<s>
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
is	O
a	O
Japanese	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Goshow	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
eleventh	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Mana	B-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
new	O
narrative	O
unconnected	O
to	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
uses	O
a	O
similar	O
action-based	O
battle	O
system	O
to	O
earlier	O
Mana	B-Application
titles	O
while	O
using	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
model	O
in	O
common	O
with	O
mobile	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
began	O
development	O
in	O
2012	O
:	O
the	O
project	O
began	O
when	O
Masaru	O
Oyamada	O
told	O
series	O
producer	O
Koichi	O
Ishii	O
that	O
he	O
could	O
create	O
a	O
legitimate	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Mana	B-Application
series	I-Application
for	O
mobile	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
multiplayer	O
,	O
inspired	O
by	O
that	O
used	O
in	O
Secret	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
,	O
was	O
developed	O
using	O
the	O
Photon	O
Server	O
middleware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
announced	O
in	O
February	O
2014	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
the	O
following	O
month	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Android	B-Application
release	O
followed	O
several	O
months	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
opinions	O
from	O
critics	O
:	O
while	O
many	O
praised	O
its	O
graphics	O
,	O
story	O
and	O
gameplay	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
opinions	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
worthy	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Mana	B-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
where	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
control	O
of	O
two	O
protagonists	O
inhabiting	O
a	O
single	O
body	O
:	O
the	O
characters	O
 '	O
genders	O
and	O
names	O
can	O
be	O
customized	O
prior	O
to	O
beginning	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
uses	O
an	O
action-based	O
battle	O
system	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
Mana	B-Application
series	I-Application
:	O
navigation	O
and	O
actions	O
occur	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
within	O
battlefields	O
rendered	O
to	O
the	O
scale	O
of	O
characters	O
within	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
variation	O
of	O
the	O
Mana	B-Application
high	O
fantasy	O
setting	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
divided	O
between	O
the	O
human	O
and	O
the	O
spirit	O
realms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
director	O
,	O
Foron	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
goddess	O
in	O
the	O
fullest	O
sense	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
true	O
goddess	O
could	O
be	O
said	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
Mana	B-Application
"	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
opens	O
with	O
a	O
battle	O
between	O
the	O
respective	O
Champions	O
of	O
Light	O
and	O
Darkness	O
in	O
front	O
of	O
the	O
Mana	B-Application
Tree	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
they	O
are	O
fighting	O
near	O
a	O
Mana	B-Application
waterfall	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
swept	O
by	O
it	O
into	O
the	O
mortal	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pair	O
eventually	O
become	O
the	O
heirs	O
to	O
the	O
mystical	O
Mana	B-Application
Sword	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
this	O
,	O
new	O
campaign	O
missions	O
were	O
issued	O
following	O
the	O
characters	O
 '	O
mission	O
to	O
confront	O
threats	O
using	O
the	O
Mana	B-Application
Sword	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
Champions	O
confront	O
Folon	O
at	O
the	O
Mana	B-Application
Tree	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Vibra	O
and	O
Toryu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
their	O
final	O
confrontation	O
,	O
Foron	O
willingly	O
disperses	O
after	O
she	O
and	O
Mana	B-Application
explain	O
why	O
they	O
summoned	O
the	O
Champions	O
:	O
to	O
bring	O
them	O
together	O
through	O
circumstance	O
and	O
pave	O
the	O
way	O
for	O
peace	O
between	O
the	O
Rasta	O
and	O
Daruka	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
was	O
the	O
brainchild	O
of	O
Square	O
Enix	O
producer	O
Masaru	O
Oyamada	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
made	O
a	O
name	O
for	O
himself	O
within	O
the	O
company	O
working	O
in	O
its	O
mobile	O
division	O
on	O
mobile	O
ports	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
and	O
Secret	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
a	O
social	O
or	O
card-based	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
the	O
most	O
prevalent	O
genres	O
in	O
mobile	O
gaming	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Oyamada	O
wanted	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
that	O
was	O
accessible	O
to	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
casual	O
gamers	O
,	O
something	O
which	O
would	O
worry	O
him	O
throughout	O
its	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hiroyuki	O
had	O
previously	O
only	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
initial	O
release	O
of	O
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
,	O
Yagi	O
was	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
main	O
scenario	O
alongside	O
Oyamada	O
and	O
post-launch	O
content	O
producer	O
Naofumi	O
Takuma	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oyamada	O
also	O
initially	O
tried	O
to	O
bring	O
Chaos	B-Application
Rings	I-Application
producer	O
Takehiro	O
Ando	O
on	O
board	O
,	O
but	O
Ando	O
would	O
have	O
nothing	O
to	O
do	O
with	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
constructed	O
using	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
key	O
art	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
in-house	O
designer	O
Dairaku	O
Masahiko	O
:	O
he	O
was	O
brought	O
in	O
after	O
regular	O
Mana	B-Application
key	O
art	O
illustrator	O
Hiroo	O
Isono	O
died	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
title	O
was	O
indicative	O
of	O
the	O
title	O
's	O
nature	O
as	O
a	O
new	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Mana	B-Application
series	I-Application
;	O
other	O
than	O
a	O
small	O
card-battle	O
mobile	O
game	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
Circle	O
of	O
Mana	B-Application
,	O
Rise	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Mana	B-Application
title	O
since	O
Heroes	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
was	O
intended	O
to	O
reach	O
a	O
wide	O
audience	O
,	O
gaining	O
an	O
attention	O
only	O
previously	O
seen	O
by	O
Dawn	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
Japanese	O
game	O
to	O
use	O
Photon	O
Server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
needed	O
to	O
create	O
two	O
different	O
specifications	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
as	O
Android	B-Application
had	O
higher	O
graphical	O
power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
early	O
development	O
stage	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
thought	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
fun	O
to	O
re-create	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
elements	O
in	O
Secret	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
