Advent Children's supposed to be released in... August? I don't remember...

I don't think a new Mana game would be as good as we think. The playstyle was about all SoM had going for it really. The story was okay, but the style of the game was the what made it fun. I didn't like where LoM took it. Now Sword of Mana was a step in the right direction, but the game itself was far from entertaining.

A new Chrono might be good. Chrono Trigger was spectacular, but I never played Chrono Cross. I heard it wasn't nearly as good. The thing about CT, though, isn't that the playstyle was particularly innovative. The game was great. Great characters, great story, great music, great writing. Great game in general. I don't think tagging Chrono onto a new game and having time travel involved would make it a good game.

I think that if we want good games like those of the past, we need to put more effort into character development and writing instead of just making them pretty.

What is it they say about silence being golden?