Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 60 months Binding: Video Game Brand: Brownie Brown EAN: 0045496733483 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone Label: Square Manufacturer: Square Number Of Items: 1 Platform: Game Boy Advance Publisher: Square Sales Rank: 5366 Studio: Square
Features:
Choose a character and race to save the Mana Tree. The direction of the story changes and varies according to the character you choose.
Master Ring Commands from Secret of Mana by swapping out magic and weapons quickly to find the best way to fight your enemies. The Ring Command system gives you the control you need to defeat your foes.
Watch for other characters from the Mana series, including Niccolo the merchant and Li'l Cactus, whose diary entries provided Legend of Mana with both humor and warmth.
Fight as a team with the link mode for two-player cooperative game play. Team up with a friend and raise your swords together against a common foe.
Product Description: The hero, the young leader of the Duchy of Grantz, has been raised and trained as a gladiator in the slave pits of Grants. The heroine in this story is a young woman from the Mana tribe who possesses deep ties to the goddess Mana. As the Shadow Knight is persecuting the Mana tribe, the heroine embarks on a journey to protect it. When the hero and heroine meet, the wheels of fate are again set into motion.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - It took over a year to complete, I was THAT bored.
I bo't this b'cuz I'm quite fond of SQUARE 4 the Final Fantasy series. I was sorely disappointed. While it started out great it dragged itself along. The two stories (Here/Heroine) were different, with the Heroine story being the most compelling. The game's about a world that was destroyed the wrongful use of Mana power by an evil tyrant Vandole who was subdued by a powerful Sword created by the Goddess. So now it seems the Vandole has been reincarnated intends to do it all again.
The sad thing thing is that there are too many characters that have nothing to do with the overall story (The Mavoles for example) - not to mention just too many characters - period. What was the purpose of the trip to the Ice Castle - just to kill the monster and unfreeze it's people. You're sent helping people just to satisfy the "journey" aspect of the game but it contrast this game offers no real adventure or journey, and the endgame was equally as disappointing. I got confused of who the real enemy actually was and in the end I was even more confused because the game offers no resolution.
The story itself was really uninspired as I had this game for a whole year without playing it, only to just "get it over with"; you will spend a GREAT DEAL OF TIME looking for Spirits, but if think the game or any character will TELL you how to find ALL 64 Spirits NO! GameFaqs will be your best friend for this game. A complete waste of time and money.
Rating: - weak translation
*Final Fantasy Adventure,* for the original Game Boy system, is one of my all time favorite video games, with a compelling story and characters and some gnarly monsters and tricky mazes. I was excited to see it had been updated for GBA, but the flashy graphics and pretty colors take away a lot of the charm of the original. The dialogue sequences are WAY too long, and really annoying. It's a fun game, but it makes me sad.
Rating: - Not Final Fantasy Adventure
Final Fantasy Adventure for the original game boy is one of the best games of all time. Sword of Mana took the original game boy game and sucked all the life out of it. What they got wrong: pacing, length, too much story, and unnecessary deviations from the original. The original had many connections to the Final Fantasy series. The original title for the game even called it a Final Fantasy game. It was as good as the best Final Fantasy games. This version would be a playable, slightly enjoyable waste of a few hours, but only if you've never played the original. For those who have played the original this game will just make you wish you were playing the original again. Bottom line: this is the saddest remake I've ever played in terms of its' destruction of the game its' based upon.
Rating: - ...
Ther'es one specifc reason I don't like this game. Once you get to the final dungeon (the game is kind of like the legend of zelda) it locks you out and you can never go back!! If there's ever a game without any replay value, no matter how good, I would never get it...That's why I'm always cautious when buying my games, unless, of course, it's a puzzle game, etc. not being able to play those again would be like locking you away from the game. The last thing I have to say about this game is I got my hopes up that it would be like paper mario the thousand year door (read my review) but instead it doesent save at all once you're done beating the game! You're still in that damn final DUNGEON!!! Sadly, I might give this game a good rating IF it had replay value...Get this game if you don't care about replay value... ):
Rating: - Depressingly Uninspired
I bought this game fully expecting a remastered version of Final Fantasy Adventure. What I got was something which took the worst parts of that and Legend of Mana and stuck them into a single game. While adding a second main character was at first interesting, it didn't significantly add to the plot, and the second character was irritating to have around. The least they could have done was make a real multiplayer mode. Why not allow two players to play together when there are two main characters? The only reason I finished this game was because I felt obligated to after beating all the other Mana games
The storyline was altered into something not nearly as good as Final Fantasy Adventure (including removing the two amazing final boss battles and the Mana Sword as an actual weapon). The difficulty removed by taking out the (occasionally absurdly difficult) puzzles was replaced by the need to either mindlessly level build or look up how to get magic/weapons from a walkthrough.
The customization system borrowed from Legend of Mana could have been good, but it was far too complex and provided very little in-game advice. I tried it out for about three hours before becoming frustrated and ignoring it altogether.
In short, play the original. Or another Mana game. Any of the Mana games before this one are better.
- It took over a year to complete, I was THAT bored.
- weak translation
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