sorts of strange accessories like XBAND and the super scope 6
The only Mana series game we never got at the same time was 3. Pretty sure we got all the others localized at the same time (though sometimes under different names)
This put a tear in my eye. That era of gaming and life was special. That sense of wonderment we had as kids growing up on games and cartoons. Daily life try to force us to give up what we loved but it's hard because it keeps us alive. That's the real point of this trailer
No one. No one who wasn’t there in this magical time can understand what gaming was like then. Every single game was an adventure. A journey. Nothing like this was ever seen before. The beginning. The original. When we played a JRPG it was like diving into a world that became real the moment we turned on our console. Way before competitive online ranked, self promoting social media or let’s plays. No internet for walkthroughs or reviews. Just you and the game, completely diving in into a world that was alive. When gameplay and story mattered more than graphics and frames. Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 7. All these gems that brought the characters and story alive. Those times will never comeback. Gaming will always evolve. But we were there when it was in it’s purist form.
No one. No one who wasn’t there in this magical time can understand what gaming was like then. Every single game was an adventure. A journey. Nothing like this was ever seen before. The beginning. The original. When we played a JRPG it was like diving into a world that became real the moment we turned on our console. Way before competitive online ranked, self promoting social media or let’s plays. No internet for walkthroughs or reviews. Just you and the game, completely diving in into a world that was alive. When gameplay and story mattered more than graphics and frames. Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 7. All these gems that brought the characters and story alive. Those times will never comeback. Gaming will always evolve. But we were there when it was in it’s purist form.
The video game industry has been around for so long that it's now possible to create trailers like this, touching upon the emotional journey of growing up with certain titles.
It warms my heart that Square Enix used nostalgia in honor of their Mana/SD games. Melodies from Legend of Mana OST for the ps1 will forever be engraved in my mind.
You know exactly what is happening, because we all felt this growing up too. Unfortunately, square didn't let us Americans have some of the games when they came out. :(
@@phamanh4504 you don't get it. Now you can play them, sure. But back in the days we weren't able to play them due to not being released outside japan.
SNES has TWO Mana games: Secret of Mana, and then Trials of Mana (aka Seiken Densetsu 2, and then Seiken Densetsu 3... since Seiken Densetsu 1 was the gameboy one ;)
Seiken 4 is Dawn of Mana. Not that great of a game, honestly. It's divided into chapters, or stages, and your level resets every time. May be the weakest title in the franchise.
Mana 3 is still my favorite and it was legendary. shame they initially just didn’t have the english version to let more players around the world to experience it.
its incredible japanese as a culture is very quiet and reserved in their own personal space that being said their creatives minds always put their emotions in their craft like the shout their emotions through it and is interesting they make so emotional, wholesome and nice media stuff like this
This hit home, me and one of my best friends played the Secret of Mana coop.....he passed away 2 years ago. But it was a wonderful memory. Glad this series is getting love.
2:15 - So depressing… starts out with a young boy in a sunlit room. Next clip he has friends, by the end of it, he’s a lonely adult desperately reliving his childhood in a dark apartment. This reality of this is so sad.
Nah. Japanese Salaryman. 105 non-working days a year. Expected overtime every day. He doesn't have time to play. The game will just sit there and he will look at the box it before he falls asleep. Assuming he falls asleep in his apartment as opposed to passing out in the street. Wait, scratch that. It's a digital DL so there isn't even a box to look at.
This is how you do it. Stay true to the source material, recognize your audience - the players that've been with you for decades, and build on that nostalgia! Not everyone played Mana, but imagine this with Final Fantasy or Pokemon. Imagine playing FF7 in the 90s and seeing that 2D flat land, and then playing Rebirth and seeing it in glorious dynamic lands, imaginations coming to reality. This is the 90s kids re-era for sure!
What a sweet, beautiful trailer. Especially for those of us who indeed played the first games back in the day. Square is tugging hard at our heartstrings and i'm all for it.
It's curious that in Japan, it's not called "Seiken Densetsu 5", perhaps because of the years it took to return the franchise (not counting spin-offs, remasters and remakes)
Might have something to do with it there being more time since Seiken Densetsu 4 and Vision of Mana than between the first game and the fourth. And maybe them wanting to forget the latter ever happened.
This, right here, is what Life is about. Nothing comes close to capturing that feeling whether it’s Zelda or Final Fantasy or even Mario. It’s called Magic.
