Heroes Of Mana Confirmed For The DS

On the heels of the impending release of Children of Mana in the United States, Square-Enix has recently revealed that yet another title in their Mana series is set for the Nintendo DS.

Known as Heroes of Mana, the forthcoming DS title is set to incorporate real time strategy and conventional RPG elements into a new style of gameplay.

While the aforementioned amounts to all the solid details that are currently available pertaining to the game itself, it is confirmed that a talented team is behind its creation.

Ryoma Ito of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance will serve as the game’s character designer along with Akira Oguro of Final Fantasy X. Additionally, Heroes of Mana is being produced by Koichi Ishii who previously worked on Legend of Mana with the game’s storyline handled by Masato Kato of Chrono Trigger.

We’ll have much more on this game as further details are expected to emerge shortly. Stay tuned.