Legend of Mana

Description

A twinkling consciousness became a star that sparkled in the night and banished the darkness. The Mana Goddess acquired consciousness by gazing into the light of that sun. She made Fa'Diel, a great land, but so far an empty one.

In Legend of Mana the player controls a hero or heroine traveling over the land of Fa'Diel. The game features a land creation system, allowing the player to create new locations and story elements by placing mysterious artifacts. Those ancient artifacts are repositories of the land's long-forgotten memories and the many events that once took place there. As the game advances, the player will receive more artifacts and find out more about the land. It is also possible raise pet monsters and create powerful golems, forge mighty weapons or refine musical instruments.

The game is non-linear in terms of gameplay, allowing the player to visit areas in any order and play through 67 related scenarios. There is, however, no continuous world to explore, and each scenario is confined to a particular area. Like in the previous games in the series, combat is action-based, but in this installment it takes place on separate side-scrolling screens. AI-controlled characters can fight alongside the protagonist in some of the scenarios.

Alternate Titles

• "聖剣伝説 レジェンドオブマナ" -- Japanese spelling
• "Seiken Densetsu: Legend of Mana" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Group

• Seiken Densetsu / Mana series

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The Press Says

Legendra	PlayStation	Feb 08, 2004		100
RPGFan	PlayStation	Jun 20, 2000	95 out of 100	95
RPGFan	PlayStation	Aug 20, 1999	90 out of 100	90
RPGFan	PlayStation	Jun 20, 2000	89 out of 100	89
Jeuxvideo.com	PlayStation	Dec 24, 2010	17 out of 20	85
IGN	PlayStation	Jun 06, 2000	8.3 out of 10	83
Absolute Playstation	PlayStation	Jun, 2000	82 out of 100	82
RPGamer	PlayStation	Jul 03, 2000	8 out of 10	80
GameSpot	PlayStation	Jun 07, 2000	7 out of 10	70
Super Play	PlayStation	Aug, 2000	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

The intro song for the game is sung in Swedish by Annika Ljungberg, who was the first female lead singer of the country-inspired dance act Rednex (who made it big in the 90's with the song Cotton Eye Joe). In interviews around the time of the game's release it was mentioned that she was picked for the part because of the "mystical" feel of Swedish vocals would work well in the fantasy setting of the game.

Ironically, the game itself was never released in Sweden (or Europe for that matter).