"If you've ever played the Square classic, Secret of Mana, you've probably also fallen in love with the music or at least respect that it has some of the best music in the industry. Not every game in the series has been great, but the music is one of the aspects of the series that always remains incredible, thanks in no small part to the contribution of such composers as Hiroki Kikuta, Kenji Ito, and Yoko Shimomura."

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Square Enix has launched two news websites pertaining to upcoming remakes of the classic Secret of Mana (official site), and Star Ocean: Blue Sphere (official site), a Japan-only title for the Game Boy Color -- this one is planned to remain within the region, still.

Another downside is the games are only planned for mobiles as of yet, which are huge in Japan's gaming world. For us Westerners that generally prefer our games on consoles (handheld or otherwise), we have reason to be optimisti...

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"Download some of the best games from the N64, NES, SNES, SEGA Mega Drive, SEGA MASTER SYSTEM, NEOGEO, Commodore 64 and TurboGrafx (PC Engine) eras in Wii's Virtual Console!

New games are added to the Wii Shop Channel regularly. This week, SECRET OF MANA & Sonic The Hedgehog 2 are ready for you to download."

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It was a decent August for Japan, what with Rockman 2, Twinbee, and Nazo no Murasamejou coming out for the Japanese Virtual Console service, but their September just may trump what August had to offer. One of the more celebrated games for the SNES makes its way to the service this month.

Famicom:

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