That last time jump was 18 years and the guy barely aged. I’m about the same age as this guy, looked the same age as him 1991-2006, then in 2024 he looks 20 years younger than me.
that literally put tears in my eyes. evolution of gaming while growing up. remember how we loved all the video games we played back in the days when we were young? that feeling? this memory is beautiful and sad. but we still love playing video games!
Secret of Mana and Trials of Mana are two big childhood videogame memories for me. Seeing that intro for the first time in SOM especially was such a mindblowing experience for me. Visions of Mana is shaping up great and waiting for it in anticipation!
As a 40+ Hker, full of memory from mana 2 - 3. The greatest gaming time thoughout the whole life time. Thanks to all the games bring me as such human now.
That's a really cool concept for a trailer. Kind of reminds me of pre mid old TV spots for games that usually showed the people playing the game, not just the game itself.
in my black mirror cognition, now the little kid grown up and became a random average japanese white collar who can't play games anymore because he has to work 7 days on 7, 20 hours a day in square enix offices
In the timeline, of the order the kid played the games in yes. However, the games they didn't show the kid playing were all shown in the trailer including the remakes
It’s amazing to see how the games and graphics have evolved since the 90s. Now it seems like the graphics have sort of stopped improving or maybe it is but harder to notice the differences.
If you've been playing seiken games for nearly 23 years, you know what to expect already, hence why the need to show what the game is about is unnecessary
Whoever made that commercial needs a raise... let's just hope it captures the original magic of the early games of the series.
I'm pretty sure it's a team of individuals, not just one person.
Don't wanna be that guy, but this type of commercial is widely used in Japanese media, actually. Specially in games.
It’s called “nostalgia”
That’s the itch we need to scratch! Lol
@@romulloqueirozyeh.🥱
Did..... did they just emotionally blackmailed us into buying this game through a trailer...
Aye. They sure did.
Emotionally, and nostalgically!
They absolutely did 🤣🤣🤣
did... did you just describe marketing?
That's what's called marketing. 😂
When he plugged in that yellow cable behind the TV as a kid…I felt that.
that, blowing air into cartridges, breathing hot air into disc and wipe it, smacking console stick, smashing TV when it's glitching... ah memories
The random runs to the local store when visiting grandparents/fam cause we needed an RF converter for their coax only connection TVs@@thatguywhois
BZZZZT noise when you put the wrong plug in
That pain moment when you plug the wrong hole and had to spend another extra effort to reach the back of your tube tv
@@thatguywhoisyep or the nintendo black flashing screen of death
Now this is how you do a trailer for a long running IP. Just lean right into the warm fuzzy blanket of nostalgia
What's an IP???
@LeeRoss-dy7yl Intellectual property. Examples like Fromsoft with the Souls series or Nintendo with Zelda.
@@LeeRoss-dy7yl technically, a company's golden baby
it's really cleverly done!
Yeah it sold me for sure.
There should be an American trailer where he buys secret of mana. And then illegally downloads all the roms for the games we never got.
Per non parlare di noi Italiani….
Underrated comment.
The 90’s American should go to a sketchy basement and buy floppy disks from a hooded figure so he can take them home and use them with his aftermarket SNES floppy disk backup drive. 😂 he should have all sorts of strange accessories like XBAND and the super scope 6
The only Mana series game we never got at the same time was 3. Pretty sure we got all the others localized at the same time (though sometimes under different names)
lololol
This put a tear in my eye. That era of gaming and life was special. That sense of wonderment we had as kids growing up on games and cartoons. Daily life try to force us to give up what we loved but it's hard because it keeps us alive. That's the real point of this trailer
like it dropped a tear in your eye? 😅😊
No one. No one who wasn’t there in this magical time can understand what gaming was like then.
Every single game was an adventure. A journey.
Nothing like this was ever seen before. The beginning. The original. When we played a JRPG it was like diving into a world that became real the moment we turned on our console.
Way before competitive online ranked, self promoting social media or let’s plays.
No internet for walkthroughs or reviews.
Just you and the game, completely diving in into a world that was alive.
When gameplay and story mattered more than graphics and frames.
Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 7.
All these gems that brought the characters and story alive.
Those times will never comeback. Gaming will always evolve. But we were there when it was in it’s purist form.
Everyone in their 30s and 40s remember how life was back then for us in 1990
@princealbertz why u had to say that bro...I'm 40 rn and emotionally crying 😭
@@gravity-zero2917 check my comment fam
English subtitles were legendary, lol.
