Following last week's announcement of two new Mana games, Square Enix has updated its webpage for the World of Mana project.

Last week we reported Square Enix's announcement of Seiken Densetsu DS: Children of Mana, a 2D action-RPG for the DS, and the fully 3D Seiken Densetsu 4 for an undisclosed platform. Square Enix have now updated its webpage for the Mana project and while not many new details are currently available on the page found here, it might be worth checking out.

The key staff members who are working on the DS title have been announced by Square Enix and can be found below:

PRODUCER

• Kouichi Ishii: Mana series, Final Fantasy

SCENARIO

• Masato Katou: Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Xenogears

CHARACTER DESIGN

• Nao Ikeda: Legend of Mana, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

MUSIC/SOUND

• Kenji Ito: Secret of Mana, Romancing Saga
• Masaharu Iwata: Ogre series
• Takayuki Aihira: Drag-on Dragoon 2

One of the biggest names from that list is Kouichi Ishi, who directed the original titles. Square Enix is certainly not in any rush to get Children of Mana out on the shelves any time soon as the predicted Japanese launch is winter 2006!

Unfortunately there are still no details on which platform will be lucky enough to get Seiken Densetsu 4. But we will be sure to keep you posted.

Plans for the Mana series do stretch beyond these two titles as the company states that we can look forward to more products under the World of Mana label.