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.

@myappletests4155

2 ай бұрын

Per non parlare di noi Italiani….

@sonnyboyd10

2 ай бұрын

Underrated comment.

@Terrillthegreat79

2 ай бұрын

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

@justinwhite2725

2 ай бұрын

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)

@jeffpeyton8983

2 ай бұрын

lololol

Now this is how you do a trailer for a long running IP. Just lean right into the warm fuzzy blanket of nostalgia

@LeeRoss-dy7yl

2 ай бұрын

What's an IP???

@kirkenstiensmonster6522

2 ай бұрын

​@LeeRoss-dy7yl Intellectual property. Examples like Fromsoft with the Souls series or Nintendo with Zelda.

@keratos92

2 ай бұрын

​@@LeeRoss-dy7yl technically, a company's golden baby

@princessthyemis

2 ай бұрын

it's really cleverly done!

@SynicGaming

2 ай бұрын

Yeah it sold me for sure.

Whoever made that commercial needs a raise... let's just hope it captures the original magic of the early games of the series.

@RareFXChrisC

2 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure it's a team of individuals, not just one person.

@romulloqueiroz

2 ай бұрын

Don't wanna be that guy, but this type of commercial is widely used in Japanese media, actually. Specially in games.

@javanon

2 ай бұрын

It’s called “nostalgia”

@jay40sd

2 ай бұрын

That’s the itch we need to scratch! Lol

@theesitchaowalittawil1935

2 ай бұрын

@@romulloqueirozyeh.🥱

When he plugged in that yellow cable behind the TV as a kid…I felt that.

@thatguywhois

2 ай бұрын

that, blowing air into cartridges, breathing hot air into disc and wipe it, smacking console stick, smashing TV when it's glitching... ah memories

@hazeydaze8396

2 ай бұрын

The random runs to the local store when visiting grandparents/fam cause we needed an RF converter for their coax only connection TVs​@@thatguywhois

@MarkConway73

2 ай бұрын

BZZZZT noise when you put the wrong plug in

@huh5912

2 ай бұрын

That pain moment when you plug the wrong hole and had to spend another extra effort to reach the back of your tube tv

@weshugmeyer175

Ай бұрын

​@@thatguywhoisyep or the nintendo black flashing screen of death

Did..... did they just emotionally blackmailed us into buying this game through a trailer...

@karsonkammerzell6955

2 ай бұрын

Aye. They sure did.

@ryanbauer3680

2 ай бұрын

Emotionally, and nostalgically!

@Badgraphics26

2 ай бұрын

They absolutely did 🤣🤣🤣

@iporush1667

2 ай бұрын

did... did you just describe marketing?

@AshParth560

2 ай бұрын

That's what's called marketing. 😂

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

@Valspartame_Maelstrom

2 ай бұрын

like it dropped a tear in your eye? 😅😊

@lightup6751

2 ай бұрын

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.

@princealbertz

2 ай бұрын

Everyone in their 30s and 40s remember how life was back then for us in 1990

@gravity-zero2917

2 ай бұрын

​@princealbertz why u had to say that bro...I'm 40 rn and emotionally crying 😭

@lightup6751

2 ай бұрын

@@gravity-zero2917 check my comment fam

English subtitles were legendary, lol. "Visions of Mana; Legend of the Government"

@NoExplosionsMcgee

2 ай бұрын

Lol

@cobaltplasma

2 ай бұрын

It's an election year, after all :)

@PandaXs1

2 ай бұрын

"seiken" means political administration, way more than it means holy sword lol

@Buffy111000

2 ай бұрын

@@PandaXs1 lmfao are you seriously defending that translation?

@MarbleThumbs

2 ай бұрын

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.

@lightup6751

Ай бұрын

@NerdyChad all love brother

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.

@MarMaxGaming

2 ай бұрын

It’s a beautiful thing!

@Handles_are_garbage

2 ай бұрын

It's like a watered down version of what the did for FF7R.

@clamojoat8543

2 ай бұрын

🙄 sega did this in the 90s

@user-tl7bo9nl9e

2 ай бұрын

it's just toys. humans have been making toys for centuries.

@CRT_sRGB

2 ай бұрын

People say that at some point in time, old age homes will be filled with _Halo_ on Xbox

Time flows like a river...and history repeats.

@trollingisasport

2 ай бұрын

And our lives are merely ripples in the flow of time.

@damoncurrie7103

2 ай бұрын

@@trollingisasport cloud atlas?