port	O
began	O
shortly	O
before	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
service	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
also	O
some	O
resistance	O
from	O
staff	O
surrounding	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
the	O
Mana	B-Application
franchise	O
and	O
Oyamada	O
's	O
determination	O
to	O
bring	O
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
to	O
consoles	O
in	O
the	O
face	O
of	O
suggestions	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
better	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
completely	O
new	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
proposed	O
to	O
Sony	O
,	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
technology	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
Vita	O
was	O
fairly	O
new	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
make	O
full	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
's	O
processing	O
power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
staff	O
were	O
unused	O
to	O
the	O
version	O
of	O
Unity	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Vita	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
needed	O
cooperation	O
from	O
both	O
Sony	O
and	O
Unity	B-Application
Technologies	O
to	O
optimize	O
the	O
engine	O
so	O
the	O
game	O
could	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
new	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
of	O
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
was	O
composed	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
different	O
composers	O
:	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
music	O
was	O
handled	O
by	O
Tsuyoshi	O
Sekito	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
Sekito	O
,	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
was	O
also	O
contributed	O
to	O
by	O
three	O
previous	O
Mana	B-Application
composers	O
:	O
Kenji	O
Ito	O
(	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
Children	O
of	O
Mana	B-Application
,	O
Dawn	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Hiroki	O
Kikuta	O
(	O
Secret	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
,	O
Trials	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
)	O
and	O
Yoko	O
Shimomura	O
(	O
Legend	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
,	O
Heroes	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
coming	O
on	O
board	O
,	O
she	O
had	O
little	O
knowledge	O
of	O
the	O
Mana	B-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seiken	B-Application
Densetsu	I-Application
:	O
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
Original	O
Soundtrack	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
24	O
,	O
2014	O
through	O
Square	O
Enix	O
's	O
music	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andrew	O
Barker	O
of	O
RPGFan	O
was	O
cautiously	O
positive	O
about	O
the	O
album	O
:	O
he	O
described	O
"	O
Believe	O
in	O
the	O
Spirit	O
"	O
as	O
being	O
"	O
hit-or-miss	O
"	O
for	O
different	O
listeners	O
while	O
evoking	O
memories	O
of	O
earlier	O
Mana	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barker	O
generally	O
compared	O
the	O
music	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
XII	I-Application
,	O
recommending	O
it	O
for	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
latter	O
and	O
finishing	O
that	O
the	O
album	O
was	O
generally	O
good	O
despite	O
some	O
unmemorable	O
pieces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Believe	O
in	O
the	O
Spirit	O
"	O
was	O
praised	O
for	O
avoiding	O
J-pop	O
elements	O
and	O
sticking	O
with	O
its	O
Celtic	O
style	O
,	O
being	O
favorably	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
theme	O
songs	O
of	O
Xenogears	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overall	O
,	O
Green	O
felt	O
that	O
,	O
while	O
it	O
had	O
good	O
production	O
value	O
and	O
was	O
substantially	O
better	O
than	O
other	O
mobile	O
game	O
soundtracks	O
,	O
but	O
lacked	O
the	O
emotional	O
impact	O
of	O
previous	O
Mana	B-Application
titles	O
in	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
its	O
tracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
service	O
began	O
on	O
March	O
6	O
,	O
2014	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
released	O
nearly	O
three	O
months	O
later	O
on	O
June	O
25	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
lifetime	O
,	O
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
entered	O
multiple	O
collaborations	O
with	O
other	O
games	O
both	O
for	O
mobiles	O
and	O
other	O
platforms	O
:	O
these	O
included	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Agito	I-Application
,	O
Bravely	B-Application
Default	I-Application
,	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Tactics	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
War	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lions	I-Application
,	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
and	O
Diffusion	B-Application
Million	I-Application
Arthur	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
would	O
cease	O
operation	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
on	O
March	O
31	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
release	O
,	O
Square	O
Enix	O
said	O
that	O
a	O
developing	O
imbalance	O
between	O
content	O
quality	O
and	O
revenue	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
problems	O
with	O
future	O
content	O
creation	O
,	O
had	O
convinced	O
them	O
that	O
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
was	O
no	O
longer	O
a	O
profitable	O
concern	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
final	O
story	O
episode	O
was	O
released	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
closure	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
final	O
cinematic	O
was	O
released	O
online	O
through	O
Square	O
Enix	O
Japan	O
's	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
channel	I-General_Concept
on	O
March	O
28	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
first	O
few	O
days	O
of	O
operation	O
,	O
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
had	O
500,000	O
active	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Famitsu	O
generally	O
praised	O
several	O
aspects	O
,	O
but	O
found	O
the	O
item	O
management	O
and	O
weapon	O
structures	O
confusing	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
live	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
legacy	O
of	O
the	O
Mana	B-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Vita	O
port	O
,	O
Famitsu	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
general	O
ease	O
of	O
play	O
and	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Mana	B-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
button	O
layout	O
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.	O
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Christopher	O
Allison	O
,	O
writing	O
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website	O
Tech	O
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Asia	O
,	O
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about	O
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game	O
,	O
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:	I-Application
Ocarina	I-Application
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,	O
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to	O
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"	O
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