"Visions of Mana; Legend of the Government"
Lol
It's an election year, after all :)
"seiken" means political administration, way more than it means holy sword lol
@@PandaXs1 lmfao are you seriously defending that translation?
It's "Legend Of Yanatsugaki Ken" for me.
Who is the mysterious, titular character known as "Ken"? Can't wait to find out.
No one. No one who wasn’t there in this magical time can understand what gaming was like then.
Every single game was an adventure. A journey.
Nothing like this was ever seen before. The beginning. The original. When we played a JRPG it was like diving into a world that became real the moment we turned on our console.
Way before competitive online ranked, self promoting social media or let’s plays.
No internet for walkthroughs or reviews.
Just you and the game, completely diving in into a world that was alive.
When gameplay and story mattered more than graphics and frames.
Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 7.
All these gems that brought the characters and story alive.
Those times will never comeback. Gaming will always evolve. But we were there when it was in it’s purist form.
@NerdyChad all love brother
That little kid in that game store was all of us 90’s kids @ one time.
damn these japanese commercials really hits hard
The video game industry has been around for so long that it's now possible to create trailers like this, touching upon the emotional journey of growing up with certain titles.
It’s a beautiful thing!
It's like a watered down version of what the did for FF7R.
🙄 sega did this in the 90s
People say that at some point in time, old age homes will be filled with _Halo_ on Xbox
It warms my heart that Square Enix used nostalgia in honor of their Mana/SD games. Melodies from Legend of Mana OST for the ps1 will forever be engraved in my mind.
Time flows like a river...and history repeats.
And our lives are merely ripples in the flow of time.
@@trollingisasport cloud atlas?
That line gives me goosebumps
so if time flows and leaves behind history... that sounds more like a moat.
Looks like I'll be going back Into The Thick Of It.
No idea what he's saying, but this trailer really made me smile.
You know exactly what is happening, because we all felt this growing up too. Unfortunately, square didn't let us Americans have some of the games when they came out. :(
Try putting on the captions and use auto translate. It translates pretty well.
@@stevenedwards8353 No. We also missed Final Fantasy 2 and 3.
@@The_Gallowglass you can play them by iOS
@@phamanh4504 you don't get it. Now you can play them, sure. But back in the days we weren't able to play them due to not being released outside japan.
The song when the boy picked up that game at the beginning.. holy nostalgic time traveling
My guy lost friends as he aged. Most relatable video ever 😅
Same here :)
Still got his game on though 😂
Should have change the final scene with him introducing the last game to his son/daughter.
@kingdavid4443
Friends are temporary, video games are eternal.
@@araisikewai His what? 😂 They know their target audience too well.
This shows the older you get, you're going to get fewer friends.
What an amazing heartwarming trailer
Laughed when 2006 went widescreen haha
Widescreen = funny
Why?
@@vincevvn because it was subtly witty. Something that is tragically rare these days.
@@SussedRage Going widescreen to show the passage of time is a trope these days, it's one of the most common things you can do now lmao.
But it really works here as the original games were 4 3. Very smart
Wow. That's instantly become one of my favorite Gaming Ads of all time.
all japanese ads are like this lol
My childhood, in 3 minutes.
Lucky you
Same, But we actually LOOK 40 at the end.
You wish.
@@ralphtaylor7448 how did you come to that conclusion?
@@ralphtaylor7448 wdym many people experience this in other countries not just Japanese
I'm definitely gonna buy this game because of the legendary title, Visions of Mana: Legend of the Government.
I've only ever played the remake of Trials of Mana and yet; watching this made me feel weirdly nostalgic.
This was honestly so beautiful! I've only played the Game Boy game and some of the SNES one, but this got me in my feels.
SNES has TWO Mana games: Secret of Mana, and then Trials of Mana (aka Seiken Densetsu 2, and then Seiken Densetsu 3... since Seiken Densetsu 1 was the gameboy one ;)
The nostalgia ended after Mana 2. Played Secret of Mana on console and love it. Waited like 15 years before playing Mana 3. Never knew Mana 4 exists.
SAME
Seiken 4 is Dawn of Mana. Not that great of a game, honestly. It's divided into chapters, or stages, and your level resets every time. May be the weakest title in the franchise.
Mana 3 is still my favorite and it was legendary. shame they initially just didn’t have the english version to let more players around the world to experience it.
Play Legend of Mana. Story is minimalistic, but the art is amazing.