@xil3ntkha0s

2 ай бұрын

That line gives me goosebumps

@robertsides3626

2 ай бұрын

so if time flows and leaves behind history... that sounds more like a moat.

@cnkclark

2 ай бұрын

Looks like I'll be going back Into The Thick Of It.

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.

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 😅

@Saintmadman

2 ай бұрын

Same here :)

@kingdavid4443

2 ай бұрын

Still got his game on though 😂

@araisikewai

2 ай бұрын

Should have change the final scene with him introducing the last game to his son/daughter.

@frog6054

2 ай бұрын

​@kingdavid4443 Friends are temporary, video games are eternal.

@silotx

2 ай бұрын

​@@araisikewai His what? 😂 They know their target audience too well.

No idea what he's saying, but this trailer really made me smile.

@The_Gallowglass

2 ай бұрын

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. :(

@kitespongan

2 ай бұрын

Try putting on the captions and use auto translate. It translates pretty well.

@The_Gallowglass

2 ай бұрын

@@stevenedwards8353 No. We also missed Final Fantasy 2 and 3.

@phamanh4504

2 ай бұрын

@@The_Gallowglass you can play them by iOS

@Corlynxable

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

Wow. That's instantly become one of my favorite Gaming Ads of all time.

@felinpin4745

2 ай бұрын

all japanese ads are like this lol

2006 to 2024 only aged like 2 years. the power of Mana

@m4ur1r4g3

2 ай бұрын

it's another generation not the same guy 🤣

@poleranegra

Ай бұрын

the power of asian blood

My childhood, in 3 minutes.

@haysen123

2 ай бұрын

Lucky you

@level9drow856

2 ай бұрын

Same, But we actually LOOK 40 at the end.

@Miumiu0404

2 ай бұрын

You wish.

@haysen123

2 ай бұрын

@@ralphtaylor7448 how did you come to that conclusion?

@angelcrush1582

2 ай бұрын

​@@ralphtaylor7448 wdym many people experience this in other countries not just Japanese

What an amazing heartwarming trailer Laughed when 2006 went widescreen haha

@supergamingdoggo9975

2 ай бұрын

Widescreen = funny

@vincevvn

2 ай бұрын

Why?

@SussedRage

2 ай бұрын

@@vincevvn because it was subtly witty. Something that is tragically rare these days.

@skunthundler

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@rsmith02

2 ай бұрын

But it really works here as the original games were 4 3. Very smart

I'm definitely gonna buy this game because of the legendary title, Visions of Mana: Legend of the Government.

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

@edamix3184

2 ай бұрын

His country neighbours would disagree on that...

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.

@LinusAndKiba

2 ай бұрын

SAME

@Daniel_Rodrigues_89

2 ай бұрын

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.

@Peterotica

2 ай бұрын

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.

@Aoishi2AL

2 ай бұрын

Play Legend of Mana. Story is minimalistic, but the art is amazing.

@pedrongreen

2 ай бұрын

Dawn of Mana has a legendary soundtrack and is more action adventure focused so it's divisive

I've only ever played the remake of Trials of Mana and yet; watching this made me feel weirdly nostalgic.

now this is how you do a nostalgia Trailer 🤘🏻😭👍🏻

Amazing trailer. Mana has one of the best and simple stories I've ever virtualy lived

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.

We need more trailers for long running series like this, just absolutely tug the heartstrings of nostalgia.

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!

This trailer actually put tears in my eyes. Spectacularly done!

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.

@genkiian

2 ай бұрын

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 ;)

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!

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.

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!

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.

the 90s and the 00s was one of the best times that could never be experienced ever again

This shows the older you get, you're going to get fewer friends.

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. 🤔

that was beautiful nostalgia, him in connecting the video cable on the tv :)))

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

How nostalgic, a perfect feeling

Such a dope trailer

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!

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.

This trailer is amazing!!

Man this trailer was just....amazing👌👌👌👌👌....

My journey started with Legends of Mana. Played it alot with my brother.. Its nice to see a new one come out in 2024.

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)

@SophisticatedHermit

2 ай бұрын

Or perhaps because they know it does not have much in common with the other games of the series.

@FiveSecondsUntilShadow

2 ай бұрын

There was a lot between 4 and now so maybe its one of those “fresh start” deals

@Llortnerof

2 ай бұрын

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.

