During their E3 Direct, Nintendo announced the Collection of Mana was coming to the States that very day (it's available to purchase digitally now). This bundle of the first three Mana games - Final Fantasy Adventure, Secret of Mana, and Trials of Mana [aka Seiken Densetsu 3] - was released in Japan back in 2017, and fans of those titles gazed from afar wondering if they'd ever bring it to other territories. Amazingly, they have, and you can play all of these games in English, French, or German (and for Trials, Spanish, too).

A favorite co-op title amongst many of the Co-Optimus staff is the SNES classic, Secret of Mana. If you were one of the many folks that were unable to procure a SNES Classic Edition amidst all of that furor on Tuesday, then don't worry, you'll have a chance to play this outstanding title again. Square Enix just announced a remake will be arriving for PC, PlayStation 4, and Vita on February 15, 2018.

Following up on the popular, though limited, NES Classic this past holiday season, Nintendo announced yesterday that they are releasing an SNES Classic this September. The good news is that they're making more of them this go around, the bad news is it'll probably only be for this calendar year.

There are defining moments in any co-op player's life and one of those for this humble writer is the awesome Super Nintendo game Secret of Mana.  Imagine taking the best Final Fantasy games from the 16 bit era, splicing in a good amount of A Link to the Past and then adding 3 player co-op!  Now Nintendo Switch players can relive my joy, but so far only those from Japan.

If you were to stop me on the streets one day and asked me what is my favorite co-op game of all time, I'd respond "Secret of Mana." I'm a huge fan of RPGs/aRPGs and that title does it so well on top of allowing you to play it with friends. Rex Crowle and Moo Yu, two of the creative minds behind games like Tearaway and Ratchet & Clank, are looking to bring back that type of title with Knights and Bikes.

It's not often I get the chance to write guest posts for other editors' regular features, but when I was asked to take over Co-Op Classics for this week, I knew what I had to feature. Secret of Mana was a huge title for me back in the SNES days, and it brought along the possibility of a grand adventure with three player co-op. Let me tell you about it!