Secret of Mana
During the game's development and after its release in Japan on September 30, 1995, "Seiken Densetsu 3" became known abroad as "Secret of Mana 2", though a preview in "Next Generation" in August 1995 called it by its original name, despite still stating it to be a sequel to "Secret of Mana". The preview noted the six characters, calendar system, and a game world "three to four times" the size of the previous game, though it also reported that the game would be playable by three players, not two. Square stated in a 1995 issue of its North American newsletter that they planned to release the game during the second half of the year. A second preview in "Next Generation" in February 1996, calling the game "Secret of Mana 2", stated that the game's North American release had been canceled by Square's American branch due to programming bugs that they deemed impossible to fix in a timely manner.