@FiveSecondsUntilShadow

2 ай бұрын

@@Llortnerof SD4 is IN the video

@justinwhite2725

2 ай бұрын

​@@SophisticatedHermithm. If you didn't know better the casting lineup mirrors Secret of Mana (SD2) pretty much exactly.

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.

@protox13

2 ай бұрын

Asians look pretty much the same between ages 18-54. Source: Am Asian.

@sly8108

2 ай бұрын

​@@protox13😂😂😂

@maximini4923

2 ай бұрын

Asian power

@demus89

2 ай бұрын

Then randomly one day you wake up and look like a turtle.

@orangelimesky

2 ай бұрын

Japanese people age only when they turn 60.

I'm so looking forward to this... ready to get transported baby.

This hit home so hard I'm in tears.

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.

I’m totally in 🙌

brings a tear to my eye

That subtle change into widescreen :)

Wow the dedication to this trailer, over 30 years in the making.

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.

@hellucination9905

2 ай бұрын

Bet he still found his happyness

@Radeo

2 ай бұрын

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.

@kpakaify

2 ай бұрын

That is Japan for you my friend.

@nicholasnebiker9445

Ай бұрын

That’s why it hits hard a lot of us can relate my man.

The opening "whale sound" of SoM/SD2 still hits hard

@BastetFurry

2 ай бұрын

Damn onion cutting ninjas, who let those loose again?

@Geospasmic

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, sent me right back in time.

Touch those nostalgia feels, yes you did! Those days were the best!

This reminded me of my childhood. Maybe one of the best and honest gaming commercial I've ever seen.

Cannot wait for Visions

LOVE IT!

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!

Watched this just now on april 15th and have to say... THE APPEAL! Oh boy, the appeal! This commercial is awesome!

Beautiful. Wish American culture was okay with presenting gamers in such a honoring way.

@ChangoSun

2 ай бұрын

Imagine

@jaredjones1846

2 ай бұрын

Naw its just doritos and mountain dew for us

@azalago

2 ай бұрын

This is just a company trying to use nostalgia to sell a game, it's really not that deep.

@standheaykic66

2 ай бұрын

Imagine Skyrim and GTA 5 has this kind of trailer.

@GeneralChangOfDanang

2 ай бұрын

@@jaredjones1846 Media: "It's gamer fuel! Now get back in your beanbag chair and play Call of Battlefield Modern Stealth Tactical War Ghost 2!"

Children of Mana ♥️

Going home together with friends, and then playing video games with them was the most anticipated moment in my childhood.

Love the nostalgic trailer ❤ this game promises a lot ❤

Great trailer!

That's one of the lovelies game trailers I've ever seen. ❤

Literally brought tears to my eyes 🤗🥹🫶🏻

Selling the nostalgia…

this is so cute, japan knows how to win

@NetBattler

2 ай бұрын

We all know this is a nostalgia bait 😂

This was so wholesome...

They just hit right in the feelings

gameplay? sirs.

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

You've spent your whole life playing this game!! Here's another installment!!

Man you dont see this type of commercials alot anymore. made me feel really nostalgic.

Unfortunately squaresoft is no more. The original magic is gone.

💀 they skipped legend of mana

@degeneratecollector9950

2 ай бұрын

Huh?

@ShadowLynxXIII

2 ай бұрын

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

@lemon5000-tj6nv

2 ай бұрын

it was shown at 2:05

@FredHerbert999

2 ай бұрын

It was as front and center as the others but there was a second of footage.

This is one of the best commercials ever!

Tears and love long since felt.

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

Ok. That told me nothing about the game

1:35 when the shot when widescreen hits so hard

literal chills man...

Yes show every game except the game you're actually trying to advertise.

@RaifSeverence

2 ай бұрын

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

square enix again using nostalgia as a marketing propaganda for adults since they don't know how to connect with younger generations anymore.

@alejandroalba391

2 ай бұрын

Lol projecting. Your children hate u lol

Hell yeah , right in the feels, let's gooooooooo. Rise up mana fans!!!

Can’t wait for this movie to come out

Beautiful trailer

right in the feels

This made me feel so much in just 3 minutes. Video games are happiness 😊

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.

Reflection is so great!

Oh damn. Critical hit! Right in the nostalgia!

Such a cute trailer!

my childhood 🥲 i need this game back in my life!

Really go through my childhood with the mana series. Although they renamed the titles in English released. Final fantasy adventure, secret of mana, seiken 3(played in Japanese), etc