[General Discussion] What the heck has happened with the Mana/Seiken Densetsu franchise? Where's the magic

I think a large part of the problem is a problem that many franchises also have to deal with. The gaming community is much bigger then it was back in the NES and SNES days. There weren't as many people so the games actually HAD to be good to get people to buy it. Now there are so many gamers that just about any developer can pump out a piece of crap and still break even as long as the game has the right look/name.

Oh and just for the record. I saw Legend of Mana at a friend's house and have never looked at the series since. I loved Secret of Mana and I wanted to play the sequel that was never released over here. But none of the games since then seemed to really look worth the time.

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