Dawn of Mana has a legendary soundtrack and is more action adventure focused so it's divisive
its incredible japanese as a culture is very quiet and reserved in their own personal space that being said their creatives minds always put their emotions in their craft like the shout their emotions through it and is interesting they make so emotional, wholesome and nice media stuff like this
His country neighbours would disagree on that...
now this is how you do a nostalgia Trailer 🤘🏻😭👍🏻
This hit home, me and one of my best friends played the Secret of Mana coop.....he passed away 2 years ago. But it was a wonderful memory. Glad this series is getting love.
2:15 - So depressing… starts out with a young boy in a sunlit room. Next clip he has friends, by the end of it, he’s a lonely adult desperately reliving his childhood in a dark apartment. This reality of this is so sad.
Bet he still found his happyness
Nah.
Japanese Salaryman. 105 non-working days a year.
Expected overtime every day.
He doesn't have time to play.
The game will just sit there and he will look at the box it before he falls asleep.
Assuming he falls asleep in his apartment as opposed to passing out in the street.
Wait, scratch that. It's a digital DL so there isn't even a box to look at.
That is Japan for you my friend.
That’s why it hits hard a lot of us can relate my man.
@@Radeothis is the sad reality
This is how you do it. Stay true to the source material, recognize your audience - the players that've been with you for decades, and build on that nostalgia! Not everyone played Mana, but imagine this with Final Fantasy or Pokemon. Imagine playing FF7 in the 90s and seeing that 2D flat land, and then playing Rebirth and seeing it in glorious dynamic lands, imaginations coming to reality. This is the 90s kids re-era for sure!
That 1993 part hit hard! Thats my favorite game of all time. Only thing could pull me away from Saturday morning cartoons was that game. 🤔
Amazing trailer. Mana has one of the best and simple stories I've ever virtualy lived
2006 to 2024 only aged like 2 years. the power of Mana
it's another generation not the same guy 🤣
the power of asian blood
Beautiful. Wish American culture was okay with presenting gamers in such a honoring way.
Imagine
Naw its just doritos and mountain dew for us
This is just a company trying to use nostalgia to sell a game, it's really not that deep.
Imagine Skyrim and GTA 5 has this kind of trailer.
@@jaredjones1846 Media: "It's gamer fuel! Now get back in your beanbag chair and play Call of Battlefield Modern Stealth Tactical War Ghost 2!"
What a sweet, beautiful trailer. Especially for those of us who indeed played the first games back in the day.
Square is tugging hard at our heartstrings and i'm all for it.
Whoever came up with this commercial deserves a raise solely based on how they managed to make me nostalgic for Dawn of Mana of all games
It's curious that in Japan, it's not called "Seiken Densetsu 5", perhaps because of the years it took to return the franchise (not counting spin-offs, remasters and remakes)
Or perhaps because they know it does not have much in common with the other games of the series.
There was a lot between 4 and now so maybe its one of those “fresh start” deals
Might have something to do with it there being more time since Seiken Densetsu 4 and Vision of Mana than between the first game and the fourth. And maybe them wanting to forget the latter ever happened.
@@Llortnerof SD4 is IN the video
@@SophisticatedHermithm. If you didn't know better the casting lineup mirrors Secret of Mana (SD2) pretty much exactly.
This trailer actually put tears in my eyes. Spectacularly done!
Dude's in his 30s or 40s and looks like he just graduated college in 2024.
We need more trailers for long running series like this, just absolutely tug the heartstrings of nostalgia.
Captured the essence of childhood. Well done!
Speaking a language that transcends words here. The shared experience of the love of this series of games across the years binds us together.
1:35 when the shot when widescreen hits so hard
the 90s and the 00s was one of the best times that could never be experienced ever again
You've spent your whole life playing this game!! Here's another installment!!
This, right here, is what Life is about. Nothing comes close to capturing that feeling whether it’s Zelda or Final Fantasy or even Mario. It’s called Magic.
That last time jump was 18 years and the guy barely aged. I’m about the same age as this guy, looked the same age as him 1991-2006, then in 2024 he looks 20 years younger than me.
Asians look pretty much the same between ages 18-54. Source: Am Asian.
@@protox13😂😂😂
Asian power
Then randomly one day you wake up and look like a turtle.
Japanese people age only when they turn 60.
Such a dope trailer
That is how you do a trailer! Damn that was amazing and it was heartfelt! Even if you have never played this game you can feel the joy!
The opening "whale sound" of SoM/SD2 still hits hard
Damn onion cutting ninjas, who let those loose again?
Yeah, sent me right back in time.
