Secret of Mana

Description

Once upon a time, the power of Mana was used by all people and helped their civilization grow. But as evil forces took control of Mana Fortress, there was no way out but a war which destroyed the Mana-based civilization but eventually brought peace to people. The events of the past became but legends to the new generation of humans. But history repeats itself... One day, a young village boy finds a rusty sword stuck at the bottom of a river. He doesn't know this sword is the famous Mana sword, the one that won so many battles before. By drawing the sword out of the river bottom, the boy unwillingly summons hordes of monsters, and is expelled from his village. A mysterious knight Jema is the only man who helps him and gives him instructions for the future. First, he must repair the sword, and then, with its help, take control of Mana seeds which can be found in eight great castles.

"Secret of Mana" is an action RPG, featuring real-time hack-and-slash type of a combat. Like in Quest for Glory games, you have a stamina gauge. The more stamina you have, the more powerful your strike is. You upgrade your weapons and abilities and meet many different types of monsters, while roaming around the country and performing your quests.

Alternate Titles

• "聖剣伝説２" -- Japanese Spelling
• "Seiken Densetsu 2" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Group

• World of Mana \ Seiken Densetsu series

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User Reviews

Another Square gem, but with tons of glitches and stupid details	SNES	Bregalad (671)
A great early Action RPG	SNES	Vitaliy Shalak (7)
Great Game, one of the best	SNES	Scott G (736)

The Press Says

Game Informer Magazine	SNES	Jan, 2002	9.5 out of 10	95
Super Play Magazine UK	SNES	Jan, 1994	94 out of 100	94
Game Players	SNES	Dec, 1993	93 out of 100	93
Nintendo Magazine System UK	SNES	Jan, 1994	93 out of 100	93
RPGFan	SNES	Feb 22, 1999	90 out of 100	90
Retrogaming.it	SNES	Jun 07, 2008	9 out of 10	90
Cubed3	SNES	Feb 02, 2003	9 out of 10	90
GamePro	SNES	Dec, 1993	4.5 out of 5	90
Jeuxvideo.com	SNES	Jun 24, 2009	17 out of 20	85
Thunderbolt Games	SNES	May 27, 2005	8 out of 10	80

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Trivia

One of the first games announced for the then-announced CD-ROM addon for the SNES. Nintendo eventually gave up trying to get the peripheral off the ground after the deal with Phillips to make the drive fell flat. Square eventually released a tooled-down version, which pushed the SNES hardware constantly (hence the slowdown and lack of multiple enemies onscreen), and overall left Square bitter for having to go through the process of downgrading its game. This probably was one of the reasons Square decided to bail on Nintendo (and its then-upcoming N64 console) and take its multimillion seller, Final Fantasy VII, with it (which was first announced for the N64).

Ironically, Square signed the deal to bring the game to the PlayStation with Sony, which was the original partner for the SNES CD drive, but was publicly stabbed in the back by Nintendo with the Phillips deal. The CD drive technology that Sony had been working on for the SNES, was then used to create the PlayStation itself.