I'm legitimately surprised it didn't end with him going to pick up Visions of Mana with his own kid!
Man this trailer was just....amazing👌👌👌👌👌....
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. No Preorders.
This trailer is amazing!!
Isn't anyone gonna talk about how this dude manages to look as young in 2024 as he did in 2006? What secrets did he learn?
brings a tear to my eye
I'm so looking forward to this... ready to get transported baby.
Very clearly have nostalgia as a selling point for this game. Hopefully it has enough to stand on its own
How nostalgic, a perfect feeling
that literally put tears in my eyes. evolution of gaming while growing up. remember how we loved all the video games we played back in the days when we were young? that feeling? this memory is beautiful and sad. but we still love playing video games!
I’m totally in 🙌
Watched this just now on april 15th and have to say... THE APPEAL! Oh boy, the appeal! This commercial is awesome!
Love the nostalgic trailer ❤ this game promises a lot ❤
this is so cute, japan knows how to win
We all know this is a nostalgia bait 😂
Secret of Mana and Trials of Mana are two big childhood videogame memories for me. Seeing that intro for the first time in SOM especially was such a mindblowing experience for me.
Visions of Mana is shaping up great and waiting for it in anticipation!
Children of Mana ♥️
Going home together with friends, and then playing video games with them was the most anticipated moment in my childhood.
Cannot wait for Visions
Seiken Densetsu - Visions of Mana. All of us, 90's kids, know and play all around the world. Thx Square. Thx.
LOVE IT!
My journey started with Legends of Mana. Played it alot with my brother.. Its nice to see a new one come out in 2024.
Great trailer!
As a 40+ Hker, full of memory from mana 2 - 3. The greatest gaming time thoughout the whole life time. Thanks to all the games bring me as such human now.
Selling the nostalgia…
That's a really cool concept for a trailer. Kind of reminds me of pre mid old TV spots for games that usually showed the people playing the game, not just the game itself.
in my black mirror cognition, now the little kid grown up and became a random average japanese white collar who can't play games anymore because he has to work 7 days on 7, 20 hours a day in square enix offices
That subtle change into widescreen :)
けど最近のスクエニは信用ならないから、
発売して口コミを吟味してから買う
Never seen a trailer lean so heavily into nostalgia before. They know the exact reason why this game will be successful.
gameplay? sirs.
Its Crazy just how Universal that sitting on the ground playing video games with your friends is! That hits right in the Nostalgia spot for everybody!
Unfortunately squaresoft is no more. The original magic is gone.
The most accurate part was capturing what it is to play games as an adult. Alone and not surrounded by friends like it was in the beginning...
💀 they skipped legend of mana
Huh?
In the timeline, of the order the kid played the games in yes. However, the games they didn't show the kid playing were all shown in the trailer including the remakes
it was shown at 2:05
It was as front and center as the others but there was a second of footage.
Literally brought tears to my eyes 🤗🥹🫶🏻
Ok. That told me nothing about the game
It’s amazing to see how the games and graphics have evolved since the 90s. Now it seems like the graphics have sort of stopped improving or maybe it is but harder to notice the differences.
square enix again using nostalgia as a marketing propaganda for adults since they don't know how to connect with younger generations anymore.
Lol projecting. Your children hate u lol
This hit home so hard I'm in tears.
Yes show every game except the game you're actually trying to advertise.
If you've been playing seiken games for nearly 23 years, you know what to expect already, hence why the need to show what the game is about is unnecessary
Touch those nostalgia feels, yes you did! Those days were the best!
Greetings from Venezuela, South America. 🇻🇪
that was beautiful nostalgia, him in connecting the video cable on the tv :)))
in two years from 93 to 95, my dude had a growth spurt
Wow the dedication to this trailer, over 30 years in the making.
man that gameboy title was amazing, it blew my mind as a kid ^^ the music kinda holds up today, very nice melodies.
the whoosh sound and the first few tones when they started Secret of Mana, that memory hit like a truck, damn
Man you dont see this type of commercials alot anymore. made me feel really nostalgic.
Feeling depressed? Down? Nostalgic for simpler times long since past?
Ask your doctor about "Visions of Mana" for the Sony Playstation.
Oh the memories of SNES came back... the graphics look amazing for the new Visions of Mana..
This reminded me of my childhood. Maybe one of the best and honest gaming commercial I've ever seen.
The best part of these IGN promo videos is that they're available to watch earlier on Square-Enix's channel weeks prior.